arts - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

widening the generational gap in using cryptocurrency, buying and storing art and wine with nonfungible tokens, trading new kinds of securities on new internet investment sites offering new features, and thinking up new applications for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship, Alibaba is far from alone in China. It is merely at the head of a parade. Stay tuned. Warren McFarlan and Bill Kirby are professors at Harvard Business School and coauthors of the new book Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

the reverse any day?" The implication, of course, is that the study and practice of the art or craft of getting things done takes precedence over that of the near-science of strategic planning. And yet business schools have proven... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

few years, venture philanthropy's overall impact is quite limited. On another front, The Pew Charitable Trusts undertook a new approach in 1997 by creating the Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program, which demands accountability every three years from the View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

Art Museum By: Lund, Ragnar, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership perspective. It studies the collaboration between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, and their... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

might serve the study of consumer behavior. An HBS professor since 1991, Zaltman's work actually cuts across a number of boundaries. He's a co-director (with Stephen M. Kosslyn, Professor of psychology at Harvard University) of the Mind of the Market lab, a state of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

engineers, for example, brought in anthropologists to help them design copiers that were more user-friendly. And Genzyme leavened the impact of the lawyers on its regulatory team with a sprinkling of scientists and liberal arts graduates.... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

comprehend because they lack an operative definition." Art Warbelow (who emphasizes attitude in selecting aviation pilots) said, "The tough part is assessing attitude in the job interview... I can't assess it beforehand, but I... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

provided for needed reinvestment in city services, but low recoveries for unsecured creditors. The city's plan also proposed that the Detroit Art Collection be transferred to a trust funded by philanthropists, with the proceeds accruing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

information flow through social media " Respondents described what increasingly will be required of leaders. Kapil Kumar Sopory said that "Leadership these days has become a complex art people with bias for listening, testing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

The problem with big data is that there is, well, so much of it. Analyzing it is like trying to sip from a firehose. Just in time, a new book on the art and science of quantitative analysis arrives this week. In Keeping Up with the... View Details

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing

better supply chain management.For many of the retailers in our study, forecasting product demand is a right-brain function that relies on the gut feel of a few individuals and not on the systematic use of sales data. But it's a big mistake to overlook the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: by Marshall L. Fisher, Ananth Raman & Anna Sheen McClelland; Retail

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Publishing), a soon-to-be-published book by HBS Professor David Yoffie, who served as moderator of the panel. "Judo is the art of hand-to-hand fighting in which the weight and efforts of one's opponents are used to bring about their... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

art is kept hidden on a broad scale, it has a ripple effect about which firms and IP experts should be concerned, Gross says. “Everybody in the system benefits from being able to access information about the cutting edge.” About the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

These findings challenge previous recommendations for optimal advice-seeking behavior. Harvard Business School Case 617-059 Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing Kate Wilson, retail analytics manager at Flashion, a fashion... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
What Do You Think?

When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?

“ it is not an either/or but a coordinated process.” Art Stewart added, “In my view, culture must now be treated as an integrated strategy and viewed as a core asset for contributing to marketplace value and corporate valuation as well as... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

commented that this mindset "leads to poor morale and burn out," as well as a loss of effective communication skills. Gerald Nanninga added that "it is destroying the art of pondering" and "by valuing work as a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

19 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Radical Design, Radical Results

the innovators' products tended to be more homogeneous as a group. "It seems that the innovators understand and build off each other's ideas better than the imitators do," Verganti remarks. "They innovate in a circle; it's a similar dynamic to what... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

January 2025
Case

Jaipur Literature Festival 2024

By: Tarun Khanna and Kanika Jain

The Jaipur Literature Festival had evolved from a modest gathering in 2006 into one of the world’s most significant literary events. It was known for its principle of egalitarian access, allowing people from various social backgrounds to come together and engage with... View Details