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- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
respondents. Shann Turnbull points out that "National governments can deal with globalisation as they can determine the rules of ownership and control applicable in their jurisdictions." Nevertheless, he proposes the creation of a "Community Investment... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
Summing Up Does Common Sense Impede Change? Common sense is the decision-maker's friend when the decision has to be made rapidly, with a minimum of research or formal theory, with no more than moderate risk or consequences, and by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
circumstances under which such a hire might be made. Michael E opined, “I don’t believe you can generalize across the breadth of potential situations all people deserve second chances under appropriate conditions as difficult as it may... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
Benjamin G., and Michael Luca Abstract—Online marketplaces often contain information not only about products, but also about the people selling the products. In an effort to facilitate trust, many platforms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
decision anyone makes." What do you think? Original Article In his book Blink, discussed in this column in February 2005, Malcolm Gladwell advised us to place faith in intuition based on experience in deciding many things quickly. Now View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning
being, the more they wanted to work with them.” Key to these perceptions, the researchers found, was language. Using a language-processing algorithm designed by Imperial College Business School Assistant Professor View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
for cadavers. Anteby's current research examines the morality of markets by focusing on the U.S. supply and demand of cadavers for medical research and education.) Anyone who has been trained as a physician—or is close to someone who has... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
students are graduates of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an innovative six-year public high school program spearheaded by IBM that has improved college completion rates among disadvantaged youth and created a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 29 May 2019
- Video
2019 Alumni Achievement Awards Presentation
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Group Luca de Meo, chief marketing officer of Volkswagen Group, reflects on his time leading the marketing department at Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. In particular, he thinks about the environmental sustainability initiative launched... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
inspections. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52570 Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit By: Luca, Dara Lee, and Michael Luca Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
years, curious to see if its ideas had stood the test of time. I was surprised by the book’s sober tone. It has a morning-after hangover vibe: “I guess last night was amazing, but I can’t remember it all; I must have blacked out. Now it... View Details
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Fossil Fuel Divestment
By: Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick
Teaching note to accompany HBS case 620-093, Fossil Fuel Divestment, by Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick. View Details
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
paper, "Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization," written by Harvard Business School postdoctoral fellow Adam M. Kleinbaum, and professors Toby E. Stuart and Michael L. Tushman.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
capital providers and nonprofit loan funds, seek to expand economic opportunity in low-income communities by providing access to financial products and services. As Michael Pokorny, a senior director at the... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams By: Bernstein, Ethan, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee Abstract—Holacracy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
all patients, all needs, and through all channels. Professor Michael Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg in their book, Redefining Health Care, use the term “strategy vacuum” to describe what’s happening in these markets. "It’s... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
technology underpinning Bitcoin is the important part of the story. This technology will transform many aspects of life in a positive way.” Prithwis Mukerjee suggested that this is already happening in a “scheme to simplify the payment of GST in India.” View Details