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11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

changes simultaneously. The globalization of markets and competition, the rapid maturation of the information age, the expansion of the service-based economy, the impact of deregulation and privatization, the explosion of the knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 Mar 2021
Book

Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

to work in a distributed environment. And then COVID hit. Blanding: How did the pandemic change or inform the topic as you were writing it? Neeley: The pandemic accelerated the completion of the book. I was... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

measurements are often difficult. Many senior managers have come to believe that further investment in new technology and e-commerce is an imperative that is required to maintain or develop a competitive position. They often make expenditures without View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

Nación, México) "There were all these archives that nobody had looked at," she says. "The documents were so disorganized, it took months to pick through them to get a complete picture. It was not fun all of the time. It was incredibly... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

17 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

Working PapersExplaining International Differences in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Regulatory Constraints Authors:Silvia Ardagna and Annamaria Lusardi Abstract We use a micro dataset that collects View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

encouraging, how and when we set overall rules for encouraging (volunteerism) and how we plan to assess, monitor, and manage need to (be) addressed." Alden Cushman added: "how information is collected, put into context,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

personality.” So how do firms increase the likelihood that their ads will go viral? For starters, they need to prioritize entertainment over facts and figures. To paraphrase an old campaign, these are not your father's Oldsmobile ads. "People no longer want a lot of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

patent provides strong protection. For writers, a complete screenplay would better ensure copyright protection because the plot, dialogue, and characters are much better defined. In addition, “the threat of selling the idea to the buyer’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

29 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

Miller, an HBS professor with expertise in financial communication, conducted in-depth research on whether and how the press digs up original information on accounting malfeasance—with surprising results. "The press is important in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

aspect of doing business must be completely rethought for both short-term survival and long-term advantage—and CEOs are profoundly aware of that. We want to share with you both high-level findings about the sleep-robbing concerns of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of projects View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

surprises for new CEOs arise from time and knowledge limitations—there is so much to do in complex new areas, with imperfect information and never enough time. Others stem from unexpected and unfamiliar new roles and altered professional... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

to-dos, and who's going to do them?" Senior executives tend to think that they can accomplish this by just telling people what to do. But there's a big difference between assigning a task to be completed by next Tuesday vs.... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

these new profits to another productive use, the investor may expand Husk’s total impact. Roth cautions that his analysis does not offer a complete view of the many ways in which investments and grants differ. Many subtleties will... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

physiological state of the human body. A much better method is to get information about the DNA, RNA, and proteins. Understanding that information will help us detect a disease before it becomes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

working backward to the present. A successfully completed project is comparable to a value-creating agreement supported by a sustainable coalition. Once you begin applying the logic of backward mapping, you'll find yourself facing a... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

You, our readers, are especially hungry for information about individual leadership, according to a tally of the most-read feature stories and faculty working papers over the past year, half of which focused either on how to be a better... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

professional investors discern when CEOs and other executives in publicly traded firms "either lacked confidence in or were conveying less than complete or reliable information" in their public statements. BIA aimed to give its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 5

to the acquirer's directors and senior executives. In addition, we find that acquirer CEOs are more likely to receive bonuses and are more richly compensated for completing mergers with targets that are highly connected to the acquiring... View Details