by Joseph B. Fuller - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

example, data from 2015 show that just 16 percent of existing US production-worker supervisors had a college degree, but 67 percent of the job postings for the same position required degrees, shows research by HBS Professor View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Turning High Potential into Real Reward

Professor Joseph B. Lassiter III's research explores entrepreneurial marketing in high-potential ventures. He describes entrepreneurial marketing as a mindset and a process, one that involves gathering... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Lassiter; Consumer Products

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

processes, not universal rules. Nor should they assume that workers’ preferences will remain static. As we move from one next normal to a subsequent one, their needs will change just as those of the company do. Joseph View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

it) creates undue risk of moral hazard, simply because boards and senior management are often significant shareholders. If it is true that the average tenure of a CEO today is 3 years, how could any sane CEO not seek to maximize share value View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

Henry B. Hyde of the Equitable Life Assurance Society published Hints for Agents, which contained persuasive arguments for company representatives to rehearse. Canvassers for the American Bible Society carried booklets with helpful... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

05 Jul 2021
What Do You Think?

Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

position: the chief experience officer or CXO." A knowledge of customer experiences can be invaluable in the design and distribution of a product or service. We were convinced of that by Joseph Pine and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

ambitions, and my personal life. Books that are on my list to read are Shantaram: A Novel, by Gregory David Roberts, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, A Daughter of Han, by... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the trend. Joseph Fuller discusses why companies should support them. Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?American President... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

powerful as regulations? These questions remain. But for now, financiers and investors can join Kermit the Frog in having fun being green. Joseph B. Lassiter, MBA Class Of 1954 Professor Of Management... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

investors provide a little funding and limited governance to an increased number of startups that they are more likely to abandon, but where initial experiments significantly inform beliefs about the future potential of the venture. This adaptation and related entry... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

forthcoming Journal of International Business Studies Organizational Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization Theory and Business History By: da Silva Lopes, Teresa, Mark Casson, and G. Jones Abstract—This article engages in a methodological... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

a joint appointment at the Harvard Business School in the General Management and Strategy units. Joseph B. Lassiter: Companies will realize their vulnerability COVID-19 points out that even the most... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

talent would be better served to consider how they can reshape their job descriptions to retain talent fed up with fulfilling various corporate process “requirements” or how to make themselves attractive together to gig workers with world-class skills. View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

political—should always marshal as much credibility and goodwill as possible in anticipation of having to deal with the unanticipated. Joseph Fuller (@JosephBFuller) is a Professor of Management Practice in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

30 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Looking Behind Bad Decisions

African government take a stand against an effective AIDS treatment drug? The inability of government to make wise tradeoffs—give up small losses for much larger gain—has been investigated by HBS professor Max Bazerman and his research... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

offer “precise” bids for company shares yield better outcomes than those who offer round-number bids, according to research by Petri Hukkanen and Matti Keloharju. Bernie Madoff Explains Himself Eugene Soltes phoned convicted felon Bernie... View Details