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- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
Summing Up This month's column appears to have struck a chord with those who lament the continuing loss of implicit knowledge buried inside the heads of experienced leaders (termed "deep smarts" by Dorothy Leonard and Walter... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
Parish, was among the runners-up. The journey has not been easy; the class has experienced its share of deaths, disappointments, loss of loved ones, ongoing physical ailments, and business failures. But we have persevered. Having climbed... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
emotional address, as Rabbitt tried to inspire the company to move forward, while holding back her own tears. For Rabbitt and for everyone else at the company, the loss was both professional and personal. Furthermore, Couch's death... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
number of massive—and massively leveraged—firms, ranging from Bear Stearns to Citigroup to AIG, played a central role in driving both the bubble and the eventual collapse. And because they were so large and strategically positioned in the marketplace, they threatened... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
years that have caused deep manufacturing job losses in the United States: the appearance of robots/automation, and increasing import competition from China. “The appearance of robots caused a sizable reduction in the local population,... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
companies build resilience by creating a sense of continuity and solidarity. “Losing the war didn’t just represent the loss of assets, but also a setback in terms of future ability to operate in these markets,” says Giacomin. “The... View Details
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
target, rather than targeting an arbitrary number. Devising this number means finding just the right balance in the inevitable compromise the firm has to make between increasing the target size to reduce the potential loss of money from... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
commented that this mindset "leads to poor morale and burn out," as well as a loss of effective communication skills. Gerald Nanninga added that "it is destroying the art of pondering" and "by valuing work as a... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
African government take a stand against an effective AIDS treatment drug? The inability of government to make wise tradeoffs—give up small losses for much larger gain—has been investigated by HBS professor Max Bazerman and his research... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
estimated that the annual losses to the economy if these industries shut down would be between $1.5 and $2 billion. In addition, if water levels are not restored, there would also be serious ecological costs, including impacts on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
Isaac Goldstein. Isaac has focused his career on K-12 and higher education. He first worked at EY-Parthenon, partnering with school districts, universities, and edtech investors, to address learning loss and operating deficits. He then... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
immediate loss of income, in exchange for a better situation at some point down the line. What about organizational biases? Since the events of 9/11, it’s been well documented that the CIA and FBI didn’t coordinate their information. Each... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
the things you're passionate about. For some of us, it may be maybe you suffered abuse or something and you want to help other people who were survivors of that. In my case it's really wanting to help people that have suffered business View Details
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
Apple generates from hardware sales more than compensates for the reduced e-book sales through iBooks," says Zhu. "At the same time, Amazon will be able to sell more e-books, and the additional profit Amazon generates from e-book sales is greater than the View Details
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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity
equity firms? How might we design an on-ramp for people looking to make career changes – people that could very well expand our capacity and understanding of our work? We are not at a loss for motivation and inspiration. “The more you... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
with the burden of integrating their new systems. Then, in the early 1990s, the rise of desktop computing saw IBM lose the PC race to a raft of new competitors. By 1992, IBM was feeling the effect of its sluggish reaction to these changes. "Big Blue" was bleeding red,... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
skill in assembling stakeholders who can survive the loss of the assets they contribute if the worst happens. 7. Learning to lead requires a lifelong effort. Most entrepreneurs aspire to grow their small start-ups into large ventures, but... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
Persephone's Pomegranate: Crédit Agricole and Emporiki In 2006 the French bank Crédit Agricole bought the Greek Emporiki bank, for 2.8 billion, at the peak of a bull market for bank takeovers. Six years, a major financial crisis, and 5.2 billion of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
scientists Michael Norton and Francesca Gino found that rituals alleviate and reduce grief after a devastating emotional loss—even among people who don’t inherently believe in the efficacy of rituals. In short, people who performed rituals after a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
developed and distributed in China, had to come up with a realistic business plan projection a couple of years ago. It required an estimation of the share of potential revenues that would be siphoned off by others appropriating the students' ideas. They decided that 60... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett