Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

problems ripe for innovations that can make a difference in the world. It is a privilege to work with enlightened SuperCorps to create partnerships across sectors combining capabilities for the greater good. That has the potential to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

that leaders can take which have a positive symbolic value include: Fixing what people see every day. This is a small and simple step that creates a good mood and positive behaviors. It can include cleaning up the work environment and View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

the office to benefit from the stimulus of solving client problems while "preferably working in a garden or even petting the dog or cat." If the problem is us, the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

new book, Obliquity, by British economist John Kay. You might guess that Kay thinks profit as a "direct goal" is overrated, otherwise he wouldn't have much substance for a book on the subject. Kay argues that business problems... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than by the value of those services in helping patients. In short, medical professionals make money when their patients become sick. Here's one example of how the problem plays... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

lost trust in business. Whether it be the environment, health care, or making sure that people have access to information, I can't think of any major problem that society confronts today that can be effectively View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

treatments of identity in the social sciences, the concept has remained too analytically loose to be as useful a tool as the literature's early promise had suggested. We propose to solve this longstanding View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 26

acquisition (CPA). However, these standard online advertising metrics are plagued with attribution problems and do not account for dynamics. These issues can easily lead firms to overspend on some actions and thus waste money, and/or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

themselves and to business in general. I'm not suggesting we delude ourselves into thinking that business schools can solve the problem. As we have been reminded many times, the problem begins in the family,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

do with problem solving—either avoiding solving problems that crop up in the team or the project, or creating problems. NB: What is a vital lesson that leaders can take away... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

lecturer at HBS specializing in corporate reporting, and Krzus, a public policy and external affairs partner with Grant Thornton LLP. They recently authored One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy. "This new path isn't easy," they continue. "We are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

property with a market price and opportunity cost. Rights are matters for regulation, assets are matters safely and usually better left to markets. Framed in these terms, here is the problem with regulation. It View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

compensation committees. In the end, the problem will not be solved in Congress, nor in regulatory agencies. While those agencies are important and their work will be critical, they will not View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

14 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Understanding Users of Social Networks

for someone who can help me with my start up, I would ask my friends if they know such a person, and if they don't, I would ask them to inquire with their friends. The problem is that those friends of friends don't always have an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising; Publishing

12 Nov 2024
HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

and those with lack of access to education and transportation face after prison.” The manufacturer Owens Corning finally gave him a chance. At the same time, he set out to solve the problem his experience... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment

04 Mar 2015
What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

broad legislation to keep power in balance, you don't need to micromanage all the particulars, like individual wages." AIM expressed the opinion that "the voluntary actions of Walmart are not replicable but it is the best approach to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

that help people solve problems in their daily lives. That investment focus on manufacturing would go against the private equity trend, another factor he considered. But he knew few, if any, general partners... View Details