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  • 28 Aug 2014
  • Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

Business Lending, gaps persist in certain areas of the small-business market, and regulatory overhang continues to create pressures on small business credit. Government Steps To Loosen Credit Three landmark pieces of legislation passed... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking
  • 23 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

challenging assignments, adequate resources, supportive work groups, management that places a premium on creativity, and project leaders who understand the creative process and have strong communications skills. At the other end of the... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

Business School Press), a new book by HBS professor Dorothy Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University. The authors not only disprove the stereotypical perception of group creativity as an oxymoron but show how the group creative View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
  • 26 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 26

Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large UK banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a process we term toolmaking, whereby... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

local maize farmers. By providing purchasing commitment and quality standards, the catalyst was able to access seed financing to invest in post-harvest handling and processing equipment, as well as structure on-farm training and access to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 30 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

Companies need to have smart technicians who stay abreast of emerging digital threats and defenses, of course, but the technicians shouldn't be calling the shots. General managers need to take the lead in building processes that will... View Details
Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby
  • 19 Jun 2009
  • Research Event

Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness

to be seen not just as economically important, but as a critical part of society. Agribusiness touches on health, nutrition, safety, science, and government. One particular step in the evolutionary process... View Details
Keywords: Re: David E. Bell & Ray A. Goldberg; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

Summing Up Should CEO succession processes be certified? Respondents to this month's column agree that CEO succession is badly managed, perhaps accounting in large part for the fact that few "inside outsiders" ever make it into... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 12 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

stepped up their game by revamping the offer letter. CEO Henry Ward decided that, being in the business of equity management, they should excel in helping job candidates and new employees fully understand what it means to have options in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sometimes Success Begins at Failure

discovered these negative results, some firms might have thrown in the towel and moved on to other projects. But Pfizer's scientists picked up on—and decided to pursue—what they thought might be an interesting side effect. That side effect led the View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 02 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

categories assigned value? One of the first studies of value construction as a detailed process in new market categories has been written by Mukti Khaire, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and R. Daniel Wadhwani, an... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

succeed in that context. The "graduates" of this school would have finely honed operational skills in managing quality programs, process improvement teams, and cost-control efforts. Even the most senior manufacturing executives... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
  • 11 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

judgment and be loyal to the corporation. As one director told us, "Our board lawyers say, 'You know, the board members are not supposed to be making the management decisions. You're just supposed to be comfortable that the management is going through the appropriate... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
  • 25 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

structures and systems should be configured to ensure that the firm delivers superior value to these (and only these) customers. Making this critical decision involves two steps. Step 1: Identify your constituents The first View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 04 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

females. In the process of due diligence, star women learn a lot of valuable information about the company that helps them make good strategic decisions. They scrutinize prospective employers on receptivity to women, managerial support,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

intentional attempt to synthesize, abstract, and articulate the key lessons taught by experience. Drawing on dual-process theory, we focus on the reflective dimension of the learning process and propose that learning can be augmented by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

assurance that decision-making will be transparent and participatory, particularly for those that are marginalized in the domestic political process and (d) assessing the political risks faced by those who participate in its consultation... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 02 Aug 2004
  • What Do You Think?

For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

Summing Up Responses to this month's column raise questions about whether Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requiring that senior managers certify the integrity of the processes by which their companies' financial reports are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

top-management counsel, hiring the most qualified staff, and an apprenticeship process that built excellence. For example, Marvin Bower, founder of McKinsey, preached that partners had to focus on serving the right senior clients on their... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain

transfer into their organizations? How can companies be sure they are collecting the right information? Heskett: The collection and processing of information about customers is one of the most critical functions performed by the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
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