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- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
investors to use your product? When asked (or not), investors never lack for advice on how your product can improve. Just remember, you are in it every day, they are not. So, always weigh that advice against...
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by Julia Austin
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
human physiology (typing is still difficult on a small keyboard), technology (battery life for a fully converged device might be in minutes, not hours), and human preference (would the iPod be as popular if it looked like a cell phone?)....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
catastrophe, suggests that the failure to acknowledge the risks posed by climate change means that the entire financial system is riding on a carbon “bubble” that will cause havoc when it bursts. Why have we been so slow to respond? Even...
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- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
companies only analyze the resources they take, they should try to give a big portion back," says Rangan, who notes that companies may not always operate at a "net positive" to society or the environment, but they should at least strive...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
desperate as the day of reckoning approaches. They flood the airwaves with negative ads, especially in closely fought states like Pennsylvania and Indiana where the margin of victory was as important as who wins. Political brands, on the...
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by John Quelch
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
basically to rethink education. It's on a roll, and we have an opportunity to make it even better. Q: Any words of advice for your successor? A: First, I'd say fall in love with HBS and embrace its mission and its people—they're what I...
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by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
Business School. "That could be both potentially positive and negative. There is a lot of critically acclaimed artwork that could be systematically overlooked by crowds. On the other hand, you could imagine that experts aren't View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
useful change effort? What are the risks for the subordinate in dealing with a leader not always able to separate judgements regarding the quality of contrary ideas from those concerning personality traits of the person advancing them?...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
an employer? What truly matters in the end is whether that transformational effort adds value. In 2012, the gaming company Valve published their novel Employee Handbook which outlined their organization structure (or lack thereof). Valve challenged the notion of having...
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by Julia B. Austin
- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
"People need something that gives them safety and answers to their questions." On another note, Roseanne Landay attributes the current supply of writing on leadership to the fact that during a slow...
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by James Heskett
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
can't or won't adjust, staying stuck on zoomed out is the lesser of two evils, Kanter says. "If I had to choose between getting too close to the details or getting too far out and losing the situation in the clouds, I would View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Some reviewers are always critical and leave worse reviews on average; others might always be positive, fawning over every restaurant's spaghetti or tuna sub. Still others are...
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- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
hints of emotion leak out in facial movements—a momentary blush or twitch that might be caught in a couple frames of film but would escape the notice of most untrained observers. Evidence suggests that micro-expressions are there to be seen; the trick is knowing which...
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by Michael Wheeler
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
have shown that entrepreneurs generally score higher on this measure. "A classic extroverted person is always sharing stories and anecdotes." The other measure tested, extroversion, relates to how...
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by Michael Blanding
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
The name of the game in Internet search has always been helping users find what they're looking for as quickly as possible, as precisely as possible. The panelists at the 2005 Cyberposium's "Search Visionary" session at Harvard...
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by Julie Jette
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
fast growth. "This is not an indictment of them," Christensen emphasized. "This is an absolutely normal progression of economic institutions as they become successful." In his remarks, Christensen shared his views on...
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- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
some skepticism when potential backers realized she was a woman, Chase didn't let that faze her. "I always made it a point to fall back on skill and hard work. When they realized I knew the business...
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by Julia Hanna
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
dynamics, including Nepal's, they have leaned toward one of two approaches: a broad view of several different countries together, or the sharp focus of a case study. Iyer and Do's method combines the best of both worlds by examining a...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
The more thoughtful of them provide a primer on applying the concept. Deborah Nixon's comment echoed several others when she said the idea has been around a long time in other forms, by other names. "The larger an organization...
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- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
digital assets are (they're not always obvious). A team of senior managers from across the company should take an inventory of data and systems, assess how valuable each is to the company, and decide how much risk the company can absorb...
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