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01 May 2013
What Do You Think?

Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?

Summing Up Is the Term "Servant Leadership" an Oxymoron? Servant leadership (SL) is a concept that triggers a great deal of interest, judging by my e-mail inbox and the number of responses to this month's column. Many comments... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

06 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

require further research across various refugee and immigrant groups, Kerr says, such as populations that come to the US during different economic moments, like the 1990s boom or the bust of the Great View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

have conspired to enable insider trading? And if so, what did that mean for the future of the Firm? Purchase this case: https://hbr.org/product/mckinsey-co-protecting-its-reputation-a/415021-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-022 Honeywell and the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

than recent economic crises and recessions such as the Great Recession of 2008 and the Mideast oil crisis, whose causes were financially driven. The fundamental driver of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

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HBR Classics - Alumni

Structure and Process to Strategy Implementation Never Underestimate the Importance of Soft Skills in Executing Strategy Strategy The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution , Gary L. Neilson, Karla, L. Martin, and Elizabeth Powers Turning View Details

11 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

“These firms often have a ton of employees with great ideas, and if they can get their management strategies right, I think they could benefit the most from this sort of A/B testing technology,” says Koning, who is currently studying... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?

analysis. Jim Aisner To get some perspective, what kind of situation did Ron Johnson face when he became CEO of J.C. Penney in June 2011? Rajiv Lal: At that time the economy was just barely coming out of the Great Recession. Sales had... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

as "transparency," are in vogue these days. Perhaps we should add "self-fulfilling prophecies" to the list. They have become particularly relevant as comparisons of the current economic situation to the Great... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

afternoon. The researchers collected the results of all 2 million tests taken in the school years 2009-2010 and 2012-2013. “This seemed like a great opportunity to test the effects of fatigue in a different context, with very important... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

Congress approved a $2.2 trillion relief package to stave off what's predicted to be the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Yet, the results reveal a troubling pattern as policymakers, charities,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

Four titans who defined a new era in business during the past decade recently concluded their terms: PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Unilever’s Paul Polman, Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, and US Bancorp’s Richard Davis. When they became CEOs, the View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

firms and individuals—add up to the aggregate economy. But it turns out that we're not there yet. There's still a great deal we don't fully understand. We see patterns at the macro level that are sometimes hard to disaggregate and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

real nice opportunities to keep some businesses alive that deserve to stay that way. We’re also seeing larger, high-quality organizations that have been wounded by this and need capital or want a little bit of a financial cushion to weather this.” Interestingly, during... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

area between success and failure. As Evan Marwell (MBA 1992) notes in the film, over time, 70% of the businesses are actually operating in that middle zone between success and failure—it’s not all great or all terrible—leaving... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

great success investing in the utilities, steel, and rubber industries. Although he famously kept a low profile, leaders of business and government consistently sought and received his advice. George F. Baker Jr. Baker appreciated the... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

South Africa and spread worldwide, how Lipton tea became the world's biggest tea brand, the origins of the sensual Magnum ice cream, and how Pond's Cream became a Unilever brand. The story behind the brands has been presented also. Dove and Sunsilk, Omo and Surf, Rama... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

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Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

and defuse causes of the recent Great Recession without understanding the system itself), and a tendency to discount the future (ignoring long-term effects on global warming in making short-term decisions).... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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