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- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
pursue these two models and do fine, says Holt. 'something Different' But the brands that interest him most, consumer brands that maintain the most powerful grip on the market for years running, don't fit these models. "The most... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
follow a general roadmap. The product needs to fit into a company's price hierarchy and also the rough price hierarchy of competitors and the market in general. And in the watch's case, the fact that it was a limited edition of only 100... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
the product assortment, without changing prices, and with minimal investment” Less intuitively, however, they argue that making discount items less prominent presents a wider range of products to customers, allowing them to find items that better View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
featuring less product-centered and more information-centered economic activity.” It highlighted opinions at the time that “Growing ratios of market-to-book value that resulting stock prices produce can be justified as the monetization of valuable information assets... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
Reconcile yourself to the fact that sometimes leaders have to “behave badly” to do good Recognize that leadership situations and the qualities they require are idiosyncratic—one size does not fit all Recognize that leadership is a matter... View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
the world has many shades of gray." Over the past several decades, thousands of companies have been privatized in both the developed world and emerging markets. While every company in the former Soviet Union was once state-owned, now only several thousand businesses... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
select their leaders carefully, so managers become "more and more homogenous" the higher you go. Or, to put it another way, organizations try to weed out the crazies, the incompetent, or anyone who just doesn't fit in. That means that... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
in their businesses. After one such session, a senior manager asked, "Is there anything you won't get involved in?" I felt I had to get deep into the businesses to create the necessary changes in behavior. Creating a more challenging environment was natural... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
Innovation Life Cycle Author:George F. Westerman, Warren McFarlan, and Marco Iansiti Periodical:Organization Science 17, no. 2 (March-April 2006): 230-238. Differing bases of competition in early and later stages of an innovation's life cycle call for differing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
the productivity of busy professionals. For workplace settings devoid of perks, small non-cash rewards like access to valuable online classes or fitness programs can also contribute to well-being. Other non-cash rewards, such as notes of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
agency. The average team lets go 38.5 percent of its roster during the off-season meaning that a quarterback could be working with a completely new cast every year. For teams looking to hire a QB, finding someone who fits the bill is not... View Details
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of her masculine, aggressive style in the classroom. As she begins to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
"Just the challenge of fitting all of the compliance activities that boards and their committees have to execute on, while still doing these broader and perhaps more interesting things that boards are supposed to do-in terms of providing... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
pay a fair or even premium price for products and services that really suit them. If companies are smart about this, the increases in profits from new and more satisfied customers can more than offset losses from helping some customers realize their best View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
what he can do to get started building a global brand. Again, he sees the technology, what's available from the wool. He understands what outdoor athletic people or design-conscious people might want. He makes assumptions about how these are going to View Details
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
from Hangzhou Normal University in China. And Richard Branson had no formal education beyond high school, suffering from dyslexia and posting poor academic performance. So there they are. To say the least, the educational backgrounds of these nominated leaders View Details
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman identified Wily Technology founder Lew Cirne as the ideal case subject. "An inherent paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired," observes Wasserman. "Lew View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
planning, caution, and preparedness; and order, focused on respect, structure, and shared norms. These styles fit into an "integrated culture framework" according to the degree to which they reflect independence or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
assortment tends to be good. For instance, when you go shopping for Levi's 501 jeans, the fact that there are hundreds of combinations of length and waist sizes allows a person to find the one that fits best. The second type of... View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
referred a donor to another organization that more closely fit with the individual’s philanthropic goals. That suggestion earned a $1 million “tip” a few months later, simply because the donor was so pleased to learn about an organization... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna