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- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
purposefully ensures otherwise. "The BSSE course teaches that the CEO of a big company has a very special role to play in stimulating disruptive growth," he says.... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
Great Firms to Fail, Christensen said he believes exciting opportunities await those who come up with ideas for other forms of high-tech start-up financing. When mainstream venture companies become huge financial institutions, he... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Market Research Meets the “People Factor”
kinds of research. Managers should keep researchers abreast of what kinds of decisions will be made and what role the research results will play... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
of the use of venture capital investment. Do you think the use of project finance is affected by market cycles as well? And if so, what economic factors do you feel would... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
of any or all make sense. Here is my perspective on the many ways available to get professional help. Adviser Most business advisers are domain experts or experienced operators in a particular area such as... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
host's local knowledge and experience, reinforced by a less-controlled management apparatus, is an invaluable asset for the specific property and should play a key role in the decision-making process for the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
increase understanding of the distinct role pettiness plays in exchange dynamics, especially as apps like Venmo and Cash App make it easier than ever to exchange exact amounts.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 18 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Brand China Can Succeed
hardly alone in these behaviors, but its size as the third largest economy in the world now commands attention—and the expectation of better... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
page the ghost of that policy looks over the shoulder of the analyst, frames his assumptions, guides his pen." Overall, says Schumpeter, "the capitalist process is essentially a process View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
assessment of, and response to, predictions, particularly those involving substantial future risks? What role should corporate boards play in this process? Is such assessment the first step toward the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
for behavior, and draws on concepts and techniques from neuroscience to inform her research in marketing. For corporations, on the other hand, the science is a means to an end goal of selling more stuff. But... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
failed role of health plans that involved powerful networks, restrictive choice, and management of physicians, in a value-based model patients... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
improvement professionals. That’s how I started studying the role of occupational licensing in an online world, and together with my co-authors we found the perfect setting: an... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
responsibility, HBS has long tried to promote better business standards. Anteby's rich account reveals the surprising role of silence in HBS's process View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
Often overlooked in essays on leadership is the role of the organization's measurement and management system. Effective leaders, however, know that measurement and management... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
The leader is both architect and visionary, and both roles impact on the meaning individuals experience through work. We cannot yet conclusively say whether the architect or visionary role is most important... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
proposed that "the board could tie the CEO's exit package with the grooming of a successor." B.V. Krishnamurthy said that "the ultimate solution may be similar to the job rotation concept of... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
conference featured a practitioner panel of executives who have roles in promoting women. HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and keynote speaker Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter also shared... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
role by sticking up for small inventors, going up against big companies that steal the ideas of entrepreneurs who are unable to fight their own legal battles. (NPEs acquire patents either by purchasing them... View Details