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- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
great they are as individuals, reap the personal benefits of their position, and deftly blunt competition from potential inter-organizational rivals.” His point is that an age of knowledge sharing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
(e.g., those who might take a competitor's bid to be a personal attack), and those who are highly sensitive to what others think of them, might fall prey to the effects of competitive arousal. Finally, those... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
meaningful summer internship experience is one where you can learn a lot,'" she explains. "Whereas the people in the 'rediscovery' group were more likely to say things like, 'Make sure to seek out a mentor, and get that View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
Bean, for instance, is a company that has excelled at learning through customer intelligence. The outdoor products retailer has gained success not only by accumulating information in a thorough way but by interpreting it with great... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
per unit of energy consumed.” Dan Wallace asked whether or not we have “the wrong expectations.” As an example, he cited the sharing economy, where we achieve “better asset utilization and customer... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
challenge comes as all stakeholders get together and hammer out common definitions. This might not seem like the kind of work that leads to disputes, but it is. In most companies, questions like the following would lead to heated... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
have to select as heterogeneous a group as possible, representing different experiences, thinking styles, cultures, and attitudes. Sometimes, groups get a boost from the addition of customers or... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- November 1999 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
International Business Machines Corporation (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
IBM changes pension plan from a defined benefit plan to a cash-balance plan. Teaching purpose: To understand pension accounting. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Transformation; Business Earnings; Private Sector; Personal Finance; Cash; Information Infrastructure; Taxation; Computer Industry; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F. "International Business Machines Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 100-033, November 1999. (Revised April 2002.)
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
industry competitors in the physical world. (That way you will always have someone to whom you can feel superior.) Dismiss on-line competitors as ephemeral fads. And don't even consider whether companies from unrelated industries could... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
David Upton's Alumni Conference report on the state of information technology for business-to-business began with a lesson in technology history because, said the HBS professor, "understanding doesn't come easy without an understanding of the Internet View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
essentially enumerating the qualities that we should look for in a leader without suggesting how we identify and select for them. Some of the more interesting ones included Kapil Kumar Sopory's suggestion that we look for "... the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
factors play into workers’ decisions to go back to work.” The complex cost-benefit analysis for workers How much savings a person has or whether someone has children may be factors. Using more detailed and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
To understand the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, imagine a business problem as a maze. One person might be motivated to make it through the maze as quickly View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile
- 30 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?
comparative consumer product reviews since 1936. The publication ranks competitive brands according to quality, based on in-house testing and customer surveys, and publishes... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
Ramarajan Striking a careful balance between professional image and personal passion is difficult, as a case study on high-profile banker and gospel singer Carla Ann Harris... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
this month's column. Several thought that the provision could have the desired effect. Yedendra Chouksey said, "What is open to public glare does restrain proclivity for 'insanely generous' self-rewards So, why not try it and hope... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
highly unionized, highly paid work force puts in an average workweek of 28.8 hours. To this we could add a second and related practice: Balance work and personal life. Many... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
Summing Up Judging from responses to the June column, big ideas rank high on a list including technology and intellectual property as sources of competitive advantage. But they are only a starting point, outweighed by methods View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
important person in the company,” and encourage associates to feel psychologically safe and willing to take reasonable risks. “Observing John, I realized that the best leaders... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett