Weakness Of Will - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

improve their trade ‘interoperability...’" Nevertheless, "the US will stay a country with a young and ambitious population benefiting from the flow of immigrants while China is rapidly growing old... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

are legal fees and recruiting costs for hiring immigrants, and that kind of stuff will quickly wipe out any underpayment that a firm would get off a $50,000 salary. So I don't have the belief that firms are... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Computer; Financial Services

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

same time, more investors are using the reported ESG data in their capital allocation decisions. Twenty years ago, there were fewer than 30 companies around the world releasing this kind of data. As of this... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Hurtado believes “this will happen within 20 years.” “We’ve created a generation of sweet, gender-conscious men. Many of them identify themselves as feminist,” she said. “This... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

consistent with stock prices being subject to temporary fluctuations caused by changes in market risk aversion, which adds an additional layer of short-term volatility to stock returns. In recessions, even as long-term fundamentals remain... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

commercial hub. Q: On the larger topic of Africa, which appears to have been left behind in the globalization movement, where do you see Africa heading over the next twenty years, in terms of economic... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

02 May 2012
What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

those who cater to them, are willing to give it. As Sharath K put it, "Leadership needs to be learned by experimentation over a lifetime." There is perhaps too little emphasis on the development of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

myself, perceive of business history as playing a central role in enhancing our understanding of key issues in contemporary management and business administration. The book provides a position statement... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

people.” “At some point soon, genuine ethical decisions will be delegated to these systems—to some extent, they are already,” says Joseph Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Because you may be competent and compatible, but if you don’t send signals that you are committed, your manager could worry that you will quit. Or you may be compatible and committed, but if you can’t do the job, none View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

linking the customer management effort to profitability. The initial phase is important, he says, because the customers a company serves define the very nature of the organization itself and, in turn, the customers and prospects it View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

duties, it is wise, as part of its selection process, to seek inputs from those who will 'live' daily with the next leader." Mike Flanagan commented: "The more buy-in from a broader range View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

be overlooked if not forgiven. Clinton will doubtless try to pin Trump down on policy and expose his lack of detailed knowledge. Trump will try to stick to broad brush strokes,... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

and then develop theories that will help predict behavior in the future. I don’t know that I had a clear hypothesis about this research question at the start. You hear so much said about how much people don’t like open offices, but... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

18 Apr 2005
Lessons from the Classroom

NFL Players Touch Down at HBS

is much needed, said the players. At best they have only a few years of earning power in professional football. And they don't work under guaranteed contracts—they are one nasty hit away from forced retirement. "Our window View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader

because they are incapable or outdated, or even wish to mislead. Falling Prey To Successor Syndrome At greatest risk is the new leader hired as second-in-command with the expectation that success will lead to promotion to the top... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

organization viable. As they put it, "Deep smarts are the engine of your organization. You cannot progress without them, and you will manage more effectively if you understand what they are, how they... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

This means the distribution shifted: There are more firms overall because of the policy, but there are proportionally more incorporated firms. These were new ventures that people were serious enough about that they were View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

24 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?

tell anyone not to interact with those devices just before doing something that requires any kind of assertiveness," Bos says. "Mostly because people won't listen: They will do it anyway. But if you realize... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Consumer Products

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