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- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
them is whether to hire or fire a CEO," said Kapoor. "With so much information coming to them about a company, and so few outlets for them to act on that information, it makes it more likely that they will press that button at... View Details
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
company fires customers who are especially "high maintenance" because they are unusually high users of the time of its support center personnel. This both preserves a low-cost base for its targeted customer base and, by the way,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
elite reviewer more likely to post a positive review, too—or a negative one. Of course, some reviewers care more about their reputation on Yelp than others; while others may prefer to never deviate from their prior reviews. How product quality changes. Say a restaurant... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
obfuscate, denial may be near, (7) while obvious, it is critical to tell the truth, and (8) it is better to be unconventional and right than it is to be conventional and possibly wrong, as in the old saying among information technology managers that "nobody ever... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation
hire or a firing situation. Issues may also be more personal, such as how to bridge the enormous gap between the leadership of a company and retirement. EE: What sort of feedback have you received from past participants? Hart: They say... View Details
Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
layoffs project, Malden Mills, describes how a leader handled a disastrous event: Two weeks before Christmas 1995, a fire destroyed three factory buildings at a textile company, one of the largest employers in the already economically... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
For decades, Shabana Azmi has been a leading actress in Indian cinema. She has starred in many of that country’s most popular and acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking Fire in 1996, about a lesbian relationship between two... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
indicates the answer is yes. That is, by enhancing employee value managers can potentially add significant value to an organization. This research is particularly important to recall this week, when, with the close of the NFL’s regular season, teams View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
mentor to many entrepreneurs, describes how he responded to a manager who wanted to fire a salesperson. The customer loved the guy, but he wasn't working out internally. "Here's the desired result — to remove this person but with a... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
them, first, requires in-depth knowledge of a given work setting. Quantifying them, next, requires multiple managers and employees answering questions that could get them fired if the company decided to apply its rules to the letter. This... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
cycles The crisis demonstrates, painfully, the importance of cash. In his famous essay "The Yield from Money Held,” the economist William Hutt described cash in your pocket or on the balance sheet as “a fire engine when there are no... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
don’t think it’s possible to formulate a rule that applies in every such situation.” He went on to say, “The scariest part of this for me is that leaders are coming under fire increasingly for what they didn’t say and didn’t do members of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
investors seemed to lie in the decisions that followed the investment. In addition to granting cash, venture capitalists are heavily involved in hiring or firing the CEO of the portfolio company, choosing a board of directors, devising an... View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
of the inner workings of the firm, fires the CEO but appoints an acting CEO while a talent consultant is hired to begin a search for a replacement. Given the natural bias of the search firm and the board's recent bitter experience, the... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
growth, while different across regions, are non-linear and asymmetric. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53596 Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales By: Barbon, Andrea, Marco Di... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
circumstances will change. Their life path affects their productivity and their propensity to quit or to behave in a way that causes you to fire them. Understand the care demographics of your workforce. Make their caregiving lives outside... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
present a model in which fire sales propagate shocks across bank balance sheets. When a bank experiences a negative shock to its equity, a natural way to return to target leverage is to sell assets. If potential buyers are limited, then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
wrong. We showed that Czechs are like all other Europeans, whose first interest is soccer, with erotica a close second. For that, we will never be forgiven." Second, when Lauder tried to fire Železný from TV Nova, Železný responded... View Details