Painting - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

encouraged, but neither activity engages the unique skills and capabilities of business. Consider the typical corporate volunteer program. It almost invariably draws on the lowest common skills in a company by mobilizing people to do physical work – landscaping a... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

14 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

This arises not just from entrepreneurs who have been doing this for years like the Birlas and Asian Paints but also from more recent moves by India's pharmaceuticals, software, and auto component sectors, among others. Cross-border... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

African villages, store owners paint Coca-Cola signs on the sides of their tin shacks. These signs are not sanctioned or paid for by the company. They are seen by locals as a sign of credibility. Companies and nonprofits have stronger... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo da Vinci's painting pay too much? Was it real? Did it matter? The sale of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

create a series of exhibitions that attracted millions of visitors, putting Düsseldorf on the map. At mid-century, the "Düsseldorf School" was famous for its landscape paintings that influenced many Americans; one of its most... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2016
Op-Ed

The Twitter Election

advertisements in battleground or swing states. These ads are designed to raise doubts about and paint a picture of Trump before he has enough money to hit the airwaves in earnest. Complementing this air war is Clinton's well-organized... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

comes from synchronous interactions that you cannot get otherwise,” Sadun says, “and your decision-making depends on these inputs.” You Might Also Like: What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

appeal to the large, heterogeneous audience of the Super Bowl and avoid appearing too red or too blue. At the same time, they did allow their points of view to subtly seep into their messaging. For example: Brands such as Coca-Cola, Kraft, T-Mobile, and Toyota View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

work. It does seem like companies make some distinctions between employees, who are not all painted with the same broad brush. Senior executives suffer a 6.5 percent compensation discount on average while financial executives take a 10... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

event and was broadcast. In a burst of understatement, Fortune magazine described the symphony as "somewhat programmatic in nature." The second movement contained a melodic reference to the most often sung of IBM's many songs, "Ever Onward." View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

be overlooked if not forgiven. Clinton will doubtless try to pin Trump down on policy and expose his lack of detailed knowledge. Trump will try to stick to broad brush strokes, avoid policy specifics and leave enough white space for voters to View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

What were the key steps in how the Indian modern art market went from essentially a nonexistent category to one where individual paintings were being sold for millions of dollars? A: The market for modern Indian art was created in three... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

survey of nearly 6,000 small-business owners conducted by a team of researchers in partnership with Alignable, an online business networking platform with 4.5 million members. The survey results paint a bleak picture of America’s current... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

25 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.

issue, versus a new firm that is very interested in lobbying on that issue." While that might make sense, the implications of that fact don't paint the prettiest picture for democracy, since the companies lobbying on an issue may be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 May 2016
What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

results of the poll. Sounds like terrific results So, near the end of a particularly long and difficult mission, where the crew and scientists want to draw particular attention among school children to findings, they should simply paint a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

Protection Bureau with requiring banks to collect and maintain certain data in connection with credit applications made by women- or minority-owned businesses and small businesses.) However, the information that exists paints a troubling... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

01 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?

current quarter. But are they painting an accurate picture of a company’s current performance? The researchers discovered something they didn’t expect: When a strong showing seemed to be under way for a company, managers at announcement... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

entrepreneurial hustle, working with a friend to turn new German helmets into “war souvenirs” by painting them to look battle-worn. The rest is business lore: He never gave up on his cartoons, working relentlessly to improve them,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

an analysis of the debt, and Robert Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development Emeritus, cheerfully admitted he would provide "the gloomy panel" with David Walker, founder and CEO of Comeback America Initiative. The picture they View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

reinvesting in the store base—to paint the walls, introduce new fixtures, and spruce up the establishment—doesn't make financial sense. Instead, the zombie stores continue to exist, eating away at sales that their healthier, competitive... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

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