Power and Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

and run major infrastructure projects such as power and water. But a set of new property protections has done little to manage the risk in many of these politically unstable... View Details

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin C. Esty, the author, with senior case researcher Aldo Sesia,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

being engaged and given incentive to change. I don't know what tool or technology could be used for that, but anything that improves communication between and with providers, that kind of standardization,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

fear showing their vulnerabilities, but actually gain power and respect in being authentic. Improving leadership development and selection won't prevent all failures, but it... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

fit the scale and nature of the firm. Beyond managing risk at the firm level, the FSA is also responsible for systemic risk. Thus, it monitors trends in the financial markets across the individual firms. Consistent with U.S. concerns... View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

rental charge and a charge for the remote. Do partitioned prices help the consumer make an informed decision or just add to his or her confusion? Do partitioned prices increase demand? Is an online grocer better off presenting a customer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

Foundation has granted $19 million to high-impact programs like Food Solutions, and institutions with large food purchasing power like colleges and universities, to help move... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

Nigerian instant noodle company, Tolaram Industries, which built its own transportation system and power plants to support its operations without having to depend on the unreliable municipal View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Jun 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

That Costs HOW Much?

Pricing the Right Price for You? Not every industry or company can benefit from performance-based pricing. But where there is a fit, PBP can be a powerful tool that merges the interests of buyers and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

Companies and people need to embrace change in order to succeed in the future, according to HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. In this, the second of a two-part interview for HBS Working Knowledge, she explains the leadership skills of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

is intrinsically the same thing,” says Wu. “Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and the motion gestures control in the Apple Vision Pro continue to expand who can use a computer and what you can use it for.”... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

relationships that are successful over time, the parties, despite obvious power disparities, work together to develop a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation that gradually brings a degree of balance to... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

Months of binge watching, doom scrolling, home schooling, and stress eating have left many people more determined than ever to start a new fitness regimen in January. Even a global pandemic that is closing gyms View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Also, people are more attuned to the knowledge that geopolitical strife is influenced by environmental issues, such as how American dependence on Persian Gulf oil colors its behavior in that volatile region. It is only in recent years... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

items. Meanwhile, Target and Walmart smartly deployed their formidable power over suppliers and the more than 7,000 large format retail stores between them to out-compete View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

10 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis

McAdam, Chief Executive Officer, Aquamarine Power LimitedMatthew Simmons, Chairman, Simmons & Company International The panelists offered sobering perspectives on the world's dwindling oil resources, assessing the ramifications View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

you think? To Read More: Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It , Random House, 2012. Quentin Hardy, Just the Facts. Yes, All of Them, The New York Times, March 25,... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

ourselves from our experiences. Second, we progress through a finite series of universal and progressively more complex stages in how we construct our understanding. These two ideas in combination make Kegan's approach to identity... View Details