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- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
during my freshman year and his sophomore year at Indiana University. We fell in love through ping pong games (I always lost), late night fast food runs, weekends exploring state parks, Bible studies, and service trips. We survived a year... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
listened to voters' concerns. COURTESY CHET EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS ; ROD AYDELOTTE/WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD Edwards, 54, a career politician, has survived tough challengers before. In the 2004 election he won 51 percent of the vote in a district... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
1984) The Nature Conservancy Worldwide locations A charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
survive and thrive with the help of these techniques. Talk about the physical toll of racism in the workplace and what that looked like for you. Studies show that discrimination and racism are linked to higher rates of high blood pressure... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
and survival requires comprehensive strategies that in many cases will transform and revolutionize brick-and-mortar retail as we know it. The strategies outlined in this book are a good starting point for retailers to rethink their... View Details
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
malapropism as saying, "take it." More than a funny Yogi-ism, the words suggest a fundamental truth for companies wanting not only to survive times of disruption, change, and surprise, but lead through it, Kanter suggests.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
up an advanced and highly aggressive cancer. Even with a hideous year of surgeries and chemotherapy, the best I could hope for was a 50 percent chance of surviving the next five years. I was forced into an abrupt fire sale of the business... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
shareholders of acquired companies. On the other hand, short-term value is more often destroyed than created for shareholders of acquiring organizations. There are conflicting conclusions about whether mergers and acquisitions contribute directly to long-term value for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
advise entrepreneurs not to ignore some of the old rules of doing business. "Companies still have to build competitive advantage and concentrate on efficient processes and quality products," they note. But by also mastering the new techniques of judo strategy, firms... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
short-term moves such as layoffs, interpreted by some as running counter to the Statement’s ideals, were balanced by concern for the long-term survival of the organization so important to other employees able to keep their jobs. In the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
of dollars off my data." It's hard to go into the mind of Ello's founder [Paul Budnitz], but my guess is that they genuinely believe there is a backlash and they're filling a need in the marketplace. The challenge for them is: how do they View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
turnover among the largest business firms, characterized in the United States by the fact that only one company, General Electric, has survived in the Dow Jones Industrials index since its beginning. We are reminded of the matter as... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless
India is a country where many women struggle for survival from the day they are born. Girls in India are less likely to be breastfed than boys, for instance, and less likely to be immunized. But India also has the highest number of... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
only survive but will grow" as well as providing "pertinent training or cross-training." Kamil Gupta described a situation in which camaraderie resulted from everyone agreeing to take a pay cut, with leaders accepting the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
selection processes help organizations adapt in the face of technological and market changes. We show how this process, along with the concepts of organizational ambidexterity and dynamic capabilities, may help organizations survive over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
uncontaminated by the scandal and previously on a slow glide path to oblivion. The RBS brand, like the Merrill Lynch brand, is dead. We may well see RBS branches rebranded NatWest and NatWest become the dominant surviving retail brand... View Details
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
their leaders to recognize the importance and take advantage of advances in communications technology to remain relevant and competitive. J. W. Carpenter reported that "Our study shows that without the capacity to absorb [information] technology [a] business has... View Details
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
value to those with the resources to defend its ownership, a kind of survival of the fittest philosophy? Yet another school of thought asks whether these issues are overblown. D. R. Elliott commented that "much of the internet... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
our interests. This is a concept that business leaders instinctively understand. They may have close relationships with suppliers, customers, or competitors, but ultimately the company must develop its own strategy and policies in order to View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
cement the loyalty of those who remain by assuring employees that the company has survived difficult times before, maintaining quality rather than cutting corners, and servicing existing customers rather than trying to be all things to... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch