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  • 24 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 24

through a vivid exploration of the political processes determining our system of accounting rules upon which depends our ability to reliably measure corporate profits in the economy. The book shows how some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

  Publications August 2013 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Delaware's Choice By: Subramanian, Guhan Abstract—This article first documents the shift to annual elections of all directors at most U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

researchers use a complex mathematical model to get to the bottom of just why enemies might decide to share a locker. It boils down to a difference in how they make their money. "Even though both [companies] make money from hardware and content, their View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology
  • November 7, 2023
  • Article

How Courage Can Help Leaders Stay the Course

By: Ranjay Gulati
Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Profit; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

for him, Levine said, was that the company's CEO backed the project, and allowed the group to operate outside the usual corporate boundaries. Levine was even able to move the start-up off campus. Once the group had developed its product,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

resource allocation lead to strategy failures? Can operations become a competitive advantage? Can "lean" Productions Methods Improve Service Industries? Bringing 'Lean' Principles to Service Industries Toyota and other top manufacturing companies have embraced,... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

commercial revenue to fund its social mission. As such, hybrids combine typical aspects of both corporations and social organizations. “Hybrids have to simultaneously pursue commercial and social objectives” Managing a hybrid is no easy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

conflicts of interest most effectively), these organizations have taken different paths to build competitive positions that are hard for others to attack. They can force suppliers, consumers, competitors, and complementors to bend to their will in the hope of obtaining... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

profitability in the name of sustainability? It remains to be seen whether this initiative is overblown, representing little more than solar panels on the roof of corporate headquarters. This topic comes at... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

in the field of analytics are focused on improved utilization of productive equipment and materials It is hard to get much GDP growth or wage growth this way, but corporate profits are certainly going up. ... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology
  • 17 Jan 2007
  • Op-Ed

Learning from Private-Equity Boards

for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm Salter; Financial Services
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

decrease, allowing the club to increase the number of memberships it offers. Q: What do you think of price-optimization software? Can software effectively gauge the market and maximize profit margins? What would you recommend to business... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 27 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have. As corporations have broken down work into manageable activities and then consolidated... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

capitalist Shibusawa Eiichi in a global historical perspective. The chapter reviews the similarities and differences over time and between countries of proponents of corporate responsibility, including Andrew Carnegie and Robert Anderson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

$22 billion on R&D, while Apple spent a relatively paltry $2.5 billion. And yet, since that launch, Apple has far outperformed Nokia in terms of both its profit margins and its reputation for innovation. So what gives? “This was a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

production could affect consumer purchase behavior. The researchers found: When a firm voluntarily discloses its costs, the consumer is more attracted to the brand, which increases willingness to buy. "There's this lay intuition that when customers find out that a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-033 Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? Taxing corporations is popular, but why? View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose

By: Ranjay Gulati
Most forward-thinking executives have embraced the notion that purpose-driven companies can solve social and environmental problems while also generating wealth, creating win-win outcomes that benefit everyone. But ideal solutions are rare. Many purpose-driven... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Profit; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Decision Making
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Gulati, Ranjay. "The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 2 (March–April 2022): 45–55.
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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