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Alfred N. Steele
Arriving at Pepsi after defecting from an alienating position at Coca-Cola, Steele immediately began a highly involved rehabilitation process at the battered soft drink maker. Steele installed a more autonomous management structure,... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
and the motivation of real life.” In Baobab’s first short film, Invasion!, released in 2016, actor Ethan Hawke narrates a scene in which a frightened white rabbit named Chloe tangles with a pair of bumbling alien invaders, Mac and Cheze.... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
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Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Affirming the role of the employee, then, became part of a growing trend in management as a way to inspire collaboration and reduce alienation experienced in the repetitive nature of standardized working conditions. Elton Mayo, professor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders
decision-making. “If you are able to achieve it, consensus works best because there are no losers, and people don’t feel alienated from the organization,” Whitehead explained. But he acknowledged that consensus isn’t always realistic, as... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
challenge after another. "Take India, for example," she says. "How do you get people who use twigs to brush their teeth to trade up to something as alien as toothpaste?" (The answer, she explains, is through grassroots education and... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
against an attractive but relatively unknown candidate. The alternative of crafting a distinct, positive image takes longer and becomes more difficult as the day of judgment approaches. Policy differences grow fuzzier as both candidates try not to View Details
- 14 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump
be contempt for the whole category. Scorn the non-buyer. Trump alienated the marginal customer. He forgets that today’s brand rejecter may be tomorrow’s opportunity, but not if the marketing campaign has cruelly cut the market into... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Deighton
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
shed employees, assets, and noncore businesses. Often, these measures lead to the loss of valuable resources, alienation of key customers, and erosion of capabilities for the longer term. This makes the firm less competitive and probably... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
he reported directly to the CEO.” More importantly, he got the exclusive rights to one of 3G’s investments: ownership of the Tim Hortons chain in Mexico. With the capital raised, the plan was “to build aggressively” in an alien... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
fail, further alienating the public. Reversing this loss of trust will require a concerted effort to develop a new generation of responsible leaders. No longer can leaders be chosen strictly for their abilities. In the future they must... View Details
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
underestimated a relentless backlash that unwound the deal. While politics and steel are not alien to each other, there is nothing in Tata-Corus like the level of political concern in the CNOOC-Unocal situation. Second, TCL acquired... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
articles from the Wall Street Journal and The Economist they learn about "decision rights" and alienability and how these institutional devices solve the control problems in a capitalist society. The second portion of the course,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers
alienated from the organization and may leave. The lack of policies to support employees' personal lives in this new model, such as high-quality on-site day care, also has negative consequences. Remote workers who may have been willing to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
and insightful, it needs to be rolled out through student organizations (clubs, the Greek system, etc.) and funded by nonprofits or grants. Another choice would be a freemium model, but that will be difficult to do without alienating the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
Meow Wolf is headed that way, too. A wildly popular arts and entertainment company with more than 2 million visitors a year, across three locations, Meow Wolf started in 2008 as decidedly offline. The founders were a group of artists who felt View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
becoming increasingly aware that the viability of your business depends on dealing with climate change issues. But in the United States it can be politically risky for a CEO of a major company to take a public position on climate change that could View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
political alignments and so to alienate potential supporters. Regardless of what the situation is, I advise new leaders to spend some time learning about culture and politics, even if they think they have been brought in explicitly to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace