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- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
(Image credit: iStockphoto/adamkaz) CEO activism entered a new chapter with the decision by more than 200 leaders of large corporations last month to publicly declare their support for voting rights for Americans and, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Sep 2011
- News
Rules clash could limit money fund rates--Fidelity
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel and coal foundries to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
the lower ranks. One of the causes may well be inequities in the ability of executives and frontline labor to negotiate compensation for their skills. In particular, the declining power of unions and the stickiness of minimum wage laws are often cited as factors. A... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
by a government’s response to the virus, blurring the line between the private and public sectors. Said Dr. David Nabarro, Special Envoy for COVID-19 for the World Health Organization (WHO), “Brands must... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman. "After interviewing seven or eight founders, I was struck by the fact that a far more critical moment in a founder's life is when that person is told he can no longer lead the company he started." With the help of... View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
system is in better shape. Professors Victoria Ivashina, David Scharfstein, and Arthur Segel, all members of the Harvard Business School Finance Unit, examine the current state of affairs. victoria Ivashina Is the US financial system in... View Details
- 11 Jan 2008
- News
HBS Course Uses Literature To Teach Moral Leadership
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
Google ended its service to China, China would respond by creating its own version of Google." Jack Carpenter advised, "If an organization is serious about doing business in China, it must 'ride out' all government restrictions.... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
the nature of leadership affirmed by the "wisdom of crowds" is clearly circumscribed, according to others. Jack Hughes, for example, says, "The Wisdom of Crowds has effectively shattered the narrow view that the right... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
Summing Up The variety of responses stimulated by this month's column may help explain why our public institutions are so often perceived as responding slowly to natural or man-made "meltdowns." First, as Ravindra Edirisooriya... View Details
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
should be practicing anyway. The only new element is that it has to be practiced in a different (remote) work environment. As David Wittenberg put it, “It might take a bit more time to connect with employees online instead of walking... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the government should not be in the business of helping some small businesses and not others. The editorial writers reinforced their view of SBA by pointing to President Obama’s proposed reorganization of federal economic agencies in... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 2008
- Book
Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area--not with formulating strategy but with executing it, or putting their strategy into action. Owing to execution failures, companies realize... View Details
Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Operations; Performance; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy
Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Press, 2008.
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Publishing), a soon-to-be-published book by HBS Professor David Yoffie, who served as moderator of the panel. "Judo is the art of hand-to-hand fighting in which the weight and efforts of one's opponents... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
served?" (from David Witt), "What are you doing to enhance (your) company's, (your) team's, (your) organization's development"? (constructed from comments by Marlis Krichewsky), and "What... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
process." Steve Carnevale puts it more graphically: "I think blink is very dangerous. Read the book Fooled by Randomness. The author does a good job of explaining that our brain is great at pattern recognition, but not suited to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Oct 2011
- News