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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
Bill George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. "Innovators need to be able to try things out, fail, correct them, and then bring them back into the organization." You really need to develop two... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
return the business to a sound footing. Or the resulting restructuring may severely disrupt the business. If it is necessary to layoff 20 percent of your workforce to achieve the same cost efficiency as your competitors, better to do this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
international competition. That was a sign that the US was not doing well in businesses that have to compete internationally. The data also showed what many had known—that wages started stagnating well over a decade ago. The participation of Americans in the View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India tend to be poorly managed. American retail firms and hospitals are also well managed by international standards, although American schools are more poorly managed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
assets and improve its profitability. However, Bhattacharya knows that these gains will be fleeting without the development of a trained workforce who can address 21st century industry problems with speed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
say, thematic concepts: foundations of arithmetic, critical thinking, and reading. Employers are very good at teaching discrete skills that you need for this particular role. You want a workforce that has both. So getting clear on when we... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
data in a variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. The fourth edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements allows you to undertake financial statement analysis using a four-part framework—(1) business strategy analysis for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
making the application process align with our DEI objectives.” After recruitment comes retention which includes many of the suggestions we have shared above as well as coaching and promotion. Tailored coaching on developing within the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
challenges for educators because it requires a facility with different kinds of knowledge and wide-ranging learning abilities. We report on the development and delivery of an information technology (IT) management course designed to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and growth in host countries, particularly developing countries. It provides a broad overview, with a focus on two elements that have recently become particularly important, (1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
journey. Eisha Armstrong, class of 2003. I'm thinking back to 2009, very interesting time. The company that I was working for was doing a reduction in force and was part of the group who had to decide how to reduce our workforce by 25%.... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
of purpose and is willing to seek collaboration is likely to solve problems. Q: What are you working on now? A: My colleagues and I are "bringing society in" to Harvard by continuing to develop the Harvard Advanced Leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
disturbing acts of antisemitism globally in the months since. Some of you have been deeply affected by the war between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian crisis and death toll in Gaza that has ensued. At a time when our campus could have been badly divided, you... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Gleason (MBA '97) is finding a way to make both a profit and a difference. Last fall, as a part of HBS associate professor Marco Iansiti's Managing Product Development course, Gleason created a model for a company that would employ... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
in the area. The product had been in development for years prior to the disaster, says Polatoğlu, developed to address a rise in natural disaster–related emergencies caused by climate change. “Moreover, we... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
ignores the implications of past successes when valuing future innovation. We show that two firms that invest the exact same in research and development (R&D) can have quite divergent, but predictably divergent, future paths. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic responsibilities of business, and on... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
organization from outside can work less well than having managers develop their own, potentially inferior, performance measures. In this sense, it is the creation of a balanced scorecard, more than actual use, that can change an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Khoja, now 56, never planned to go to Afghanistan. A veteran telecom executive responsible for launching service in developing countries around the world, he was working for Deutsche Telekom in Croatia in January 2002 when a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna