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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
start-ups face those problems. Some of our students took the message of the book and started enterprises to support small businesses in their communities. Business leaders have the skills. They have to use them! Book Excerpt Unilever’s Sustainable-Living Plan View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Truth in fiction
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Strategy + Business Magazine's Best Management Book
- 31 Dec 2018
- News
The year of the last action hero
- 23 Aug 2021
- News
Power Can Be Abused, Scholars Say, or Harnessed for the Greater Good
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
clarify the complex "They can communicate very clearly and succinctly—usually with short words and short sentences—and even on complex issues. They've developed the skills necessary to really get to the heart of things." Joseph View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
thinking. How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company's Strategy Authors:Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 2 (February 2007) Abstract Senior executives have long been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Oct 2013
- News
Booked: The Good Struggle
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
managers and directors be maximizing returns to shareholders? What do YOU think? References: Joseph L. Bower and Lynn S. Paine, The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership: Most CEOs and Boards Believe... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
says Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, who, for more than a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
Administration at HBS; and Julie Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at HBS and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard’s Kennedy School. “Although... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
Much of the substance of 20th century management was worked out at GM. Let's hope that crisis will summon the will to make the changes that are needed. If not, the next Detroit may be in China, and sooner than we think. Joseph View Details
- 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
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
the corners" in baseball parlance—and more likely to throw it straight over the plate where it is easier to hit. In other words, the pitchers seemed to compensate for discrimination by throwing the ball in areas where the outcome was... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
you have a major industry that still has lots to reveal. We asked Jones to discuss his research and his new book. Sean Silverthorne: What inspired your interest in the beauty business and its history? Geoffrey Jones: My initial interest in the beauty industry was... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
the background? How will change be achieved? What could go wrong? Will management save US health care? What do you think? To Read More: Atul Gawande, Big Med, The New Yorker, August 13 & 20, 2012, pp. 52-63. Paul C. Weiler, Howard W. Hiatt, View Details