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- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
announcement at the Google I/O conference in front of seven thousand attendees, with more than one million people viewing on live streaming. Google’s strategic focus, Pichai said, was shifting from mobile to “AI first.” The announcement... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
they have been exposed to a trade secret, they can't use it or disclose it without permission from the owner. Can entrepreneurs be sued by their funders for fraud? Yes.—Constance Bagley #3: Starting a business while employed by a potential competitor, or hiring View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
Douglas Conant is an introvert. But when he took over as president and CEO of struggling Campbell Soup Co., he realized he had to break out of his comfort zone, get in front of his staff, and make some bold declarations from the get-go.... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
Publications 2006 University of Chicago Press Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education By: Anteby, Michel Abstract—Corporate accountability is never far from the front page, and Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
Works on the subject of leadership weigh down bookstore shelves the world over. Tomes tell you how to be a 30-second manager, how to inspire your employees like Churchill, and the three keys to "strength-based leadership."... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
seat on the board. But draw a line so that the siblings do not appoint their heirs to assume their board seats when the ownership transitions to the Cousin Consortium stage. The board—not the shareholders, the family or the family... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
burned out. The virtual meeting that runs back-to-back has shed light on the need for mini-breaks and recovery time. The result of the remote work environment, in some industries, is that leaders believe that employees are accessible... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
best friend right in front of you.” —Steve Wilson (MBA 1989) Back to top “Finale” While managing the dessert business and delivering service to customers on a day-to-day basis in a single location, the founders hope to translate the... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
for it to be effective, it has to be done all the way down through the organization. And the only important thing is when you get to larger consequence decisions or irreversible decisions, then you need to push that up. So if you push it down to the View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reapplying to HBS
getting "work experience" in between. Why not just front load the formal education and then jump into the work force, armed and ready for the challenges ahead? At least, that was my thought process at the time. I decided to apply for the... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
developed a long-term-oriented approach through formal (e.g., incentive systems) or informal institutions (e.g., building the corporate culture over time and employee selection). The finding that more long-term-oriented firms have lower... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
few at the top who have already made it. Transformation has to take place on the front lines and the middle levels as well. This takes effort and time, perhaps more than many organizations are willing to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
indicate a range of expenses, typically measured by the cost of the support department as a percentage of total revenue or the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees per billion dollars of revenue. Hackett presents summary... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
convince an employee that wasn’t performing to measure to get up to the level that we were expecting. And now, all of a sudden, I was confronted with my wife saying, “I want to get separated and divorced,” and all those tools that had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the safety of others before your own. —John Fees (MBA 1999)... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
clear line of sight for identifying and challenging the least valuable resources," Baxter continues. All too often, the CEO must opt for across-the-board cuts—even though he knows that this approach penalizes the high-performing... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
Employees often feel stressed when their firms are bought by other companies, fearing they could face layoffs, demotions, or lousy working conditions. While it’s true that organizations tend to restructure their workforce following... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
head to this day,” he says. “As an entrepreneur, leadership is the most important quality to have—you need it to attract the right people and get the optimum performance beyond any employee numbers or resources you control. And the case... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
stimulates them.” She finds it “challenging to implement our ‘flexible’ mindset to our clients’ employees because upper management has not embraced it themselves.” Remote work can help some avoid a toxic culture. Alison Leuders comments,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett