Business Growth And Maturation - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 May 2012
What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

The military is often cited as being one of the most effective corners of the leadership industry. As Pete DeLisi suggested, " the big difference between leadership development in business and in the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Dec 2012
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Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

favors so-called "barbell strategies" in which a portion of the business portfolio is created to guarantee survival in the event of a Black Swan so that the more innovative and entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

Conference, held February 7 at Harvard Business School. Panelists represented private equity groups that handle funds from $1.5 billion to 5.1 billion euros. Like its amazing variety of wines, languages, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

04 Jan 2021
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How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

December 16, 2020. Summing up last month’s column My column last month about job training inequality and economic growth sparked many insightful comments about the role of markets as arbiters of fairness... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Mar 2014
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When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

Internet (mobile) businesses and users (have) already evaluated the benefits (and) analysts' valuations can be more predictable " Shankar N. Mandapaka added: "The earlier dot.com bubble was due to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

middle class, and the fact that India's film industry sold 3.2 billion tickets in 2009. “Movie piracy in India is rampant—you can get one online the day after a release” Harvard Business School Associate... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

Harvard Gazette spoke with Nori Gerardo Lietz, a senior lecturer who teaches real estate private equity at Harvard Business School, about what’s going on and whether rising interest rates may offer some... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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