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- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
different company headquarters before and after a shift to truly open offices. As with any research at HBS, we were careful: the same people were tracked before and after the move; we asked them to wear the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
all borrowing is bad. Record low interest rates for mortgages and other loans are providing a crucial cash injection to people and business owners as the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on. That said, creditors... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
Certainly, it is legitimate to worry that long-run but nonetheless critically important research once performed by organizations such as IBM and Bell Labs will be trimmed, and that no one will take the slack. After all, it is unlikely... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!
had all the data and insight they needed to recognize the potential of major problems but failed to respond with preventative action. Psychological, organizational, and political factors conspire to keep us from dealing with potential... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
Harlan Cleveland's piece, "Information as a Resource" that appeared in 1982 in The Futurist. In it, Cleveland, a scholar and former Undersecretary of State, argued... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
manufacturers and service companies will seek permanently to diversify their supply chains radically going forward We might accept the lower financial results as the insurance premium we have to pay to... View Details
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
indicates that while production efficiencies have enabled an average S&P 500 company to reduce the cost of goods sold by about 250 basis points over the past decade, SG&A (selling, general and administrative costs) as View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
government relations is part of the inner circle. You can look at Turkcell and see it as a typical emerging-market story. Government intervention is everywhere. Regulators even set prices, View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
administration in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School and a general partner at Flybridge Capital. He closely studies the startup environment and draws from his experience as View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
software. It becomes, thirdly, a marketing mechanism, as well. You have 100, 1,000, or 10,000 people who are ready to take your product to market and evangelize for it. It’s helpful for companies and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
generational thing, that as our Internet generation ages into mid-life, "we will slow down." Will we? For example, will we be able to suppress annoyance when someone writes us a letter, to which... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
through—like Elsie Bailey's faith as a high school principal that inner-city children can learn, and that her teachers can teach them. If the people in charge rely only on themselves View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
example, 2021 transaction-level trade data from Vietnam shows that most bicycle tires imported from China went to a manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City, whereas most bicycle tire exports to the US were made by... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
of incumbents so there can be better investments and so we can learn about broader economic phenomena. This is particularly true and interesting in developing economies because they are making big investments on a regular basis. The... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
a book about immigrant entrepreneurs from the 1790s to the present day, and planned to begin with Alexander Hamilton. It turns out that he was more of a policymaker than an entrepreneur, but if I had to... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
the state. "This is not to say that the services provided by MNCs are not beneficial, but they are not the foundation for sustainable development if what remains behind is inefficient, and possibly corrupt, government." Abrami's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?
I’m not just a professor and business consultant; I’m also a parent to two kids. As I’ve often mused, the challenges leaders face at home and at work aren’t necessarily all... View Details
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
leaders from more than 600 companies and trade groups shared their frustrations in a letter to Trump as part of the “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland” advocacy campaign. "We remain concerned about the... View Details