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- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
their support function definitions overnight, Gulati says he sees hope for change in corporate job title trends—namely, that many traditional job titles now have a defining adjective such as "strategic" tacked on to them. "They use the term 'strategic'... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
personality? How should I think about brand dilution? Does Branding Work For Business-to-business Marketing? B2B Branding: Does it Work? Does it make sense for B2B companies to take a cue from consumer companies and invest in brand... View Details
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
generation ago. If you are a global entrepreneur, says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, "you have to think much earlier and much faster." The new MBA second-year course Launching Global Ventures... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
Hildebrandt, calling pay for performance "a huge waste of time," said "I think a different logic applies if it (is) used to emphasize team spirit." Others were supportive of the concept if the proper performance... 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 unintended) consequences? Below, HBS faculty members Robert Steven... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
product's projected launch date next year). Will the Apple Watch reinvent wearables the way the iPhone did smartphones? What do those inside the watch industry think of it? For answers, we turned to Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
heralding the start of National Biotechnology Month, as January 2000 had been designated by the U.S. Senate. For biotech, in fact, the party had begun months earlier, when hundreds of millions of dollars had poured into promising... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
they pit business against society, when in reality the two are interdependent. Second, they pressure companies to think of corporate social responsibility in generic ways instead of in the way most appropriate to their individual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
how to change it? Designate distraction-free time for ‘deep work’ The first rule is to assign generous periods of time to important tasks exclusively, isolated from distraction (welcome or not). Workers capable of performing what... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
modest role biases can blow up potential deals. Suppose a plaintiff believes he has a 70 percent chance of winning a million-dollar judgment, while the defense thinks the plaintiff has only a 50 percent chance of winning. This means that,... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
high-potential leaders. Beyond headcount and budgets, investors with experience leading teams at scale can be very helpful with how to think about organizational design through various stages of growth.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
Over a dozen years ago, HBS professors Ben Shapiro and Kash Rangan conducted research with colleague John J. Sviokla, focusing on the impact that a company's order management cycle (OMC) has on customers. Think of OMC as the process that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
aligned. It was what we call in the book "forging strategic identity." Sometimes, usually with startups, this is done at the beginning of the CEO's tenure. In other instances this way of thinking develops over time. This process is often... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
of the three—Deborah Kolb—added perspective as an "insider" at BigAC. Although not a BigAC employee, Kolb had collaborated closely with the firm's leadership between 1998 and 2010 by conducting interviews and surveys, as well as View Details
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
University's Peter Glick said that he appreciated the high quality of the presentations and the fact that the conference brought together people who don't normally cross paths. "The conference was clearly painstakingly designed not... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
their role. Those who can acknowledge their misconceptions have a far greater chance of success. For example, new managers typically assume that their position will give them the authority and freedom to do what they think is best.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
HP, like Merck, has a basic interest in increasing the supply of scientists. NSRC has focused on curriculum design and teacher training. HP's technical advice and the active involvement of its scientists and managers have lent a valuable... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin