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- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
The widespread use of pricing algorithms is reshaping the nature of competition in online markets and potentially driving up the prices of retail goods, according to recent research. These automated, price-adjusting software programs may... View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
conscious thought that produced the best results overall. It resulted in participants choosing options that were both compliant with the decision rule and had a high number of positive attributes. Q: One way... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
Summing Up Respondents to my column about the tenets of new strategic marketing by and large projected the view that new strategic marketing, as propounded by the authors of the new book, Marketing Moves: A New Approach to Profits, Growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
one night a year when you meet the teachers. I had been at the board meeting that day. I was going to be at the board meeting the next day. But it was the dinner that posed a problem, and I said, "Lou, I'll do whatever you want, but... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
Replacing the antiquated electrical system in the United States with a super-efficient smart grid always seemed a surefire way to strengthen the economy, improve society, and provide endless opportunities for entrepreneurs. Big... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
numbers, a way of mobilizing support and negotiating from a position of greater influence. [ ] Few organizations decide issues by vote, but every senior leader understands the risks of acting in opposition... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
networks as we know them, with their devices, will cease to exist within the next decade. These bit based clod machines will yield to a kind of biologic environment, where the systems are secondary to the need constantly adapting and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
almost overwhelming." He said estimates indicate there are about 700 venture capital or private equity firms currently active, and it is expected they will raise more than $230 billion this year. "I heard somebody say recently... View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
party in order to understand what's going on with him. But you have to be able to understand and you have to be able to develop trust. But also to project a kind of seriousness and, if necessary, also toughness with regard to principles... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
Hamel posited that we were on the verge of a "post-managerial’ society” in which “the work of managing will be less and less performed by ‘managers.’” He envisioned a future of management in which... View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
globalization, Rangan declares, requires blueprints from governments to use those resources to help people escape poverty. In the private sector, Rangan sees a positive trend among multinational corporations within industries to set View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
When managers need help leading through turbulent times, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter suggests taking wisdom from the sayings of that expert on confusion, Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork in the road," Kanter quotes the former... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
challenges, however, are more at home than abroad. Until the Chinese state steps back and lets independent entrepreneurship flourish and grow, the country will not be in a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
was a suggestion that while managers might have little to learn from doctors about thinking, there might be more important implications for managers in the ways that doctors are trained. Many similarities were observed between the thinking of medical View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
significant challenges to overcome? A: It was refreshing and encouraging to experience the strong positive response to the SEI from HBS students, alums, faculty, and staff. By... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
that companies should only look to the past, but follow guidelines like these, says Ahuja, and companies will be in the best position to get the most out of the ideas they invent. "Inventions can be... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
because we owed it to ourselves. If it became worthless, those holding the debt—presumably the banks and most wealthy among us—would lose out to those who benefitted from the deficits causing the failure. Of course, others now own nearly... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
financial officer of Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer and consumer finance company. Global banks are decreasing their positions in Latin America. Last year alone, he said, major... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
largely from Mexican readers—not surprising in view of the central role that Vicente Fox, the president-elect of Mexico, is expected to play in upcoming discussions of NAFTA 2.0. There was little argument among respondents about the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
managing customer relationships in the business-to-business environment into four distinct phases: defining and building a portfolio of customers the firm wants to serve, crafting and implementing... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs