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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
marketed its products as family food, targeting its messages to children as well as adults. Expanding slowly also gave Pujals the chance to work out and test his business model. He was able to determine... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
video case studies of laid-off workers, as well as a couple of technical notes for students—one focusing on best practices for managers as they consider workforce reductions; the other on the overall effects of layoffs. Case studies on... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
ease of use by instructors, and even useability in an age of “fake facts.” The most negative views came from those experiencing problems arising largely from the way cases were being taught or used. Those utilizing the method in their... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
from fads, time their moves carefully to meet the needs of their respective organizations, and enlist top management support. One might infer from this work that the real secret weapons that many U.S. firms possess in their competitive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
explored how great companies often lose their ability to innovate and eventually fail at the hands of much smaller, "disruptive" competitors. "Basically any stock you wish you have owned started out as a disruptive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
respect. While the prestige and group identity that spring from working for a particular institution can be a motivating force for employees, it's pride in what they do—recognition of the intrinsic value of a job View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
by how well the diversity of its leadership reflects the diversity of its customer base and how well that leadership can leverage the skills of teams working around the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
Most managers today understand the strategic implications of the information-based, knowledge-driven, service-intensive economy. They know what the new game requires: speed, flexibility and continuous self-renewal. They even are... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Belarus, on the other hand, has tried to draw itself closer than any other former Soviet republic to Russia. Belarus is, as HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal writes in a new working paper, "the quintessential status quo state in Eurasia." View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
you might well reduce the variance or expected value of environmental costs and come out ahead of your competition, he said. Case Study: BP The case of oil, natural gas, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!
hardships? Professor Nancy F. Koehn discusses lessons for leaders. Key concepts include: As the ship froze into place, Shackleton quickly overcame his own ego to reset the enterprise to focus on survival. Shackleton played to his strong suit View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
2017, well before the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work. “Two individuals have the same job and are doing the exact same kind of work. The only thing that changed is the temporal distance.” First, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
merchandising. Look at who is buying what product. Make sure that you are well stocked and have given a lot of shelf space to items that your best customers purchase. Do the same for slow-moving items. For... View Details
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
A recent conference at Harvard Business School addressed the on-the-ground reality of women leaders 50 years after the first women were admitted to the School's two-year MBA Program. And the reality is that women leaders are stuck—for... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
Alphabet/Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Berkshire Hathaway, Johnson & Johnson, Exxon and Walmart as well as China’s Tencent and Alibaba—currently, the most valuable... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
answer many basic questions asked by families in business. Some topics like succession have been well covered. There is a respected journal in the field, the Family Business Review, and other academic... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
Congress and the next president of the United States will be under pressure to make major changes to U.S. corporate tax policy, the consequences of which could have significant impact on profit and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
companies hoping to do business across the southern tier of Africa. With the emergence of New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the overall climate for trade... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
benefit the environment as well as a company's bottom line," Rangan adds. Good examples are the early childhood literacy initiative of PNC, a financial services organization based in Pittsburgh, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
What does nationalism mean for the world economy? And what does it have to say in a world of ever-increasing globalization? We recently put those questions to political scientist and HBS professor Rawi... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace