Art - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

marketing has undergone immense changes over the past decade, and those changes are driving an increasing need for data analysis. Marketing today combines both art and science: Managers must combine creative thinking with rigorous... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

them were not daredevils skilled in the art of invention, and that, conversely, inventors were struggling creative types with no money "trying desperately to become poor businessmen" in Doriot's witty description. ARD sought to... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

Years ago, when I was a student in New York (and like many students, perpetually broke), I would often go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for entertainment. The museum had a policy that visitors could pay whatever they wanted, so for as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

wonder if we could have done better; if we get a great deal, we wonder if we could've gotten even more." In his book The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World, Wheeler gave readers concrete strategies for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Bidwell Corporation, must decide the best way to replicate his innovative, award-winning approach to curing poverty. Manchester Bidwell's approach, which provides both adult job training tuned to fill the needs of local industries and after-school View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Thanks to technology and instant global communication, it has never been easier for companies to seek solutions to problems or find new ideas from sources outside their own corporate walls. But the art of managing these external... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

aspects of software design evolution in large-scale systems. Learning the Fine Art of Collaboration Authors:Alan MacCormack and Theodore Forbath Periodical:Forethought. Harvard Business Review (forthcoming): 10-11 Abstract Innovations are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

The senior leader has to have the understanding and the confidence in his conviction. WK: Has a deference to the science of management gotten in the way of the art of leadership? CC: I think the science of management wave already has been... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

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

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

for sure. Second, being able to pick the most likely winners is incredibly valuable—this probably is both an art and a science. An ability to analyze information on market trends and past winners and losers is very helpful, but in the end... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

styles differ. It is a common fallacy that there is only one style that leads to leadership success." Pradip Shroff added: "The simple fact is that leadership is an art and science of blending various styles based on the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

arrangement and a commitment contract that made the $30 payment conditional on both attending the provider visit and meeting an ART adherence threshold. Third, the passive control arm received routine care and no incentives. Participants:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

helping them master the art and science of developing others. Purchase this case: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/418087-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-035 Advent International: Kroton Investment No abstract available. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 1

has created to fund, manage, and create his productions. Additionally, this case examines the psyche of Weiner, a successful artist-entrepreneur, and investigates the role of risk, controversy, and the line between avant-garde and controversial View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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