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- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
future. He also offers suggestions for avoiding the worst mistakes and gives advice for reviving your own company. For most companies, a big jolt in the industry landscape is a pretty rare event, Sull says. The travel industry, for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
market timing was critical to the success of the new venture. In addition to providing financing and advice on product development, marketing, and finance, Kleiner introduced Netscape to key Silicon Valley players, as well as the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
how do we get this to work, so it’s credible and widely accepted?” You Might Also Like: Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Publications October 2014 Harvard Business Review Press Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—There are many books that provide strategy advice and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
doers at the senior levels of management." Advice to leaders in formulating decisions was provided by Keith Pinto, who opined that "Encouraging mavericks, risk takers, and soul searching questions is part of the chaos that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
It’s the new way of comparison shopping in the age of large language models (LLM): Tapping into AI-driven search engines for research and advice on which products to buy. But can consumers trust the recommendations to be impartial? New... View Details
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
'Heritage-based Brand-oriented Network. "Everybody knows it is prestigious but very few know how it acquired its elevated position." In addition to offering insights into the award's unique brand success, the paper offers advice for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
women (or men) with multiple commitments. The implication is that women in leadership will be more likely than men to rethink work in this fashion. Sandberg's advice largely assumes that work will not be rethought. Instead, women will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
strategic advice for potential disrupters, both entrepreneurs and angels. As new investors begin to evaluate business plans, he said, they should rely on certain litmus tests. One is that the right strategy is unknowable in advance.... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
says. “Suddenly entrepreneurship is not about who can build a better mousetrap, but who can better ignore the law and develop a corporate advantage for ignoring the law. So what advice do we give students, friends, and entrepreneurs about... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
local partner. Of course, one final example of where local owners are useful is in countries where local knowledge is especially useful in navigating political considerations. Q: What's your advice for managers considering a joint... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
ways to manage a business. One of the companies gave employees two hours a week to tutor at a school and was influential in raising standards for healthcare. The university students wanted career advice and wanted to know when and how to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
the editor-in-chief of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: andresr] Related Reading Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase 6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees What... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
advice is you have to be in, but you need to do your homework first." That means making sure you have your own people on the ground in China to oversee construction and development of your supply chain. It also means picking partners... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
identify and encourage introverts I wonder if Einstein's creative unconventional thinking was suppressed what the world would have lost." Most respondents offered advice for insuring the effective use of teams. Much of it concerned team... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
influence one another. It is leading to advice and training designed to change behaviors that influence perceptions and possibly even increase job opportunities and on-the-job success. The work of Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist on the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
leverage non-market, non-pecuniary resources,” Wu says. For example, a startup can benefit more from advice and mentorship from a successful person in their industry, or in-kind donations of legal or financial services, than they can from... View Details
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
social networks involves selling access to members based on their personal information. Subscription and freemium models get talked about, but even Wikipedia can't make such models work. Q: So what fate does Ello face? Any advice for... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
a way to do it," with some cautions and advice about how to make such information available to all. For example, Praveen pointed out that, "It is essential to have a culture of mutual trust but we also need to have mutual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
what’s a manager to do given the uncertainty of both predictions and prophets? Here’s some advice to CEOs, CFOs, sales managers, and others who allocate the major resources in most firms. Whatever else you do in thinking about the future... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes