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  • November 2010
  • Article

Stress-Test Your Strategy: The 7 Questions to Ask

By: Robert Simons
An economic downturn can quickly expose the shortcomings of your business strategy. But can you identify its weak points in good times as well? And can you focus on those weak points that really matter? I identify seven questions all executives should ask in order to... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Creativity; Success; Customers; Employees; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

is the right organization to operate the blockchain project. What challenges will the project face? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518089-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-101 WeWork WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey was View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

lead to misunderstandings and discord that can damage working relationships, she says. In a post-pandemic world where hybrid meetings have become the norm for many businesses, the findings provide a cautionary tale about the rifts that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Program Requirements - Doctoral

committee agree that the dissertation is acceptable, a dissertation defense is scheduled. It is expected that a dissertation will be approved unanimously by the dissertation committee. If the dissertation committee should find itself deadlocked View Details
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

others. Key concepts include: Luxury does not necessarily induce people to be "nasty" toward others but rather causes them to be less concerned about or considerate toward others. Exposure to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • Web

CSV Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

minimizes employee absences and lost productivity. The graphic depicts some areas where connections are strongest. Social Needs & Economic Value Creation How can companies create shared value opportunities? Companies need to think... View Details
  • 11 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

twist in the plot concerning Barton's decision and advice to the CEO, later in the book we have a reflective discussion between the CEO and Barton about the motivations of the CEO as he took some... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2020
  • In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change.  We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Aug 2023
  • What Do You Think?

As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?

titled “On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B.” The paper cites examples in many walks of life in which we reward behaviors that we hope to discourage. “The complaint about lack of interest in good teaching continues among... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Oct 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

share useful information in informal settings. One of the ways people who are in the numerical minority (I call them O’s) get accepted into groups of otherwise all X’s is to be seen as “having a good sense of humor.” That means laughing... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 20 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

about me when I'm not in the room? This description is your desired professional image. Likewise, you might ask yourself the question: What am I concerned that my key constituents might say View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • What Do You Think?

What's Enough to Make Us Happy?

ambitious but not always assured. “Career planning provides an opportunity to think about 'enough,' especially in a given timeframe." Our late colleague at Harvard Business School, Clayton Christensen, provided inspiration for this kind... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

actions from a nonpecuniary perspective. Our core findings, based on large-scale online surveys, are that (i) self-reported nonpecuniary concerns are large, both for stock market investors and non-investors; (ii) View Details
  • 25 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 25

  Working PapersAnger and Regulation Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Juan DubraNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15201, August 2009 Abstract We propose a model where voters experience an emotional cost when they observe a firm that has displayed insufficient View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

positive work culture, and a healthy work-life balance. “When we think about racial gaps in the United States, we tend to mostly measure relative income levels.” At a time when many companies are looking to recruit and retain more people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

investigates the design of incentives in firms, yet less is known about incentives in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?

overwhelming amount of people. And Germany does not know who these people are.” Tinashe Madakadze was, in general, enthusiastic about the idea of increased immigration for the US. In fact, the immigration experience in the US could even... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 30 Aug 2006
  • Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

rise of executive pay over time as a product of efficient markets and argued that the increase merely reflects the growing marginal productivity of chief executives. Unfortunately, this standard defense reflects a broad misconception of both the CEO market and the... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

senator about the issue. We also find that the treatment substantially decreases trust in government, potentially mitigating respondents' willingness to translate concerns View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities