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- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
This fits pretty well with what we've observed about IT. While the percolation argument makes sense and is appealing, I believe there's something else going on. The jumps in inventory turns and output line up very nicely with the era of... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 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
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
brought in. You are now seeing budgets and deadlines being hit, and customer feedback is more enthusiastic. The kinds of results you want—financial returns—haven't changed. The next round of financing is coming up and you have been asked if you want to participate.... View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
be justified as the monetization of valuable information assets that accountants have never seen fit to include as legitimate entries on balance sheets (other than as grossly misnamed "goodwill"). But wait a minute. Is there a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
yourself and what you can deliver. All these things are typical stresses in the business environment. Where would religion fit in there? Well, religion could fit in a number of ways. One is, first of all,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 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
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
have to make sense of this.” It was a fitting introduction to a multidisciplinary panel called The Future of Cities, which considered urban growth from as many diverse perspectives as there were panelists. Hosted by the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more information than ever before.... View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
fits the corporate mold. Acknowledging that, Gupta posed a question that seemed to be on a lot of minds, based on the collective audience smiles and nods that followed. "What were you doing in GMP?" Gupta asked. "To be... View Details
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
leaders fit in? The group's recently published work identifies three areas that capitalize on business's strengths and result in the greatest returns: Influencing policy. "We know that policy often stands in the way of innovation and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
new job. In other words, is there a self-selection bias in studies of the effects of job on a person's chemical makeup? As Stephanie Smith put it, "Perhaps it's a case of either the hormones and natural adaptability of the person come into play and they change to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett