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- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
the startup approaches its “fume date” —when its bank balance hits zero. In parallel, the founder will probably start to lay off employees, deciding how deeply to cut. And this is just the prelude to a shutdown. Things get worse when it... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
In the 1950s, most Americans probably couldn’t name the CEOs of the largest companies in the United States, including General Motors, United States Steel, and Standard Oil. But these days, some of the most successful businesses have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
and mortgage and automobile companies employed—approaches that are diametrically opposite to those outlined in my book and discussed here. These firms did dumb things because their leaders did not make the principled choices outlined above. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
rent the clearing and settling capabilities, the stock loan inventories and balance sheets of the banks. The hedge funds claim to be able to provide substantial returns regardless of the direction of the market. Like mutual funds and traditional money managers, most... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
into the force. They were seeking the power over others that wearing a uniform and carrying (and using) a weapon would afford them. As a result, the selection process was altered, but of course the effects of the change would take years to be seen. This View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
probably a reason the world didn’t particularly want it.” The Blackstone way: “We believe in meritocracy, openness, and horizontal management. The only difference is that some of us are a little older and have more data—but that doesn’t... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
technology, management processes that they already have, and probably the culture.” Who’s in your talent pool? So what’s a remote job-seeker to do? Finding the right job depends on profession and, perhaps more crucially, what individual... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Gender Changes the Negotiation
make matters worse, Park's two best analysts both requested significant raises after their annual reviews. Both women expressed their belief that they were earning substantially less than analysts at comparable firms and probably less... View Details
- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
decision theory in which we were advised to construct decision trees, mapping outcomes, attaching values to each one, and estimating probabilities that various combinations of outcomes might occur. Judgment entered into the construction... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)
continued the program, I probably would have declined the sponsorship offer. I viewed HBS as an investment in my future and career, I did not want to be bound to my previous employer and chose to not accept the sponsorship. What has your... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
“many of our existing leaders have not had the experience of not being included in their companies’ cultures because of factors related to their race or gender.” That observation probably applies to many in the lower ranks of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
to win in court. Why was he behaving so irrationally? Deepak suggested to the executive that the problem was probably not that the employee was behaving irrationally, but that he lacked credible information. The executive was convinced... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
steps create the probability that you will not be controlled by your fears," DeLong writes. "It means that as you begin a new behavior, begin a new relationship, take on a new job, or start on a challenging new assignment, you... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
the bottom line. “It’s not just going to be a waste of resources trying to deal with this problem,” Goh says. “Aside from all of the positive outcomes you generate, it’s probably a good financial return on investment as well.” Goh and his... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
constraint. Among destroyers of creativity, or “creativity killers,” as I call them, excessive constraint is probably number one. When people are supposed to be coming up with new ideas or solving complex problems in new ways, they need... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
spatial detail how Walmart advertises in Akron versus Toledo versus L.A.,” Cohen says. Sure enough, they found that advertising dollars increased in local areas by an average of 23 percent after a lawsuit was filed there. In addition, the View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
they need is probably not a panel discussion. Rather they need someone with a high degree of expertise and lived experience in the field to brainstorm individually around their challenge. These resources sit on top of the foundational... View Details
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
what matters most.” Respondents suggested that not everything can be achieved by remote leadership. Goldshlager commented that if remote leadership “would like to turn-around or transform their operations, they probably need a strong... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
feel an Orwellian disease. Self-regulation within the industry seems to be the answer to the privacy question at this juncture, but Al Silk points out that given that "a series of people have fallen off the wagon," more formal measures will View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
switch to alternative dairy products, whether for health, price or sustainability reasons. This transition will likely occur slowly and alternative dairy products probably won’t ever fully replace animal dairy products, but we feel that... View Details