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- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
and extroverted individuals during the idea-generation phase to generate better ideas. "You want to make sure that the other person is sharing their ideas and not filtering themselves." Find customers willing to share. The same goes with stakeholder View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
Prospects from small schools are being hurt even more. The first ever HBCU Combine was cancelled, many college pro days were cancelled, and with the NFL cancelling in-person interviews the hurdles faced by HBCU and other small school... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
Many deliver disappointing performances. Companies can avoid this scenario, contends Joseph Bower in The CEO Within. Drawing on a decade's research (including interviews with leading CEOs) and experience managing the succession process,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
"codification" with a focus on IT applications. More recently, with Web 2.0, there is an increasing emphasis on collaboration so that individuals are interacting with each other, not simply documents. This note, based on extensive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
interviewing hundreds of microfinance clients around the globe, the authors were able to identify five tools drawn from management accounting where improved knowledge would have a substantial impact including cost management, throughput... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
style has changed as well. "When we interviewed many Japanese CEOs, it was interesting to see how Japanese society doesn't reward people who stick out—worse, they criticize and hammer down the nail that sticks out," Mukae says.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
ways." The researchers used professional research firms to conduct interviews with some 500 large firms in major Asian industrial cities. Deshpandé said the work has been criticized in some quarters. At one conference, Deshpandé was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
face-to-face interviews with project managers in the industry to understand the types of practices being used. Next, they developed metrics to characterize the type of process adopted in each project. Finally, the metrics were... View Details
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
particularly the French, who authored the most important rules promoting the free movement of capital. The United States has been at the center of global finance, but in a very ad hoc way, Abdelal says. In this interview about his... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
Douglas B. Holt We've spent lots of time examining how men are portrayed in mass culture as well as interviewing many dozens of men across the country. While rebellion plays an important role to be sure, we found that this model offers a... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
approach has extracted its lessons for today’s negotiators. We have extensively interviewed Henry Kissinger about his most difficult negotiations. We studied his writings and those of many others who have analyzed these episodes. This has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
with company materials, a few of the aeronautics plant retirees I interviewed were worried that I wanted to denounce them to management. In my project on the commerce in human cadavers for medical education and research, some clinical... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207099 Pitch Yourself! Harvard Business School Exercise 508-039 Helps students develop an elevator pitch for their most important asset—themselves. Before class students are asked to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
consumer. The system needs to be redesigned so that each participant is motivated to increase value, measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. This excerpt discusses how healthcare providers can shift to a value-based model. An View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
therefore facilitates implementation," says Roberto, who teaches in the School's General Management unit. An e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge follows. Martha Lagace: Why should a leader be concerned when he or she hears... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
intimacy, and community offered by direct-to-consumer marketing will have an impact on every industry and intermediary," Deighton predicted. Supermarkets may have "dodged a bullet" for now, but direct-to-consumer marketing is here to stay, Deighton says.... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
durable goods, she adds. In another study, Keinan interviewed college students and alumni returning for their 40th reunion, asking the two groups to assess their level of regret about how they spent their winter breaks on a scale from 1... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
process. In a typical scenario, there is, of course, the systematic collection of data in order to learn about a company in detail. Then a dialogue needed to be established with the managers. The resulting conversations and interviews... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
themselves in similar situations. Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School. The interview was conducted via email. Sean Silverthorne: From a leadership perspective, how should leaders approach divided... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne