Filter Results:
(1,962)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,275)
- People (1)
- News (890)
- Research (1,962)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (36)
- Faculty Publications (937)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,275)
- People (1)
- News (890)
- Research (1,962)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (36)
- Faculty Publications (937)
Sort by
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
that no one had ever seen and that no one understood what it did was brilliant” Those are the questions David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano address in their new book, Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove,... View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
consumer, which gets rid of the noise in an effort to study the majority of customers, but also gets rid of people who are potentially leading the category," she says. “Often the lovers or haters of a product can be the canary in the coal mine” View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
Henry David Thoreau once said, "That government is best that governs least." Easy for him to say. Stuck out by himself at Walden Pond, he never had to deal with potholes on his morning commute or broken streetlights at night. It... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
employees are so positive about their employer and that Southwest has so long outperformed its industry, and, incidentally, has never had a strike by its union. [div class=infogram-embed data-id="_/fjmbZDfFzW1UCzF787gp"][/div] Johnson... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 15 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations
professor Michael Norton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration. “We shake when we say hello to someone, and we shake again after a deal is done.” Centuries ago, the handshake may have originated as a way for people to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
preset communication protocols to convene the crisis-response team and warn staff. Leaders should be able to pull combinations of pre-set response "modules" off the shelf. — Michael Watkins 4. A designated chain of command. One... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
services. Health plans will eliminate their restrictive networks, allowing members to choose in a competitive (and regional or even national) marketplace the providers that offer the best value for their condition. Plans will help patients make the best decisions View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
Professor Michael Luca set to find out exactly by how much, and identify winners and losers in the process. "I have always been interested in how companies form their reputations, not only restaurants... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
assessments of you will take on additional importance. Your relationship with your new boss will be built through a series of conversations.— Michael Watkins Establishing How You Will Work Together It's essential to figure out how you and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
research studies by Harvard Business School faculty explore this brave new world of "oversharing" — asking what it means to organizations and to reputation when we decide to buck the trend and keep personal information, well,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
then at least in the fog” "We negotiate, if not in the dark, then at least in the fog," says Michael Wheeler, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and retired MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, who taught... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory
"Every organization attempting to accomplish something has to ask and answer the following question," writes HBS professor Michael C. Jensen in the introduction to his recent working paper: "What are we trying to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
propositions apply in negotiation, as well, according to Michael Wheeler's new book, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World. As the title suggests, he sees negotiation as an art rather than an exact science.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
If average profitability is under pressure in many industries influenced by the Internet, it becomes all the more important for individual companies to set themselves apart from the pack—to be more profitable than the average performer.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
In a new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, Harvard Business School professor Michael Watkins dissects the art of give-and-take. This excerpt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
competitive strategy expert Michael E. Porter, of Harvard Business School. The competitive challenges now facing the UK have been made significantly worse by years of inaction. “Our worry is that the UK remains mired in wishful thinking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
View Video Video by Amelia Kundhardt They keep on coming—corporate scandals involving revelations of deplorable working conditions at overseas factories. If it’s not the Foxconn factories that Apple employs in China, then it’s Gap’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
international heavy-equipment manufacturer, managers were so set on hitting their quarterly revenue target that they shipped unfinished products from their plant in England all the way to a warehouse in the Netherlands, near the customer, for final assembly. View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
the agency implied that it would respect the public’s wishes, say Michael Norton and Leslie John, both professors at Harvard Business School. “When firms conduct online polls, people frequently submit ridiculous entries; and with social... View Details