Essentialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

essential part of building e-commerce models." The call for technical expertise will no doubt send ripples of change throughout the advertising industry. Already, Deighton notes, people who were not traditionally attracted to... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Sep 2007
News

Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

historians, HBS professor emeritus Thomas McCraw, in his 1988 collection of Chandler essays, The Essential Alfred Chandler, described a man who was universally regarded as both an academic giant and a true gentleman. “Chandler’s most... View Details

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

essential Some roles need a specific degree or require years of experience in a particular function or industry. If that is not the case, consider what transferable skills are equally as valuable. HBS has a high percentage of career... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

sustained growth while pursuing a strong export orientation provided the empirical backdrop for this approach. Government policy to achieve export-led growth is then essentially about findings ways to increase the ability to sell... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

get. Smart Startups is written for them—a timeless record of essential knowledge that can help them achieve success. It’s Time for Strategic Scheduling: How to Design Smarter K-12 Schedules That are Great for Students, Staff and the... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

mobility, and decision-making power, among other factors) rose to the point that the gap between the two groups of women (constrained and unconstrained) was essentially closed. “We are not making these women ultra-liberals,” Rigol says of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

differences present some formidable challenges for companies and their managers. In my next project, I hope to shed some light on this murky area and also to help fill a gap in our curriculum. Historically, cultural issues have not had a central place in management... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

with a diverse set of companies. "In this way, we could pool all this knowledge and distill it down to the essential principles that CIOs can generally apply, regardless of industry or size of firm, while describing 'realistic' and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

solve hard problems with fierce urgency while making their organizations even stronger. They move fast and fix things. Based on their work with fast-moving companies such as Uber, Riot Games, and WeWork, Frei and Morriss reveal the five View Details

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

School professor Josh Lerner, an expert in intellectual property protection and commercialization. He believes many companies have failed to recognize the growing importance of IP in the global economy. "It has become more essential... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

strategy, it's essential to regularly reevaluate individual and team goals to ensure that each still maps to those of the company. — "How will it satisfy stakeholders?" How important is it to your boss, your team, and other... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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correctly. Topics of Interest Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society I am interested in the for-credit version of CORe I am interested in the for-credit... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

opportunity that are essential to legitimizing that deployment of self-interest." In other words, capitalism earns its legitimacy through the idea that the pursuit of self-interest explicitly delivers on certain moral goods for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

served as a wake-up call for GM. Benchmarking works well when the process being benchmarked is essentially the same at the multiple units (either internal or external) participating in the exercise. For example, it's useful to compare the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

economics, is unable to account for much of the social environment of business—including the social and cultural factors that make themselves felt within organizations, as well as other essential aspects of the phenomenon that it purports... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

understood that it was critical to gain practical experience outside of academia. I decided to join McKinsey & Company, motivated to attain the best possible position to provide me with the essential business experience I lacked. That... View Details

30 Jun 2022
News

Scaling Hope

learning platform, Just Five, which was marketed to major corporations. The program provides five-minute, online lessons that offer the most essential information about addiction, including the crucial understanding that addiction is a... View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

the HBS MBA program have seen a similar trajectory, although there have been periods of plateaus, including the time we are in right now. As the world is rapidly changing, HBS is asking challenging questions about how the MBA can remain View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

brand of colorful Swatch watches. A portmanteau of "second watch," Swatch essentially introduced the idea of an inexpensive quartz watch as a fashion accessory. The strategy was wildly successful, with sales exceeding 50 million... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

small robotic aircraft to deliver essential medical products, first asked Ayala to help her assemble and vet the board for Endeavor Philippines, and he happily agreed. “That then turned into, ‘Well, can you help me find somebody to run... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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