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- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
Henry Ford think he could keep selling black-only Model Ts? "Denial has always been a problem," writes Harvard Business School historian Richard S. Tedlow in a new book, Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face-and What... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
property? If so, is the U.S. management community fortunate to be close, both geographically and to some degree culturally, to so many of the business gurus? Is this the product of coincidence or of some real shift in the intellectual center of management from Europe... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
has to drive over 70 miles to work each day. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen climate conference ended with no agreement, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, proposed by Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
behavior shaped modern American business? A: American business history is chock full of man-of-action hero stories: Edison, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, on and on. But the man-of-action hero receded in the postwar era through the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
entrepreneur-in-residence Henry McCance (MBA '66) focus on events surrounding the key moment at which a founder hands off his or her "baby" to a new CEO. "In my initial research on founders, I focused on the question of... View Details
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
growth. “The problems lie in government and financing.” Ojomo noted that the US Department of Transportation wasn’t established until 1966–long after the nation’s major roadways were built, and more than 60 years after Henry Ford founded... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
http://hbr.org/search/113055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-044 A Brief History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry Controversy By: Sucher, Sandra J., and Henry McGee This history of the U.S. tobacco controversy is a reading for a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
productivity requires a large middle class that can afford to consume what is being produced. Solve the economic inequality problem, and we will solve the slow growth problem as well as a lot of other societal problems.” Gamaliel Pascual contrasted the positive impact... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
interested in building the bank of interviews were given the green light to expand the project, which now includes conversations with business leaders from Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Turkey, and Uganda. HBS faculty members,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
growth targeted. In fact, many kinds of growth offer great returns while requiring little or none of the world’s resources, therefore having seemingly few limits. Fran Henry makes the case for economic growth when she says,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
Once upon a time, suppliers held all the cards. Henry Ford's dictum that consumers could have any color car they wanted as long as it was black proved wrong in the extreme, but for years manufacturers in this country kept their hands... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
Henry David Thoreau once said, "That government is best that governs least." Easy for him to say. Stuck out by himself at Walden Pond, he never had to deal with potholes on his morning commute or broken streetlights at night. It... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 1982
- Book
Business Law: Text and Cases
By: Henry B. Reiling, George C. Thompson, Gerald P. Brady and Frank J. Macchiarola
Reiling, Henry B., George C. Thompson, Gerald P. Brady, and Frank J. Macchiarola. Business Law: Text and Cases. Kent Publishing Co., 1982.
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
our choice(s) in life." Henry Kwok commented, "The field of neuroscience and brain scanning will only get more advanced, and thus we can expect better reading However, the job of managing and leading will be evolving in a fast... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- September 2024
- Article
Comprehensive Measurement of Biopharmaceutical R&D Investment
By: Amitabh Chandra, John Drum, Michael Daly, Henry Mirsberger, Samuel Spare, Ulrich Neumann, Silas Martin and Noam Kirson
Chandra, Amitabh, John Drum, Michael Daly, Henry Mirsberger, Samuel Spare, Ulrich Neumann, Silas Martin, and Noam Kirson. "Comprehensive Measurement of Biopharmaceutical R&D Investment." Nature Reviews: Drug Discovery 23, no. 9 (September 2024): 652–653.
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
http://www.people.hbs.edu/mtripsas/articles/Benner%20Tripsas%20SMJ%20forthcoming.pdf Evidence from the Firm: A New Approach to Understanding Corruption Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Anh Tran Publication:In International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption. Vol. 2,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
system." Devil's In The Details The general concept of regulating systemic risk has gained broad support from a wide range of influential economists, lawmakers, and interest groups. In March 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (HBS MBA... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
ad on Facebook for a product you searched for on Google just moments before. The second panel, “Revenue Models & Adjacent Media Spaces,” discussed the benefits and drawbacks of this new hyper-connectivity. It was moderated by Bharat Anand, the View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
sharpen its "Stepping Up in Asia" strategy, LEGO executives employed scenario planning as a key tool to weigh potential outcomes. The technique, which has been around since the 1960s, fell out of favor in recent decades. In his 1994 book, Rise and Fall of... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
effective business strategies. Companies might ultimately find more power in adopting a nuanced approach that borrows tested traditional tactics and combines them with fresh, new ideas, said Bharat N. Anand, Henry R. Byers Professor of... View Details