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- 01 Jun 2021
- News
What Does It Take to Be a Good Remote Worker?
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
success is valued too highly to be interrupted by a hostile takeover,” thus fostering sustainability. If sustainability is such an important issue, how do we encourage it? A number of suggestions were put forward. Fizzinni proposed such... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Feb 2017
- News
Senate Conflicts Aren't New — And They Used To Be Much Bloodier
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
more practical context in which ethical dilemmas can be resolved than can separate courses in ethics or values. Further, how ethical and value-based dilemmas are taught may be as important as the inclusion... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2015
- News
China Still Isn’t Ready to Be a True Global Leader
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
that the division might be in trouble, that corporate support is wavering, and that potential buyers are lining up. He wants to know what you know. Though the rumors are not altogether accurate, they do contain more than a few grains of... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
fill."—Allan Page "There is no definitive answer to the question of how any given board balances the needs of various classes of shareholders, employees, vendors, etc."—Amy Savin "The board should be guided by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 May 2021
- News
Why Being Promoted from within Gives You a Key Advantage
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
demands of consistent quality, innovative design, supply logistics, and the need for superior customer service, and it's easy to understand why David A. Birnbaum (HBS MBA '74), a private jeweler, would sound this cautionary note: "Luxury sounds very intriguing,... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
Then there's the recent debacle involving a big beverage company. The vice president of sales for one of the company's largest regions dramatically underpredicted demand for an upcoming major holiday. His motivation was simple—he wanted to ensure a low revenue target... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
report possible fraud? What kinds of internal control levers, employee training programs, or perhaps even internal (nonfinancial) rewards and recognitions lead to a greater number of internal whistleblower reports? Subject to data... View Details
Keywords: by April White
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
will do well to manage your time carefully. Some angels think that evaluation starts with the first meeting and continues right up to the moment of writing the check. In order to structure this book effectively, we address evaluation as a... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
authors explain the fundamentals of platforms, different strategies and business models, common errors, and platform battlegrounds of the future that involve competing technologies and implications for organizations. There is advice for traditional firms looking to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2015
- Blog Post
How Being an HBS Partner Changed My Life
I thought HBS would be my husband’s adventure. He would explore and I would share in that by co-piloting his journey. In hindsight, I have shared in his HBS travels, but he has also shared in mine. For HBS is the place where I began to... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
hesitation, she opted for the higher-paying position in a new city, figuring it would be an adventure with her partner of eight years and lead to more exciting work opportunities down the road. It’s a choice many people face at key times... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2013
- News
Can Good Financial Behavior Be Taught In High School?
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
substantial costs to faculty and institutions alike in fostering any changes as basic as these. Costs include large investments of time and money as well as risk of personal and institutional reputation (at least in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?
health, career—that an industry is evolving around motivating people to be smarter about their choices. The problem: solutions created by these researchers and other behavioral scientists, such as incentives to remind health care shoppers... View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
that "those companies that are in the hands of accountants will shrink from ... [preserving deep smarts] because they will not be able to quantify the benefits in business terms." C. J. Cullinane elaborates on this in commenting... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2022
- Other Unpublished Work
Got 'Critical Minerals'? Hooray! But Be Careful
By: Louis T. Wells
When a country has “critical minerals,” certain issues require special attention in the country’s mining legislation or while negotiating contracts with potential mining investors. As well, to obtain maximum benefit the government should prepare for negotiations with... View Details
Wells, Louis T. "Got 'Critical Minerals'? Hooray! But Be Careful." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 338, August 2022.