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10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

for a second-mover to challenge a first-mover. A: Firefox and Camino claim only a small market share, and those users are on the tech-savvy end of the user spectrum. In particular for Mac-centric browsers,... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

still see a connection between a professor from Harvard who comes to their country to study management in 2016 and the Englishmen who brought opium to their country in the early 1800s, ultimately triggering the end to Imperial China. They... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

was premised on an allegory about hillbillies, which working class people outside America's cities found valuable at a time when American ideology was all about engineering life and technological progress. Holt describes the geographical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own professional and personal lives. Q: The book addresses aspects of business life that are vexing to many... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

covering world-class brands, innovative start-ups, and social enterprises, and the most popular of the more than 30 episodes produced in the past year are listed below. The Amazing Life View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

thought to myself how can it be that the president of the University of Vienna cares so much what the Shanghai Jiao Tong University says about his university, but he does.... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

little bit like the movie business. In years when you have Lord of the Rings, life is wonderful. But in years when you have Hollywood Cop, it's miserable. In the years in which Apple has missed or hasn't had... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

breadwinner and the rebel. Breadwinners are men who play by the rules of the institutions that they participate in, work hard to achieve, and eventually become respected authoritative figures—pillars of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

short, quick strokes with the short sword, balanced with simultaneous utilization of the long sword. Likewise, a focus on quick wins and success in small increments needs to be balanced with long-term planning and achievement. For... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

No one says the life of the entrepreneur is glamorous, at least in the start-up phase. Financing pressures. Bad diet. Family—what family? And now new research from Harvard Business School professor Noam... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

everyone is expected to give and take, teach and learn, during the discussions of issues in its classrooms. A book, Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire, by Tom DeLong (pictured above), a member View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

decisions, trying to understand how they make decisions now is pretty important. Q: Please describe how the research got started. A: Jim Poterba and I started the project at the end of my time in graduate... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

first, these operations eventually become profitable. The WDC would be a center of research and learning about the impact of business on poverty reduction. Q: In what ways could the World Development... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

information intermediary. And when you talk to a lot of people in the press, they really push this: "We defend the common man," etc. But there is real bias in whom they cover. They pursue big companies everybody View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

innovation when they assemble diverse teams of designers, engineers, and other specialists working together to solve a problem. Find a way to hide the solution. The magician's audience doesn't necessarily View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

that their leaders have a realistic, rational, and focused path to the future. 2. How well are we treating the people who are being laid off? Intuit’s blog is worth reading for the care it demonstrates for the feelings and well-being... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

the life of the consumer. An important assumption of the perspective developed in this paper is that we can identify what is rational for consumers. There are strong views... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the workplace with no end in sight, leaving business leaders to struggle with a wide variety of challenges, including keeping staff members happily engaged—and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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