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- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
job matching, etc.Q: As for the second fundamental, how to deliver, what creative opportunities in this downturn do you see for delivering products or services more cheaply and effectively? A: The opportunity here is in all the surplus... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
reduce its position in wireline residential services and focus on its commercial and business markets.1 People who decide to leave their spouses or change jobs often also have this same profile and similarly make an Option B decision.... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
customers shop at the deli counter, then make sure the deli counter is fully staffed at these times. The same goes for checkouts. Make sure plenty of checkout counters are open when best customers are shopping. It is crucial to find ways to reward loyalty through... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
cousins was good so I kept going. By 2009, I quit my day job to work on the videos—and the software—full time. To date, I’ve personally made around 3,000 videos—I love doing them—on dozens of subject areas, ranging from physics to finance... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
the highest “yield” rates in higher education. And on the other side of graduation, HBS alumni traditionally enjoyed astonishing success. It seemed an easy job to walk into. McArthur, however, knew better. He had spent more than two... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
place-based solutions. The above shift and debate reflects the troubles encountered in the original urban renewal efforts, and the desire today to provide affordable housing that is close to jobs and transportation, mixed-income, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
defensiveness, and also personal concerns about job security and/or mobility. These factors tend to be seen as applying across situations. For example, a person with greater communication skill might be more likely to speak up despite an... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
industry norms and culture. For instance, entrepreneurs often promote flat, non-hierarchical structures in the firms they start. However, if customers are used to dealing with titular "Vice Presidents" in other firms, they may be wary of meeting just... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
peacekeepers in ways that repress conflict. One of the things we found when we researched religion and the business world was clergy saying, "Well, we're managers, too, and we don't do any better at bringing our faith to management. It's the part of our View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
for the decade after World War II because wartime destruction led to excess demand, which limited competition as firms rushed to expand capacity. Given the enormous job of rebuilding Europe and much of Asia, it was not until the late... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
feedback from my cousins was good so I kept going. By 2009, I quit my day job to work on the videos—and the software—full time. To date, I’ve personally made around 3,000 videos—I love doing them—on dozens of subject areas, ranging from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
dating apps now, maybe five or 10 dates a week. So you really have to be good at making a first impression and standing out. And that's the same in job interviews or pitching your company to investors. You have to really know how to make... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
don’t know what the answer is. They have to act, not plan their way forward. Hill began to despair of finding an answer to her problem until a chance meeting with Pixar executive Greg Brandeau in the lobby of a biotech firm—Hill was there for research, Brandeau for a... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
Meakem: I agree. The benefit of jumping right out is that you don't get cushy; you don't get used to a corporate job with corporate perks and get lulled into submission by staying at a large corporation for too long. You avoid that.... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system than anyone else. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
feel tricked as the details of all this glam are revealed to have been funded at the company's expense. Others shrug it off. After all, he got the job done for the shareholders. Why shouldn't he get his reward? Surely it is more than... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
very appropriate phrase, wilderness. It was. My wife's American, so we moved to the US early ’91. It was devastating. My whole life was spent being groomed to run this family media company. And now that was over. So what do you do now? I mean try getting a View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
pretty incredible ride. We're kind of littered with best place to work awards which we certainly celebrate and appreciate. But we're as equally celebrating a young 32-year-old that goes and gets a big job outside of our company or one of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
event/development for business World War II Women in the workplace "Other" Cold War's end Crash of 1929 Second place (tied with "Other") went to "Women in the workplace" , which "broadened the talent base and revolutionized U.S. consumption and society," as one alum... View Details