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- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
are. They appear to systematically earn low returns on their investments in American corporate assets. “The singular fact about foreign direct investors in the United States is just how unsuccessful they are.” The returns on American inbound foreign direct investment... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
pairwise industry and establishment level and measure agglomeration in a global and continuous metric space. These indices exhibit distinct advantages compared to traditional measures of agglomeration including the independence on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
capabilities to adapt, making them ideal partners for HBS and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Furthermore, for institutions like HBS and HBSP, one of the major worries about engaging in activities in this part of the world is... View Details
- 08 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know
and application. Each layer presents distinct business opportunities for establishing strategic differentiation. Companies can leverage their position within layers to grow larger by pursuing strategies for integration (expanding into... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
levels must be more willing to undertake lifelong learning and behavior modification to remain abreast of leading-edge thinking and practice. Q: How does the unique structure of PGL advance the learning process? A: The structure of PGL is unusual in that it comprises... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
one’s corporate ecosystem, etc.) is essential to establishing and growing businesses in African markets. Many of the failed entry attempts we discussed were led by organizations who either failed to identify suitable local partners or failed to bring aboard local... View Details
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
trust their business associates and colleagues is critical for business success in China," says Chua. Their article, "Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
you can’t study a leader in isolation; there’s a relational construct between a person and society. Clinical psychology gets into the underlying motivation for people who seek leadership positions. In political science, we saw the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
competition. They do so by initially differentiating themselves to develop distinctive capabilities, but subsequently integrate these capabilities with those of the core units. At the corporate level, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
effective management of these five attributes allows not only organization-level benefits, but also team-level benefits in the form of new capabilities and team member resilience. We then highlight the critical roles of leadership and of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog
available to them. Therefore, the essence of general management lies in fully understanding and harnessing the capabilities of the human resources around them. Effective decision making goes far beyond merely knowing what one wants to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
or have meaningful messages but we also have the capability to go beyond that into different areas,” says Rose. “So we said, ‘What’s the problem statement?’” To begin the design thinking process, Rose, Lovepop’s CEO, and Wise, its COO,... View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
preserve "deep smarts"? What do you think? Original Article Successful organizations, according to Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap in their new book, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom, rely on people who possess knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven on one side by the proliferation of a new technological, cultural, and economic landscape commonly referred to as “digital disruption” and on the other by a widening gap between the skills and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
their government—a distinct contrast to the current sentiment in the United States. Almost all the Chinese executives I met believe that their nation's leaders possess the foresight and the courage to think long term. These executives are... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
about what these different types of transitions are. A: The four broad types of business situations that new leaders must contend with are startup, turnaround, realignment, and sustaining success. In a startup, the new leader is charged with assembling the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
Computer-generated graphics may support the learning, but the room’s distinctive vitality still comes from interaction and critical thinking. McAfee closes the case with a bang: “What do you think happened to this company?” In fact, it... View Details
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Harvard Business School experts how the pandemic might change business practices. Here’s what they had to say. 7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus Leaders managing their organizations through crisis show seven View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
Apparel and Textile Industries is based on eight years of study. The keys to success in an age of product proliferation, the authors found, are no longer economies of scale and cheap labor but an up-to-the-minute knowledge of what is selling and what is not, flexible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
Texas Instruments were also launched during this time. In fact, the odds on the success of an appropriately directed new venture during a downturn may be higher than in a competitive boom. Entrepreneurs — inside and outside of corporations — must articulate their View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti