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10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

their work best then nationally? Which business models were best positioned to drive that growth? What intellectual property arrangements would best enable it? And what role should the two city employees... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

outlines concrete steps that managers at all levels can take to spark positive conflict and make sure that all views get a fair hearing, and he outlines as well a fair View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

Tigers, elephants, rabbits, and monkeys—even dragons—all play a part in Harvard Business School professor Rohit Deshpandé's search for success factors among high-performing Asian firms. But in the end, it's the tigers View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

interviewed were struck by Gerstner's interest and active involvement in the development of high-potential minority and female senior managers and junior executives; he took a... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

positive and unruffled demeanor, and his compelling biography attracted the attention and empathy of voters. Second, Obama converted this empathy... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

what is considered truth in Western societies, where belief in an absolute god and an absolute truth is prevalent, and Asian societies, where truth is connected to the more open concept of enlightenment.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

can have positive impacts on innovation and entrepreneurship. After experimentation, policy makers are able to pick and choose among a variety of policies to implement those... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

return rather than the perhaps easier task of increasing dollars under management. Judging by how fast the typical private equity firm has grown over the past several years, Yudkoff and his firm may well be in the minority in how they... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

When you think about which countries have produced the greatest management innovations, the United States and Japan are likely to top your list. But it was Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

HBS associate professor Youngme Moon teaches the MBA elective Consumer Marketing and several Executive Education marketing courses. With her research and course development work focusing on innovative... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

jobs and work-life balance, and perceptions of team collaboration, efficiency, and effectiveness. What, if anything, is wrong with this picture?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

gained a dominant position in Internet search and advertising, and what Microsoft has done so far in its as-yet-unsuccessful effort to catch up with Google. The case then... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

opportunity to differentiate the company and its products. It can also elicit positive reactions from government officials and regulators on important business issues. Q: It's... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

the offering, given the value proposition and value chain structure chosen; describe the position of the firm within the value network linking suppliers and customers,... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

in frequency and complexity as the virtual model spreads and takes root. Apple is in the extraordinarily uncomfortable position of suing one of its major suppliers, Samsung,... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

12 Jan 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.

Motel in downtown Memphis. Although he was just 39 years old at the time of his death, the autopsy revealed that he had the heart of a 60 year old. Thirteen years leading the civil rights movement, suppressing the fear that accompanied daily threats of violence towards... View Details

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

smaller companies who are used to accountability." Stever Robbins commented, "Why do we even spend our time debating whether a Fortune 500 CEO is 'worth it'? Why, instead, don't we seek to hire people who are so motivated to want the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

These interviews were used to determine officers' stage of development. As we learned, understanding "where officers are" developmentally had huge implications not only for modifying our approach to leader development, but also for how we select View Details