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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
they're likely to stand up against social, economic, and technological changes can help a group home in on the final stages of developing a new idea. Leonard and Swap's book is a challenge to business... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new businesses, HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson said. In his keynote... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
administrative background for the other two cases. This case deals with the problems facing the head of a start-up division responsible for developing and bringing to market a new product based on technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
networks," says Piskorski. They can address some basic search failures: "It's hard to know what my friends are up to, but online I can catch up with them quickly." But they can also fix bigger search shortcomings, such as those related to establishing... View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
Silicon Valley. We focused our research on these two regions because they're both technologically dynamic and because of previous research on the influence of networks on regional innovation. As we expected, a small-world structure is no... View Details
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
people buy high and sell low. “We can begin to learn which parts of the brain govern how we feel, how we respond to stimuli, and how we react to challenges” Brain scanning technology adds a new dimension to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
potential is offered my outstanding operations. Federal Express and L. L. Bean are superb examples of this. Finally, the operations landscape, like everything else, is being revolutionized by information technology (IT) and the Internet.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
themselves to open source, however, mainstream companies are learning to incorporate users in a way that benefits everyone. Apple, for example, tightly controls the software that runs its iPhone, as well as the technology through which... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
Summing Up Respondents to my column about the tenets of new strategic marketing by and large projected the view that new strategic marketing, as propounded by the authors of the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
The deadline on an important work project is looming, but you keep getting distracted by news stories and silly cat videos online. Even though installing an Internet-blocking app might help you stay focused, you resist the idea, telling... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
the tire companies were investing in old technology and in the technology that was making it obsolete—at the same time. Eventually the capital markets had their way. Q: What are you both working on next?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter
What stories were readers like you diving into this summer on HBS Working Knowledge? Your interests varied dramatically, everything from how researchers use machine learning technology to predict CEO performance to the power of rituals in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
in that country. And James Trantham commented that "I noticed while traveling and working in countries in both Eastern and Western Europe ... that this debate is everywhere." To what degree has technology changed all of this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
club. Think IBM's "solutions for a small planet." 5. Social responsibility. Consumers expect global brands to lead on corporate social responsibility, leveraging their technology to solve the world's problems. Think Nestlé and... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to go about your business, with... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
concentrated market structure and the high profits of the firms that would be among the several operating there, I think it's not surprising that we should see investments into already successful companies rather than new firms setting up... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
one hand, could write a doctoral dissertation titled, "World War II Manpower Mobilization and Utilization in a Local Labor Market" and, three decades later, pen an opinion piece for The New York Times headlined, "Yes, Throw... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
social channels before hiring candidates. “These temporary-sharing technologies are supposed to solve this problem of the internet never forgetting,” says Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at Harvard Business School,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
Freedom to use vacation time to attend celebrations with family and friends helps improve performance for employees who work far away from their hometowns, new research by Prithwiraj Choudhury suggests. When employees move away from their... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz