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- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
Summing Up Thoughtful comments are hard to summarize in five paragraphs. That explains why this month's task is impossible. But one thing unites nearly everyone responding to this column, and that is one kind of View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
cast your successes in light of the team's performance. "You should be talking informally to your boss regularly," says Zimmerman. "Over coffee, you mention how well the team is responding to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
piece temporarily and review the criticism. The result is this revised post, which reflects what we heard. The article elicited forcefully written letters of complaint to my editor, and several other rebukes posted on comments to the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
[jharvard@rhrcscli01:~]$ bjobs –l MEMORY USAGE: MAX MEM: 788 Mbytes; AVG MEM: 446 Mbytes This MAX MEM values in bold can now inform how much RAM you would ask for next time you do similar work or work with the same data. If you would like... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
top executive. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are all taking in vast amounts of new information every day and adjusting to an entirely new set View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
While out for dinner, she and a friend were informed they had to leave immediately due to a 5 p.m. curfew. The next day, and every day after that, Enan joined millions of fellow Egyptians in Tahrir Square.... View Details
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
articles of 2020 for "Being the Agile Boss" (Fall 2020). Summer R. Jackson : Selected for the 2020 OB Doctoral Consortium by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Developing Negotiation Case Studies
While a great deal of excellent advice exists for producing case studies on managerially relevant topics in general, negotiation cases have distinctive aspects that merit explicit treatment. This article offers three types of tailored advice for producing cases on... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Developing Negotiation Case Studies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-008, July 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
commissioning a study and engaging with its results to inform strategic decision making. Trade, Logistics, and Geopolitics: New Realities for Supply Chains Professor Willy Shih No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance, Groysberg's current focus is on women: both how they succeed as individuals and how organizations can best... View Details
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
compete not only to offer the highest value products but also to deliver cultural myths with global appeal. "Global brands make us feel like citizens of the world, and they somehow give us an... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
in his 2012 paper, Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency. According to Silk, industry opposition to an agency serving competing accounts is driven by two... View Details
- November 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Steven Sinofsky
Describes a key decision-making process within Microsoft's Office products division. At a time when the PC software business has a great deal of uncertainty, Microsoft's management has to make a key decision regarding the future of software suites. A strengthening of... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Applications and Software; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Goals and Objectives; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Management; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Steven Sinofsky. "Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot." Harvard Business School Case 699-046, November 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- 04 Feb 2008
- News
After Twenty Years, Rankings Remain Controversial
on objective measures. The MBA Pathfinder Data Warehouse stores admissions, enrollment, and employment information. If not exactly an antidote to the rankings, Pathfinder can at least lay claim to being the definitive source View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
come into fashion? For example, I was reminded of stretch when the goal of a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2040 was at least informally agreed to at a recent... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
considerations guiding financial reporting. Financial reports produced under the positive theory of GAAP would also generate information useful for equity valuation, but equity valuation is not predicted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation
advance knowledge significantly. Don't forget the basics of experimentation. Well-designed tests have clear objectives (what do you anticipate learning?) and hypotheses (what do you expect to happen?). Also,... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke
- March 1990 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
In 1987, IBM changed its strategy in an attempt to become a market-driven company rather than a product-driven company. The case begins with a description of the new strategy and the reasons for the change and then describes the top-down sales planning and quota system... View Details
Keywords: Commercialization; Competitive Advantage; Business Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Sales; Volatility; System; Information Technology Industry
Simons, Robert L. IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (A). Harvard Business School Case 190-137, March 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
109-070 Commercial Director Prado wonders how to leverage the loyalty card information to prepare the fall 2008 budget. The case discusses the value of subjective and objective... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace