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- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
musings of Machiavelli to the present day. Academic interest in it seems to ebb and flow. But judging from the stack of leadership books and articles on my desk, it is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
It's common in Harvard Business School classrooms to discuss the "pivot," the moment an enterprise changes direction to pursue a new strategy. On a visit to eastern Japan, MBA students talked to Masamichi Ono, CEO of... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
need to do their part and devote time and attention to aligning their interests and cultivating collaborations across the organization. Only when everyone understands the big picture and feels a part of it... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
with other derivatives. Those will continue to occur. However, I believe that the benefits of using CDS will dwarf the costs of mistakes, just as has been the case for interest... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
of things that mattered to patients that weren't necessarily the kinds of things that we as clinicians thought about. This was a new idea to us, this idea that, gee, cancer patients aren't always primarily... View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
"Someone asked me why I'm interested in labor in the supply chain. The answer from my head is that we have evidence of how important people are to the total equation. So my future research will definitely... View Details
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
(Image credit: Harvard Business School) Some years ago at Harvard Business School, on classroom and office walls we posted a motto: “We all teach, we all learn, for life.” It was intended for faculty as well as students and staff. It reflected the educational... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
other, along certain dimensions they are collaborating” So why would Amazon release a version of its Kindle Reader on Apple's iPad, allowing users to access its library of exclusive digital books? "Doesn't... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
every day. Not so well by us in the business school field, but in the training of genuine people-handlers like nurses and social workers." Others responded to questions posed (whether or not they accepted the underlying assumptions)... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
Economy, "Recognizing that people who need to cooperate are often separated by a gulf of potential divergent interests and potential mistrust, the best one can do is try to identify and promote a set... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
strikes a lot of people as the wrong answer, myself included, but what's interesting is how different people reach that conclusion. Some people say that the father's attitude is shortsighted, for instance,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
plans that get approved are the ones that deliver earnings in the short term. This is a very big problem, because it happens even when managers wish it didn't. Another very interesting way the markets are influential is that when... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
between online convenience or seeing something up close in the store. "Fulfillment is in a lot of flux these days, and I'm interested in seeing in the end what the predominant fulfillment strategy will... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
TripAdvisor demonstrates the reach and power of recommendation services for consumers: it has become the world’s largest travel site with 340 million unique monthly visitors and 350 million reviews online covering 6.5 million hotels,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
a string of experiments to test how sleep affects decision making. After all, sleep can do many things—research has shown that a good eight hours of shut-eye can help make people more creative, more... View Details
- 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
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
Les Vadasz noted Intel Capital's interest in investing in companies that added value and were a good strategic fit, that were already successful in their own market, and that presented a financially viable opportunity. He also spoke View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
the audience, comparing the recent focus on nonprofit strategy to the rise of interest in for-profit strategy in the 1970s. In Bradach's view, the sector is on the front end of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
trust reputations. Minor also is interested in finding average trust reputations within the C-suite, such as CEOs versus CFOs, which could affect who the front person should be with investors, employees, or in a crisis. By learning the... View Details
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
at Harvard Business School, and Kate Barasz, an associate professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, asked participants in a recent study. Interestingly, 20 percent of participants wished for the larger, more serious tear. That’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding