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- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
hoc process at many firms. Most adopt a simple decision rule: look at the best reps, and try to hire more like them. But you'll never have enough stars for all sales positions and, in fact, don't want stars in all jobs. In any... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2023
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks
some cases, such an approach is challenging in the cannabis industry due to advertising regulations. Does the brand have the stamina, resilience, and available capital to last in an evolving market? The fractured nature of the cannabis market requires constant problem... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
company can divest a subsidiary through a tax-free spin-off, management must first decide how corporate overhead will be allocated between the subsidiary and the parent. The allocation decision can be complicated by management's understandable desire not to give away... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 16 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?
conducted by Joshua Schwartzstein, a Harvard Business School assistant professor, and Benjamin Handel, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley. “Thinking through, for practical applications, ‘is it a friction or a... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
Universal Health Care Is the Best Solution Authors: Regina E. Herzlinger Publication: In Current Controversies: Health Care, edited by Noel Merino. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2010 Abstract The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
behavioral ethics. I explore why some decisions are much more easily resolved in the classroom than in practice and offer three ways to more effectively prepare students: integrating ethical decision-making with core-discipline teaching,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
transfer doesn’t quite happen that way, and organizations that practice watch-and-learn vicarious learning run the risk of undertraining their key employees, says Myers. He challenges the theory in a new... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
risk, but also enhances shareholder value. The law isn't just for lawyers, either, she says. Managers must become more astute about the legal environment around them, and be willing to challenge and work with counsel to achieve best... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- HBS Case
Why Business Leaders Need to Hear Larry Miller's Story
View Video Editor's note: Watch the video in "full screen" mode for the best viewing experience. If Larry Miller hadn’t concealed his criminal record, would he ever have been given the chance to turn his life around? Would his talent have... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
on clinician productivity in ambulatory settings. Study Design: We examined EHR use in primary care practices that implemented a web-based EHR from athenahealth (n = 42) over 3 years (695 practice-month observations). View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
no longer hurt American interests—its incidence would fall on Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese manufacturers trying to sell into the highly competitive American market. Q: President Jimmy Carter ceded formal control. Why did our interest decline? Was it in our View Details
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
Grushka-Cockayne says. “It’s still a numbers game. It’s a challenging thing to convey, so practicing with good visualizations and conveying the visualizations is something we think is key.” In practice at... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
Those features, they assert, help them learn best practices from their multitude of engagements, ensure the confidentiality of specific information, and apply cutting-edge knowledge to assignments. Network... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
hectares of land in Chile and Argentina that he converted to protected areas and national parks. The Chouinard strategy represented best practice green entrepreneurship, which if widely adopted might... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
listen to podcasts like Reboot or Masters of Scale. Put your ego aside! Managing is hard, let alone learning how to do it when you’re also trying to launch a company. From 20-30 employees. The best practice... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 28 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Master the Team Meeting
monkeybusinessimages No matter how much we hate going to meetings, there’s a generally accepted best practice that teams should meet with their managers on a regular cadence. More often than not,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
aspect of the relationship increases and the zero-sum aspect decreases. Powerful logic, proven in practice Performance-based pricing is growing because 1) its economic logic is so powerful; 2) it provides new opportunities for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
experienced non-aligned external members can help to change the dynamics of board discussions to be more objective and constructive. Smaller boards, not dominated by family members, tend to work better. And all board members should be focused on the View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates receive on a daily basis, this... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
creativity. These findings have theoretical and practical implications for research in workplace diversity and creativity. The Microwork Solution: A New Approach to Outsourcing Can Support Economic Development—and Add to Your Bottom Line... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel