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- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
negligible compared to the potential harm of the actual virus. By applying the theory of diffusion of innovations, we hope efforts at accelerating global herd immunity through vaccinations will succeed. The implications of global herd... View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
agencies. In 2010, these retailers would keep prices constant for about nine months on average. Today, that timeframe has narrowed to just three months, he says. That acceleration was especially true for categories like electronics and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
accelerating a trend toward work-from-anywhere policies that were already proliferating. The crisis required all of us to retreat from the offices from which we practiced our leadership and management crafts. We had to find new ways to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
despots do exist, but they are well-liked despots, and that is no accident.) Varying Flavors, Differing Challenges Rapid strategic change is a necessity for most companies in these days of globalization, hypercompetition, and accelerated... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
place—they made it harder for minorities and women to gain mentors, referrals, and career-climbing information. As merger and acquisition activity accelerates in the aftermath of the pandemic, Zhang says, companies can choose whether to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
Bean, the U.S. Army's Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL), AT&T's Bell Laboratories, the Timken Companies and General Electric's Change Acceleration Process (CAP). L.L. Bean has long relied on inquiry as a source of learning to... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
encounter beyond the test,” De Freitas explains. “But we can’t just make the same assumptions about AVs because common sense is part of what’s being engineered into their systems in the first place.” "The solution is not to make AVs quickly View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
1990s to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that could harness its business-minded immigrant population. Strategic investment had given rise to creative events and spaces, like the international Art Basel fair in Miami, new performing arts centers, the Wynwood Arts... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
learning more advanced coding. Build shared platforms like the United Nations Development Programme’s Accelerator Labs. This network of small teams exchange information to combat a range of problems, from food shortages in Zimbabwe to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
take advantage of the accelerating commission schedule. However, making the sale right away, before the end of the year, could help the salesperson achieve special recognition as a member of the club. Thus, the salesperson faces a choice:... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
their families, neighborhoods, or social clubs. “The same trend showing up in the workplace is worrisome because it means we have even fewer opportunities to interact across partisan lines,” she says. “It could accelerate the growing... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
present a new set of challenges that need a whole new set of interpersonal skills.” Katherine Lawrence reminded us that we have been losing “levels of community” for decades. In her words, “COVID accelerated but did not cause the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
suggests a complementary relationship, commenting that, while no substitute for street smarts, the MBA provides "tools and strategic understanding skills that accelerate an average human being's learning curve." Will the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Inside the State: Bureaucratic Norms and Primary Education in Rural India (Book manuscript in progress)
When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
chapters and a more prescriptive style to reflect today's world of expanding globalization, accelerated change, and increased complexity. This excerpt discusses the importance for young managers to continue to develop as professionals via... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
of discovery and creative progress rapidly accelerated in the wake of professionalization. In an open society, moreover, there will always be room for "rogue" entrepreneurs to challenge the existing order, as practitioners of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
extrapolations of buying behavior in socially distanced contagion conditions. Second, the pandemic has accelerated trends that were in progress before, like omnichannel buying and multichannel selling. Third, the need to ramp-up virtual... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
accelerate that process without thus far any evidence of safety concerns," says Stern. In other words, just by streamlining its procedures and new product requirements, the FDA can shave months off the time that it takes to get needed... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
models. Some entrepreneurs I’ve met understand that the mere porting of a business model online isn’t enough. It might benefit users, but it creates downsides, too. TaskRabbit accelerates the process of choosing people to perform chores... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller