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- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
equally interesting question of whether it is more important to obtain the thinking of a few potential customers or to focus on dissatisfied current users View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. "The total effect of all that money and lack View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
we say "educate leaders," what kinds of leaders are we talking about? he asked. "If we are interested in educating leaders whom others declare to be leaders, we have to recognize that people... View Details
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
organizational level, you make the point that special interest groups can really interfere with efforts to avert a predictable surprise. What is the power of special interest... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
direction. I was pleasantly surprised by her incredibly active voice and that she was reflective not only about her career but about politics, civil society, gender, and religion. She not only reflected on these topics, she had extremely View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
etc., you would get a list of very interesting and sometimes helpful practices. And if you, as a public leader, aren’t doing the things on that list, you should. And if you, the public, aren’t demanding... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
create more interesting program choices for audiences." Azeem suggests a more appropriate response, saying, "Speed can trump IP, especially in technology industries. In the time it takes to secure a patent, you ought to have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
Summing Up One of the defining issues in the 1992 U.S. presidential election, NAFTA, has fallen off the radar in the current campaign. This suggests either that many in the U.S. have lost interest in it or,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
the current plan are here.) Transcript edited for length and clarity. Sean Silverthorne: Why should citizens be interested in tax reform beyond what it means for their tax bill on April 15? Matthew Weinzierl: I think View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
philanthropy because even global companies tend to focus corporate giving on local nonprofits. Charitable behavior is a key area of interest for Marquis, whose research and teaching focuses on businesses'... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
The role of government in Africa must be to establish an "investor friendly" environment, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili, a panelist at the Africa Business Conference's debate on "Government and the Enabling... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
interesting questions remain unanswered: What is the quantifiable impact of NGO activism on firms? How do shareholders and important stakeholders evaluate the impacts of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
recommendations ." Gerald Nanninga posed an interesting question: "Today's workforce is evolving ever more closely to a 'contract employee' model . So, if you think of yourself as your boss and... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
about how the world works. In this I have enjoyed collaborating with many colleagues in the HBS unit called Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE). My special interest in developing—or poor—countries goes back fifty... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
headquarters that drove you to study them further? David J. Collis: Little academic research has been done on the topic even though it is clearly of interest to CEOs and often is a focus View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
business and finding reliable vendors and distributors. And while companies need to have strong, viable business and economic models, Stevenson said, he also warned against marrying tradition at the risk of innovation. The Mixed Blessing... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
Countless brilliant academics harbor hopes of someday winning a Nobel Prize, arguably the world's most prestigious award. But two renowned branding professors are interested in understanding what makes... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
dialogue," in which the team engaged in "Pulse Check" meetings every week to discuss their feelings about their work, about themselves, and how the PTO goal was to be achieved. Some of the more View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
women." Marlis Krichewsky presented an interesting hypothesis when she classified male and female managers in three groups: those who conform to the gender role model, those who imitate the role model View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
of others and spotting problem-solving capabilities, you are less confident about asserting your own interests and maximizing your share. Assertive Value-Claimer (10 percent): You are confident about... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding