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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
part of a leader’s job right now. Remember: People can manage their feelings if you give them the facts. And they can manage the facts if you acknowledge their feelings. Leaders go first. It’s on leaders to... View Details
- Summer, 2018
- Article
Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom and William R. Kerr
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A new and central economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the... View Details
Keywords: Entry; Growth; Industrial Policy; Innovation; R＆D; Reallocation; Selection; Market Entry and Exit; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Performance Productivity
Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr. "Innovation, Reallocation and Growth." American Economic Review 108, no. 11 (November 2018): 3450–3491.
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
capabilities or prepare for growth. Provide opportunities for selected small business partners to participate in in-house training programs or have access to online management tools. Serve as test sites for small companies with a... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
personalities, he and Walton could not have been more different. Walton, the optimist, could light up a room. Revson, the pessimist, could light up a room by leaving it. But they did share one trait—a characteristic which paved their way... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
Celia Stafford
Celia Stafford is a doctoral student in Health Policy (Management). She received a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Emory University in 2017 and an MPH focused in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. She is also... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative and the HBS Club of Washington, DC. The expert panel featured voices from the energy, environmental, and governmental sectors; attendees from fields as diverse as education, health... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
untrustworthiness, miscommunication, bad timing, revealing too much or too little, a poorly designed agenda, sequencing mistakes, negotiating with the wrong person on the other side, personalizing issues, and so on. Even if you manage to... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- February 1989 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Science Technology Co.--1985
By: Thomas R. Piper
The CEO of a U.S. electronics firm is assessing the financial forecasts and the financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Given the cyclicality of the industry and the volatility of the firm's performance, the CEO is unsure as to the usefulness of... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Change Management; Industry Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Volatility; Electronics Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Science Technology Co.--1985." Harvard Business School Case 289-040, February 1989. (Revised November 1991.)
- 10 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
State Owned Entity Reform in Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership
Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury & Tarun Khanna
Linda A. Hill
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details
- 28 Jul 2019
- News
6 Vacation Habits That Defend From Future Burnouts
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
made to contain the risk that such outside organic matter could introduce. Visitors are asked to dip the soles of their shoes into a shallow plastic water bath, so as to limit contamination by pathogens and insects. Entry into one of the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
use gatekeepers to impose stringent controls on care—were resisted by patients and physicians. In response, the managed care organizations began relaxing their controls, allowing patients more freedom to see... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 14 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity
- 12 Feb 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Adding Bricks to Clicks: The Effects of Store Openings on Sales through Direct Channels
- October 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Tutorial
Introduction to Responsibility Accounting Systems
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Responsibility accounting systems generate financial and related nonfinancial information about the actual and planned activities of a company's responsibility centers--organizational units headed by managers responsible for a unit's performance. The principal... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
International Senior Management Program) has been in the thick of Europe's airline industry for decades. With more than thirty years' experience at Swissair, he has served as president and CEO of Sabena since 1996. Christoph Brand (HBS... View Details
- December 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Ben & Jerry's: Preserving Mission & Brand within Unilever
By: James E. Austin and James Quinn
In the months after Ben & Jerry's was acquired by Unilever, Ben & Jerry's head social mission faces challenges and opportunities unique in the company's history, including: how to manage employee morale; whether to include synthetic ingredients to meet consumer... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Management Teams; Governing and Advisory Boards; Value Creation; Corporate Governance; Employee Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Austin, James E., and James Quinn. "Ben & Jerry's: Preserving Mission & Brand within Unilever." Harvard Business School Case 306-037, December 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
- 03 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
It Is Okay for Artists to Make Money…No, Really, It’s Okay
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
of the picture, a young company must clear many hurdles before convincing potential investors that its future prosperity is a good bet. New research by HBS associate professor Monica Higgins and Associate Professor Ranjay Gulati of the... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross