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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
Akron, Ohio tire cluster—to try to discover how Akron companies turned into what he calls a "community of inertia." Drawing as well on research by other scholars, including Harvard University Professor Michael E. Porter, Sull's... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807018 Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading Harvard Business School Case 707-494 In the spring of 1977, Goodyear CEO Charles J. Pilliod Jr. was looking at an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
succeeded in the past," he writes in Revival of the Fittest. When Firestone was faltering in the tire industry after the introduction of radial technology, for instance, Firestone management responded by doing more of the same... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
continue to thrive? What do you think? Original Column Jeffrey Pfeffer is tired of seeing billions spent on leadership programs that are taught with the usual small number of examples that extol the leadership virtues of “modesty,... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and Mike Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS, experts in scheduling and in inspections, respectively. “The more inspections you have done earlier in the day,... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
directors who exert pressure to really change failing companies. Unfortunately, it often takes a crisis, which then leads to a new chief executive. One of the chapters in our book, by Donald Sull of London Business School, develops a brilliant example from the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
example, 2021 transaction-level trade data from Vietnam shows that most bicycle tires imported from China went to a manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City, whereas most bicycle tire exports to the US were made by... View Details
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
bookings, buy cars and homes, while Recruit also owns Indeed and Glass Door. Being a good place to be from is a shift from the current employer mindset. Instead of wanting employees on board until you’re tired of them—a philosophy... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
Romero's enthusiasm piqued the interest of local, national, and international entrepreneurs whose efforts did work out. These included investors and indigenous laborers from other parts of Mexico; American pioneers who headed south having View Details
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
care, and other social goods. These are the consumers who are now trading in their sport-utility vehicles. They include the empty-nester baby-boomers, less confident than before, who are tired of heating unused spaces in cavernous... View Details
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
its employees and retirees are sent to New England Baptist Hospital for joint replacement surgery. Because the provider is getting paid one price, that leads to greater accountability for patient outcomes, Kaplan says. "When we buy a car we don’t send a separate... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
anti-democratic practices, such as the widespread and inefficient practice in this country of special-interest groups currying political favor via soft-money campaign donations. Politicians are tired of hosting fundraisers, and business... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
habits are changing with the coronavirus pandemic one they leave Amazon, they may be reluctant to return.” “Bac” expressed the following concern: “Amazon better worry about its relationship with law enforcement and facial recognition technology I am View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
As companies ride the digital wave, many find that switching up old, tired practices and deviating from the norm can be crucial to survival. But sometimes things can be taken too far. During the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
tired of the way things work in their previous organizations and are determined to do things very differently. My findings suggest that for new firms in established industries, there is value to doing some non-technical, symbolic things... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
women and men are tired of gender inequality. It's our opportunity to make something of that—or it's our opportunity to miss." In addition to teaching students about building an inclusive organization, the case will give faculty an... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
values they espouse. There's a great deal of hypocrisy among politicians, and personally I'm very tired of having the term "family values" being thrown around by public officials who later get caught in sex scandals, and also... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
business navigated uncertainty in the past in Turkey. Sabancı, who started her career by working at the group's tire factory, gradually worked her way up the family business, building global partnerships and steering the business through... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
version of what philosophers call “the trolley problem” and pits fallible humans with brains and souls over machines that can’t overthink a situation or get tired behind the wheel. The “trolley problem” originated in the 1960s from an... View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
Nova lived up to its moniker, nová meaning "new" in Czech and alluding as well to a bright star. Its wide array of programs provided a spicy alternative to the tired fare offered by the two prevailing state-run channels whose... View Details