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- 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
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
be subtle, but real. —Professor James Hesket Changes in organizations, according to respondents, will be subtle, but real. Perhaps the most interesting opinions on this topic were set forth by Niklas Arvidsson: "What will be the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
The unparalleled size of Asia's markets has always caught the eye of multinational corporations. More recently, as government policies and cultural attitudes in the region continue to evolve, the strategies... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
agenda of the discipline. Q: How does this new work differ from your previous research on multinationals? A: This new book reflects my longstanding interest in the diversity of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
old, on average. Lab leaders spend a great deal of their energy recruiting the right people for their lab, nurturing a portfolio of interesting projects, and raising money.... 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
- 06 Dec 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets
nations have improved since 1980, the new instruments are failing to satisfy the interests of either host countries or their business partners. Protections can be improved by developing a real consensus on... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
specializes in real-estate issues, having spent several years as CEO of a construction company. "These characteristics—good credit, interest in employee health, ability to do a sophisticated analysis View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
probably witness higher inflation. We also know that our entitlement policies are unsustainable, that our unfunded pension liabilities take their toll on millions of retired workers, and that those on fixed incomes are being clobbered by... View Details
- 12 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
digital channel,” said Elberse. “It will be interesting to analyze how that move fits into the broader picture of how his brand and company are evolving.” Elberse is impressed with the business acumen and... View Details
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
interesting and important thing." Another question: Do leaders in these industries give the audience what they want, or something new and different? Of course, the safe thing to do is to sell work that... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
The recent twin economic and pandemic calamities should cause us to rethink the status quo for health insurance compensation. Must General Motors be a benefits company that happens to make cars? Is it in the best interest View Details
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
third party, the stock exchange, take responsibility for these functions. Stock exchanges' interests are the creation of a well-functioning capital market, where good and bad news are equally likely to be... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
of 2,414 of those were randomly offered surprise expansions, while another 755 firms were not, serving as a control group. Companies that were offered increases were notified via phone or text. The increases... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
well." Net-net Advantage The fact of her gender, she continued, has sometimes created low performance expectations in her superiors. "As a result, I can do nothing but delight—it's a net-net advantage," she laughed.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
it's a source of competitive advantage for the company." McElheran looks forward to further exploration. "I'm still at the very beginning of a very long and interesting... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
quality, and delegating authority to frontline production workers to shut down a billion-dollar production line in the interests of quality improvement. More recently, Gary Hamel, in his book Leading the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
In a famous example of how first movers can lose their advantage, second-mover Microsoft won the Web browser wars from Netscape and continues to dominate the market today. But that competition was the subject View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
The Bachelor is a wildly popular reality dating game show on which 28 women compete for the hand of a single man. Along with flirting and fighting and engaging in feats of derring-do, many View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
produced. Asymmetries of motivation would be on its side if it used the innovation to reach nonconsumers in developing countries; its competitors were not interested in pursuing what seemed to them to be a... View Details