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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 27 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose, potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel did not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
excessively achievement-focused as the only measure of what they deem as successful.” "When Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, he often went without food or water because he was in flow with his work," Kraus says. "This is part of... View Details
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
other hand, Joshua Kurlantzick, writing from Shanghai in The New Republic three weeks ago, paints another picture. His is of a China with a failed banking system with 50 percent of non-performing loans made to state-owned enterprises to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
these marginal differentiators and expend their creative efforts on new products and processes that create value, instead of slapping a new coat of paint on shopworn goods." Sandi Edgar wrote, "Instead of trying to weed out new... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
communication—some vendors and futurists paint a scenario where businesses collaborate and compete in profound new ways. But your research suggests that this is not happening and is not likely to happen any time soon. Why have Web... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 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