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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Going forward, we are entering into a time of limitless possibilities when it comes to the role of business in the world. Yet we also face... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
of 1955 Professor of Business Administration: The immigration bans of the past week are potentially catastrophic for the United States’ leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship. Many have lamented the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE litigation can reduce infringement and support small inventors. However, the model also shows that as NPEs become View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
researchers credit to the early actions of local political leadership and governmental agencies that encouraged public-private housing partnerships. Different locales do seem to have developed different conceptions of what is appropriate... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
time or another have comprised the Fortune 100 since 1955 as well as some 90 non-U.S. based corporations. From the larger base, the authors selected 50 organizations whose experiences met the criteria for a stall and whose profiles were... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
the phenomenon in large, publicly-listed business organizations. What are the causes? As Simon Griffiths puts it, "While we continue to focus on the short term, we will lose the benefits of working for the long term. Wisdom is only... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
conversation about critical issues can occur painlessly is vital, to both innovation and the company overall. But in an environment where such frankness never existed, effecting a shift toward candor and... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
Mensah recently at Harvard Business School’s fourth annual Gender & Work Symposium. “Men talk to me all the time about wanting to be more effective (with women) in certain... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
among employees as well as a greater burden on managers sorting out complaints about pay. Should all pay information be shared in an organization? What do you think the effect would be on such things as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
performing costly medical procedures. And that’s a problem, argues Senior Fellow Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. “It becomes obvious that you can make the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
Nohria explained his belief that people's life stories deeply influence the way they conduct themselves as leaders. In his own case, he described the profound effect his father, the CEO of a large electrical... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
effective transportation, or space to put garbage. Rapid urbanization will only accentuate these shortages. How should we address the problems in the confluence of these two trends? One approach is to expect... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
their control for leadership effectiveness. He suggested that tribal leadership, described in a book by the same name, is “a perfect fit for the fast moving networks of the Seventh Sense.” It describes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
differentiation is difficult in retail as well because development of such advantages takes time and is difficult to execute. All the while, low-price players are constantly looming to pounce. Can low-margin... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
that actual data on how markets are evolving tell a much different story than what Anderson predicted. As demand shifts from offline retailers with limited shelf space to online channels with much larger assortments, the sales distribution is not getting fatter View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
significantly reducing their emissions over the next ten years. "It's a major accord because for the first time in history, both countries are making commitments to limit their carbon emissions,"... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
making sure that these donations actually make a difference in alleviating some of the major ills and inequities of society. What, many ask, are the measures of effectiveness View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
really begin to have a deep effect both on the emotions in a business deal and on the ethics. Business people think in terms of problem solving and practical solutions, so... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
the T (threats) and W (weaknesses) in SWOT analyses (Thomas Stephens, Jr.). Looking over the suggestions, I'm struck by the fact that they include behavioral, structural, and even mechanical remedies. They raise questions about how View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett