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- 26 Feb 2009
- News
Last Look - March 2009
think we volunteered. It was probably the most interesting class I recall taking at HBS.” Merrill identified the first model (closest to McNair) as Cheryl Wellock (HRPBA ’60) and added, “Most HRPBA classes were held in Longfellow Hall on... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS professor Ananth Raman and Wharton professor Marshall Fisher.... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
today's managers are trying to implement third-generation strategies through second-generation organizations with first-generation management. In an earlier study we analyzed the evolution of CEO Jack Welch's thinking at General Electric... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
Cusumano, who previously teamed up to write Competing on Internet Time. “They were determined to have an impact.” The good news, according to the authors, is that most successful executives can learn over time how to think more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
David H. Langstaff (MBA 1981), president and CEO of Veridian Corporation of Arlington, Virginia, a knowledge–systems company that works extensively in the area of cyber assurance and security. Explains Langstaff, “For managers, it’s not so much that they don’t want to... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
not suggesting that we can establish causal relationships, but it certainly gave us a deep intimate look at the attempts to grow expertise in a short period of time, and that's where I think there's a lot of applicability to most... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
innovation. In this episode of Skydeck, I talk to Professor Christensen about the theory at the heart of his new book, and how it has affected not only how he thinks about business, but how he thinks about... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
make a distinction in meaning, it is usually in reference to levels in a hierarchy. People at the very top provide "leadership"—whatever that is—or at least they are supposed to. People in the middle do the "management," again with little clarity about what that means.... View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
increasing complexity and unpredictability of our world is such that only a highly distributed decision-making structure will be able to adapt and respond effectively, she continued. "Most of us don't think a centralized planning... View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
Managers think of businesses in their portfolios as question marks (too early to tell), stars, cash cows, and dogs. Entrepreneurs "harvest" the spoils of startups once the rapid growth period is nearing its end. This work has... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
... technology, how do you draw the line between 'work' and 'life'? ... I think we need new definitions for [these terms] ...." Do you agree? And what interpretation should we place on the unusually large proportion of anonymous... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
management." And who should be responsible for ensuring that this happens? According to Andrew, "Lean thinking says that we are all part of the system; therefore we can all act on the system. Therefore we all are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
generations of the family are supposed to take care of and grow the founder's creation; they are not expected to be entrepreneurs themselves. Even attempting to reinvent the family company can be seen as disloyal by the family. This constraint often kills the family... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
technological industries (e.g., electronics, instruments) and creative industries (e.g., publishing, motion pictures). Q: Your study covered two years, 1991 and 1999. What do you think the findings would be now, a decade later? A: It has... View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
edge"—is stimulating ways of thinking about these questions. As Stewart and others have concluded, intellectual capital comprises a "hierarchy of knowledge"—data, information, knowledge, and wisdom—making up both explicit... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
the rocket, which was built and operated by another company, the United Launch Alliance.” While we were addressing one possible example of a lack of coordinated, long-term thinking under pressure (among other things) associated with the... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
decision-making biases. "Basically, people place more value on a good outcome today than a better outcome for which they would have to wait for two weeks," she says. "That's why I think process improvement needs to be reconceived as... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
(centered) around rapid iteration and customer insight." One way to address the challenge, according to Jeffrey Vetter, is to "separate out forward thinking groups from the day to day business." Dave Schnedler suggested... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Bookshelf: Try As One Might
A professor of management at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on design thinking, Jeanne Liedtka (MBA 1981) helps people make better decisions through experimentation. The concept sounds simple enough in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Passion & Purpose
offices and 14,000 associates. In the St. Petersburg area, the James name can be found on the Tampa football stadium in addition to numerous educational, health-care, and arts institutions. Thai Lee, MBA 1985 President and CEO, SHI International, Somerset, New Jersey... View Details