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- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
training typically doesn’t yield the return on investment in improved organizational effectiveness and performance that companies expect. “Individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
efforts fail for two main reasons, says Garvin: Poor design. These include the failure to address the underlying processes used to get the work done (for example, the performance management system, or the way resources are allocated),... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
- Web
The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture , 1884–1929 . “Businesses, especially manufacturing and communications industries at the forefront of both labor activism and welfare capitalism, responded... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and telecommunication View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
Delicate Balance For nearly 80 years, the FDA has performed a delicate balancing act between getting life-saving drugs to market, and ensuring that those drugs will be safe when taken by patients. In order to serve that dual function, the... View Details
- 24 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business
A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited from inside or outside the... View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Executive Education courses: Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation and Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. “Through these scholarships, we’re able to have a direct and meaningful impact on the local community,” says Chen. “We’re... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
when locked-down viewers turned to sports for respite. His two decades in banking had been focused on development—funding bridges, dams, electrical power stations, agricultural installations, and manufacturing operations—and he wondered... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Web
Harvard Business School
for the United States Supreme Court. After HBS, he worked as an investment banker with White Weld & Co., and served as assistant treasurer for Celanese Corporation. He went on to other manufacturing companies, including Valeant... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
international cosmetic manufacturer based in France decided to support its 100,000+ clients—salons—across Western Europe to help them survive through the first phases of the COVID-19 crisis. The support included financial, operational,... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
different you are, the greater your opportunity to set your own price. A commodity is defined as "undifferentiated." You must be different. Gore, the very successful manufacturer of Goretex, provides unique product... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
that help people solve problems in their daily lives. That investment focus on manufacturing would go against the private equity trend, another factor he considered. But he knew few, if any, general partners at major private equity firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
and to what extent their skill is impacted by the VC firm where they work. We examine a unique dataset that tracks the performance of individual venture capitalists' investments across time and as they move between firms. We find evidence... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
while studying the manufacturing floor at a leading, technologically advanced global contract manufacturer's plant in Southern China, where tens of thousands of workers assembled mobile devices under close supervision. The plant for years... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
authentically adapt it to the local market,” says Prakash. “Building up our team, dealers, and manufacturing capabilities from a clean sheet of paper was really rewarding.” After India, Prakash served in the same role in Canada and is now... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
The idea of human cloning is controversial, but cloning a successful business concept remains as desirable as ever. For HBS assistant professor Steven J. Spear, this pursuit led him to Toyota, whose perennial leadership in quality View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
You're the top performer in your market. Your products are of such a high quality that they exceed the requirements of all but the most demanding customers, and you're the only one able to serve them. Clear sailing ahead, right? Wrong,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
clear that if my family was going to stay in manufacturing, we would have to become globally competitive.” The Wisconsin businesses were sold in 2002, and a new company with a new strategy, Chirch Global Manufacturing (CGM), was born.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence by Larry E. Fast (PMD 52, 1986) (Productivity Press) Fast explains how to implement and sustain a top-down, comprehensive strategy for View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
a CEO's incentive to perform is in large part tied to what happens when he or she does not perform—a risk of getting ousted. But aligning a board to say we're going to start looking for someone else is a lot more complicated when the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel