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- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
SolStock Former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy was known to criticize staff for being "coin-operated" instead of mission-driven. Understanding what motivates good performance is crucial for managers to master. Here is a collection of stories from our... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
graphicola Price is important to consumers not just because it determines whether they can afford to purchase that purse or patio set. The cost of an item sets the buyer's expectations as to how the product or service will perform and what kind of prestige will be... View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
When Clayton Christensen and Derek van Bever prepared to write The Capitalist's Dilemma for the June issue of Harvard Business Review, they took an approach rarely tried on the same scale: They outsourced it with 150 Harvard Business School alumni contributors. "I... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
In some respects, developing strategy is the easy part. Executing that strategy in alignment with strategic priorities is where real mastery of management takes place. We asked Harvard Business School senior lecturer Frank V. Cespedes, who is faculty chair of a new HBS... View Details
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
The $2 trillion health care system is one of the United States' largest industries—but one of its worst performing by almost any measure other than technological innovation. The problems are painful, including escalating costs, expensive insurance premiums, lack of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
As Hertz approaches what is expected to be a $1 billion "quick flip" IPO just ten months after being acquired, critics are again taking aim at reverse leveraged buyouts and wondering whether investors are being set up for a fall. RLBOs have come under... View Details
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
Locations Visited: Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore Date: March and May, 2006 Purpose: Assess the progress of eighteen business schools in Harvard Business School's Program on Case Method and Participant-Centered Learning, which provides guidance and... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
Successful businessmen told a roomful of students that ultimately, the world outside the classroom will be their best teacher in entrepreneurship. "If you are taking an entrepreneurship class, you want to be a venture capitalist," said Andrew J.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
As makers of everything engage in an all-out features war to cram the most services, accessories, and functions into a single product, the real question for many is this: Does the consumer really want an all-in-one digital device? A panel of industry players moderated... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
When managers need help leading through turbulent times, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter suggests taking wisdom from the sayings of that expert on confusion, Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork in the road," Kanter quotes the former... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Parents’ Guide to Harvard Business School
Sure, you're a good negotiator. But could you negotiate a lower price for a soda from a "smart" vending machine? It's part of the world of the not-so-distant future portrayed in a talk by Narakesari Narayandas, associate professor of marketing at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
productivity. Moss also includes numerous tools for interpreting big-picture economic developments. We asked Moss to talk about the book and some of the events now taking place on the macroeconomic horizon. Sean Silverthorne: What's the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, "How many of you have familiarity with National Geographic magazine?"... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
President since 2003, and the secular urban elite, whose party this year won the mayoral elections in Ankara, Izmir, and Istanbul. How this tension plays out will also have a formative influence on Turkey’s trajectory. About the Author View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
Emerging Markets series at HBS. We asked Jones and Khanna to discuss the importance of reputation and resilience in building long-term business success. Sean Silverthorne: How do you define “reputation” in the context of the paper? Tarun... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To that end, we went tip hunting to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2022
- Book
Why Digital Is a State of Mind, Not Just a Skill Set
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
associate Katherine E. Jocz have just published a case study, titled Google in China (Case 9-510-071), based on public sources, that delves into some of these issues. We talked with Quelch last week. Sean Silverthorne: Some see this as a... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
Research, a leading journal publishing interdisciplinary studies of consumer behavior. Sean Silverthorne: Who is using MySpace to advertise? John Deighton: Fox created a profile page for X-Men: The Last Stand. Disney ran a contest to... View Details
- 27 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Podcast: Revisiting Rental Housing
Podcast with: Nicolas Retsinas Interviewer: Sean Silverthorne Running Time: 13 min., 22 sec. Renters are the forgotten underclass of American policymakers. Although a third of all U.S. citizens rent their... View Details