Art World - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, reflected on her research and its impact in an essay in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World (pdf). More recently, she... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

Summing Up When Is Listening Not a Good Strategy? Like a good case debate, the discussion of the question of whether listening is a lost art was not one-sided. What was clear was how important people felt listening is to effective... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

supplies and set up the art studio in our home. Or we schedule that meeting that we've been thinking about for 2 years but have never done. We do something that shows the world and ourselves that we've gone... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

Finance can be intimidating, and many business executives don’t even try to get their arms around it. But Harvard Business School Professor Mihir Desai says business leaders need to engage with the world of finance in order to succeed.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

whether business schools in general have lost their relevance by following "the scientific model" of graduate schools of arts and science as opposed to "the professional model" of medical and law schools. The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

by a government’s response to the virus, blurring the line between the private and public sectors. Said Dr. David Nabarro, Special Envoy for COVID-19 for the World Health Organization (WHO), “Brands must strive to be authentic,... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

Auschwitz, and other members of his (and his wife's) extended family lost their lives in the Holocaust and because of the fighting in World War II. In 1944 and especially early in 1945, young Andy was a hunted child. Life under the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

information on where each person went to school from LinkedIn. Birds of a feather invest together The information showed that the venture capital world is incredibly homogenous, consisting mostly of white men from liberal View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

senior advisor at Steuben Glass in New York who operates her own consultancy. "It's a great art to define what relevancy means for your brand while keeping its heritage alive. It's a matter of catering to existing clients while... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

the fair, with its theme of "Building the World of Tomorrow," as an ideal venue for institutional advertising and image making. This fair was to be more than merely a "showroom for the display of goods"; it was to be,... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

23 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Founder of Modern Venture Capital

students. He realized his dream of establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the European Institute of Business Administration. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry... View Details

Keywords: Education; Financial Services

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

disruption, but Gary Pisano says there are ways to stay ahead of the innovation curve. Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level James Sebenius explains the art of Henry Kissinger’s dealmaking. Problem... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Feb 2015
What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

Gerald Nanninga added: "The pressure to turn a profit in massively competitive mature industries with razor thin margins makes it hard to (do what Google has done). And the business world is a lot more like this than it is like... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": Fashion, publishing, art/architecture/design, film, music, and food. Her subjects include fashion pioneer Chanel, publishers Penguin and Atavist, film icons Variety and the Sundance... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

21 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

huge risks not only in the art she has chosen to depict on screen, but jeopardizing her ability to be a social activist. Azmi on women in Indian cinema: “A lot of [films] were being made with women protagonists... But these were in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

birth was estimated at $190,800–$456,300. The percentage of HOM gestations among all ART pregnancies decreased from 11.4% in 1997 to 2.0% in 2012, with the sharpest year-over-year decline of 20.3% occurring in the year following the... View Details

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

Ruhr [The Future of the Past: German Capitalism from the Viewpoint of the Rhine and Ruhr] Author:Jeffrey Fear Publication:In Uberschreitungen. Das Wechselspiel von Wirtschaft und Kunst im 19. Jahrhundert [Crossings: The Interaction between Economy and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

success in judo strategy. "Our strategy," she notes, "is as much the art of exclusion as it is the art of inclusion, or what you are going to do." Rule Two: Stay On The Offensive But... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

universities in the world of higher education in the 21st century. Is it going to be Europe, whose great institutions really defined what a modern university would be in the 19th century? The United States, which is without question still... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

expansion in terms of audiences and acquisitions of art from regions of the world previously underrepresented in its collection. The partnership also helps to expand the network of museum partners and... View Details