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- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
retention. He discusses that gap in a recent article in the European Business Review, titled What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales. “If you look at the Fortune 500, there is currently only one CEO who came up the organization... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
use of the strategic text sequence prompted the AI assistant to choose the targeted products for recommendation even though they didn’t always meet the consumer’s stated criteria. For example, one of the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
participants were asked, "In general, is the government's effect on your life positive or negative?" 76 percent said "positive" after viewing the first case—but a full 91 percent gave that answer after viewing the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Normally, the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
What really fuels a boom-and-bust cycle in the modern global economy? It’s not always household debt, says a new paper that parses in-depth data across 115 countries. Instead, rising corporate debt may flash the clearest warning that a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
In the marketplace, Brand Trump is authentic. It stands for aspiration and success, but more the ostentatious and flashy success that appeals to the newly wealthy, the entrepreneur, the outsider. For these consumers, brand Trump clearly delivers; Trump hotels, and... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
everything at once. You don't try to take on the teacher's unions; you don't try to have IBM control it. You're reducing the amount of resistance it's going to get, which is always a brilliant change... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
suggested that " doctors rush when the illness is serious managers, when faced with little time and pressure to get things done, fail to think well and so make poor decisions." Itamar Offer, a physician, said that "information is View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
has a huge mine of data. Reminds me of the California Gold Rush. The only ones to make money out of it were land owners, shovel vendors, and Levi." Tom Dolembo added: "It's like the financial groundhogs have all come out and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
always faced constraints on financial resources or production capacity, but now more than ever, management's time and attention are the most critical constraints. We have to think much more strategically... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
is happening that makes these tools less effective today? A: Companies have always spent a great deal of money on marketing, but data have not always been available to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
One day in 1966 while Ranjan Kapur was walking in midtown Manhattan, a black limo pulled up alongside. A man he instantly recognized as advertising icon David Ogilvy, founder of the agency where Kapur had recently been hired, stepped out... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
perhaps not 9 percent, but higher than today's 5 or 6 percent. He finds wisdom in a quarter-century-old article titled "The Answer Is Nine" by Stephen Steppe, who argued that returns on commercial real estate may dip during... View Details
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
profits measure of damages, we find that infringement always occurs in equilibrium with the infringing firm making market choices that manipulate the resulting market profit of the patent holder. In equilibrium, infringement takes View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years."... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
than a yes or no response, particularly in view of his emphasis on organizational culture. For example, Kisiah commented, “Microsoft should not get involved in politics. It does have employees and customers with all types of political... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
million, though the price may be negotiable. The other site, a former apple orchard of about one hundred acres, was acquired by a local bank through a foreclosure. The bank is preparing to list the property but has yet to set an asking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
professor Wasserman to learn more about his research.New Business: Tell us about your research. Noam Wasserman: My research focuses on founder frustrations in entrepreneurial firms, with a particular emphasis View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
values can we infer from President Trump’s new tax plan? In the past few weeks, a number of commentaries have excoriated or celebrated the plan, but most have relied on conventional wisdom such as “Republicans care only for the rich.” If... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
they do on 50 million viewers. So FIFA drives up the value of those eyeballs by selling exclusive broadcasting rights to only one broadcaster per country rather than splintering attention among multiple... View Details