Always On - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

overoptimistic assumptions embedded in that research. The bigger problem is that not all investors are able to rigorously study financial statement analysis and valuation, and given constraints on time, there will View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Negotiation and All That Jazz

actions any more than you'd let them dictate yours." As a result, Wheeler is skeptical about one-size-fits-all negotiation strategies. An approach that succeeds in one context could be disastrous in another. That makes him equally... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

professional life, throws his family into chaos, and puts them in physical danger. Leaders aim at success, not self-destruction, but this is exactly what Tony brings on himself. This story confronts us with View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

found over decades of collaboration that clever piecemeal solutions to international security problems were always inadequate on a global basis because they omitted existing linkages. Also, American... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

"I would be very happy if both Google and Yahoo resisted these constraints. The real bottom line is people, no matter where they reside. . . . Please do not limit this discussion to China." Nicole Herbots put it this way: "Our truest self-interest is in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

a force, the cost of creating a new design must be within the reach of a single user. User innovations occur when customers of a product improve on that product with their own designs. In rodeo kayaking, the early participants built... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

the niche product again that makes it a little bit less attractive for users. Apple has always built its company historically on hit products, and the problem with a hit product strategy is that when it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

the past decade, and not always for the better. Clark Phippen commented, "Over the last decade what is broadly called 'technology' (computer-based) seems to have mutated from being truly helpful to being overwhelming." Stephen... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

disillusioned because while the names and faces changed, the partisan-driven gridlock in Washington and politicians’ focus on primary voters, special interests, and donors did not. “I was always looking for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

outside manager, the merchant should be clear on what practices the program will permit and to not assume outsourced managers will always act in the merchant's best interest. ("Quite the contrary, our data... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

focuses on the economics and strategy of digital: how organizations need to adapt and change in this new environment, and the individual skills required to succeed in a digital economy. "You know that a significant change has taken... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

they: (1) are special, (2) are entrepreneurs first and leaders second, (3) or represent a kind of leadership important for only one phase of the longer-term development of a business. Comments did suggest, however, that some ideas about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

How often have you heard that, when entering a negotiation, you should get your allies onboard first? Conventional wisdom, but not always the best advice. When the United States sought to build a global anti-Iraq coalition following... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

CEO for a company seems to run on a scale based on size. The ultimate problem with that is the large failure effect. . . ." Responding to the point that hiring from outside an organization is often a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising

such as eBay, YouTube, and Facebook to gather information and share opinions on how they spend their money, an entirely new marketing philosophy is called for, one in which the marketer no longer controls... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Advertising

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

senior researcher in the Global Research Group who has been working recently with a number of faculty members to develop Asian-based cases for the School's curriculum. "There's one Chinese company, for example, that has established... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

10 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote

McBoatface. Overruling the public’s wishes, NERC named the craft after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The public was outraged; newspaper editorials decried the lack of democracy, and citizens protested the unfairness of it all View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

Manufacturing and information technology these days go together like bread and butter. But it wasn't always so. As Professor David Upton pointed out in a Global Alumni Conference panel titled "E-Commerce and the New Operations,"... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

Professor Bower, since 1970 you have articulated views on the resource allocation process and how it fundamentally shapes corporate strategy. Could you give us a brief overview of the resource allocation process? Bower: Organizations of... View Details