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- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
remarkably well.—Nancy F. Koehn In Part Two, to appear in the April 23 update of HBS Working Knowledge, Koehn discusses the remarkable brand power created by Estée Lauder, Howard Schultz, and Michael Dell. ... A Parachute Through Time All... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
(iStockphoto/Rawpixel) The subject of power has a certain intoxicating aura about it. Maybe that’s why I studied and wrote about interorganizational power in channels of distribution while teaching courses... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- September–October 2017
- Article
The Surprising Power of Online Experiments: Getting the Most Out of A/B and Other Controlled Tests
By: Ron Kohavi and Stefan Thomke
In the fast-moving digital world, even experts have a hard time assessing new ideas. Case in point: At Bing, a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled... View Details
Kohavi, Ron, and Stefan Thomke. "The Surprising Power of Online Experiments: Getting the Most Out of A/B and Other Controlled Tests." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 74–82.
- Research Summary
Current Research
Some of my current projects explore the untapped power of differences in collaboration, how to create more inclusion and belonging in the workplace, the unintended consequences of cancel culture, how to have productive conflicts, the surprising consequences of... View Details
Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage
Having an edge is about gaining an advantage, but it goes beyond just advantage. It's about recognizing that others will have their own perceptions about us, right or wrong. When you recognize the power in those perceptions and flip them in your favor, you create an... View Details
- 2020
- Book
Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage
By: Laura Huang
Having an edge is about gaining an advantage, but it goes beyond just advantage. It's about recognizing that others will have their own perceptions about us, right or wrong. When you recognize the power in those perceptions and flip them in your favor, you create an... View Details
Huang, Laura. Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2020.
- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
wisdom. This is our true moral compass. Early in this project, I interviewed two former CEOs, and both turned out to be avid sailors. For them, a compass was a sophisticated, computerized instrument that was critical when they sailed through treacherous waters, dense... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2020
- News
Experimentation is the Engine of Innovation
- 02 Jun 2020
- News
Risking Authenticity in the Digital Age
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
attractive. Why? The reason might be an increasing willingness on the part of consumers to identify with the underdog. In today's economically difficult times, it appears, underdog brands are gaining psychological, and real, power in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Seminar
Victoria Brescoll, Yale School of Management
- October 2009
- Case
Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team
By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
Key topics include designing teams, managing teams, managing conflict, group dynamics, project management, product development, interdepartmental relations, and organizational change. MediSys, a U.S.-based medical equipment maker, has been developing IntensCare, a new... View Details
Keywords: Project Management; Interdepartmental Relations; Organizational Change; Leadership; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Groups and Teams; Product Design; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Health Care and Treatment; Power and Influence; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Donnellon, Anne, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team." Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-059, October 2009.
- 26 Jun 2015
- News
Get Rid of Unhealthy Competition on Your Team
- March 2021 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
M-KOPA: Empowering Lives
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Wale Lawal and Pippa Tubman Armerding
The Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three entrepreneurs in 2011, had grown nicely in Kenya and Uganda to reach nearly 750,000 households with an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Mobile Payment; Go-to-market Strategy; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Business Growth; Social Entrepreneurship; Renewable Energy; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Marketing Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Kenya; Uganda; Nigeria
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Wale Lawal, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "M-KOPA: Empowering Lives." Harvard Business School Case 521-085, March 2021. (Revised March 2024.)
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
$60 million from investors that included Kleiner Perkins—didn’t close for another two years. No one wants to be a quitter. Psychology professor Angela Duckworth tapped into the zeitgeist with her famous TED Talk and best-selling book, Grit: The View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
protocols, often unilaterally deciding to adopt the most restrictive version of the protocols to reassure their employees. And, to limit the threat of future possible liabilities, they worked hard to make sure that protocols were... View Details
- 06 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Leaders Lose Their Way
of relying on external gratification for fulfillment. There is nothing wrong with desiring these outward symbols as long as they are combined with a deeper desire to serve something greater than oneself. Leaders whose goal is the quest for View Details
Keywords: by Bill George