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- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
In the late 1980s, scientists for New York City-based drug-maker Pfizer began testing what was then known as compound UK-92,480 for the treatment of angina. Although UK-92,480 seemed promising in the lab and in animal tests, the compound showed little benefit in... View Details
- July – August 1979
- Article
Power Failure in Management Circuits
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Management
Kanter, R. M. "Power Failure in Management Circuits." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 4 (July–August 1979): 65–75. (Reprintings include Organization Theory: Selected Readings, edited by D.S. Pugh. London: Penguin, 1989; Classics of Organization Theory, edited by J.M. Shafritz. Chicago, Ill.: Dorsey Press, 1986; Harvard Business Review, The Executive Dilemma. N.Y.: Wiley, 1985; The Dynamics of Organization, edited by J.N. Yanouzas 1984; Readings in Organizational Behavior and Performance. Chicago: Scott-Foresman, 1983. Organizational Influence Processes, edited by Porter and Allen. Chicago: Scott-Foresman, 1983; Coping with Difficult Employees. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business Review Reprint Series, 1983; Perspectives on Public Bureaucracy, edited by F.A. Kramer (Third edition). Cambridge, Mass.: Winthrop, 1981; Executive Success, edited by E.G. Collins N.Y.: Wiley, 1983. McKinsey Award Winners, 1970-1980. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1982.)
- September 2004
- Teaching Note
Duke Heart Failure Program, The (TN)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Teaching Note to (9-604-033). View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- News
Don’t Try To Learn From Failure
- 2006
- Chapter
Bounded Awareness: Focusing Failures in Negotiation
By: M. Bazerman and Dolly Chugh
Bazerman, M., and Dolly Chugh. "Bounded Awareness: Focusing Failures in Negotiation." Chap. 2 in Negotiation Theory and Research, edited by Leigh L. Thompson. Frontiers of Social Psychology. NY: Psychology Press, 2006.
- Web
Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Avoiding Startup Failure Course Number 1740 Senior Lecturer DJ DiDonna Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Career Focus Avoiding Startup Failure will be of interest to students who:... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Factors that Contribute to Operational Failures in Hospitals
- 1983
- Article
Public Insurance Provision and Non-Market Failures
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser
Leonard, Dutch, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Public Insurance Provision and Non-Market Failures." Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance 8 (1983).
- 1988
- Chapter
Demographics, Market Failure and Social Security
By: Jerry R. Green
Green, Jerry R. "Demographics, Market Failure and Social Security." In Social Security and Private Pensions: Providing for Retirement in the Twenty-first Century, edited by Susan M. Wachter. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1988.
- 25 Apr 2025
- News
Embrace Failure To Learn From Your Mistakes
- July 2004
- Article
Overcoming Focusing Failures in Competitive Environments
By: Lorraine Chen Idson, Dolly Chugh, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, Simone Moran, Brit Grosskopf and Max H. Bazerman
Idson, Lorraine Chen, Dolly Chugh, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, Simone Moran, Brit Grosskopf, and Max H. Bazerman. "Overcoming Focusing Failures in Competitive Environments." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 17, no. 3 (July 2004): 159–172.
- 23 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting
- 10 May 2020
- News
The Brilliant Success of Shackleton’s Failure
HBS Working Knowledge: Is Company Failure Inevitable?
Book excerpt and author interview from Lead and Disrupt coauthor Michael L. Tushman, who discusses how companies must continue to invest in their core products while innovating in new areas. View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
efficient and cheaper methods that undermine quality audits. The audit committee must have the leadership, independence and information to oversee the auditors and their relationship with the management.— Jay Lorsch This race for profitability and the View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting
By: Julia Rose Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer and Michael W. Toffel
Operational failures occur in all industries with consequences that range from minor inconveniences to major catastrophes. Many organizations have implemented incident reporting systems to highlight actual and potential operational failures in order to encourage... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Legal Liability; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Failure; Health Industry
Adler-Milstein, Julia Rose, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel. "Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-017, September 2009. (August 2009.)
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj J. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-494, March 2013.
- 19 Feb 2013
- News