Myth Of Informed Objectivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

commented, ''No Surprises Management seems pretty obvious. Why in the world would you want the people you're counting on to help you achieve your objectives to be blindsided?" Roger Studer added, "Take care View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

October 2016
Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details

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01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

Instead, NASA would send smaller spacecraft to the planet every two years, using information generated in each mission to improve the effectiveness of those to follow. While the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

independently operating silos and the filtering of information as it passes up through the hierarchies. Political vulnerabilities contribute to predictable surprises when a small number View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

and they want to matter. They no longer want to be the objects of commerce. Instead, they want corporations to bend to their needs. They want to be freed from the time-consuming stress, rage, injustice, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice

positive or negative information about the bags, such as “has a sturdy zipper” or “not large enough for a 17” laptop,” and asked them to remember as many of the attributes as they could. As a final addition,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

importance of moving forward with its current approach. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606094 Public Law: The Rules of the Game Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

voting information accumulates, shareholder organizations such as Institutional Shareholder Services could use the balloting data to create director scorecards. Such objective information, and any... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

making money is the sole objective of the corporation. A: Their arguments should be taken quite seriously. In fact, we suggest that recognizing the significance of concerns on... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

far from clear. Brexit proponents continue to argue that getting out from under the yoke of the EU will solve all its problems through better trade deals, fewer regulations, and curtailed immigration. But an View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

themselves in an objectively worse position to absolve themselves of the choice.” "They would rather just have the decision taken away from them." Rather than agonize over making a difficult call, they’d... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

learning or competition, regulatory issues related to image and data de-identification and access, and development of contest designs that motivate participation and provide information structures that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

control, and contractual flexibility," they maintain. "Thus it looms as a potential complement or substitute for all of the major categories of existing media and appears capable View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

personality.” So how do firms increase the likelihood that their ads will go viral? For starters, they need to prioritize entertainment over facts and figures. To paraphrase an old campaign, these are not your father's Oldsmobile ads. "People no longer want a lot View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

information provided by office culture is gone. You could wear your best suit and have a two-hour meeting in the middle of the day with the C-suite of your firm’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

responsibility to other people and preferred a more informal means of organization. Krupp constantly intervened, questioned, and meddled in his executives' decisions. Siemens evinced a disdain for commercial... View Details