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- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
To other functional departments such as finance and operations, the sales and marketing functions look alike. After all, they are both "outward looking," focused on the customer and the market. But, creating a strong marketing and sales team has proven... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
something my parents use." Under her tenure, Godrej has been reinventing and relaunching products that millions of Indians use—inexpensive insect repellent—and aspire to buy—hair dyes and car aerosol. Nisa's aesthetic, what she calls "cheap and chic," comes in equal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
“convening” through book-related and community-focused events are the “three Cs” of Raffaelli’s research. All are traits that independent booksellers—working together, despite the “independent” moniker, and sharing best View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
both the exchange and the acceptance of ideas-people really hear your message and become open to it. Cultivating warmth and trust also boosts the quantity and quality of novel ideas that are produced. The best way to gain influence is to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
to several of the responses. As Carl X. Parks put it, "Organizations can utilize tools from Google's best practices to enhance or redevelop their own (where applicable). But as a whole, this may not... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
especially for emergencies. A byproduct will also be the transfer of best practice among larger groups of practitioners working in teams. These forces may elevate the role of... View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
organizational knowledge." Joe Violette raises a more practical issue: "Knowledge coaching ... cannot be effectively accomplished on a one-on-one basis. Too few people will benefit ...." Respondents provided possible... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
participants are generally concerned with questions such as: How do I improve quality in my service operation? How do I make my organization become more innovative? What should we do about the Internet? How do we deal with globalization? and, What can I do to View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
Cohly was skilled in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian practice of herbal medicine, and suggested they try using turmeric to heal the wound instead. The spice worked, and Das and Cohly later conducted Western medical trials to prove that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Taylor Gibbs chronicles more than 200 years of her paternal family’s history and highlights their contributions to the civil rights movement in the United States. The Human Element: The Foundation of Business at Its View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
from growers to buyers, a deliberate choice made by balancing cost and practicality. The auction, along with the transfer of flowers, occurs for just a few hours each morning. This limited operational window makes it cost-prohibitive to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities
in the field about best practices and effective management tools, so they can expand their knowledge and sharpen their leadership skills. The new Bloomberg-Harvard partnership seeks to bridge that gap.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
FAQ
Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices Why is this a good time to establish a charitable lead trust? Record low rates used in determining... View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
can obtain both benefits: fierce focus on individual business units, which produces solid performance in each of the businesses, and an appropriate level of cross-unit interactions, which produces extra economic value through things like cost reductions, View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
trade in IP other than for purposes of national defense? First, it has proven difficult to do. Second, it can be argued that IP in the long run should benefit of the world’s inhabitants. To restrict its transfer or sharing across... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
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Alexandra C. Feldberg
work, I developed a deep interest in gender and knowledge transfer in organizations. Although I enjoyed the analytical aspects of consulting work, I missed being in an academic environment. I realized that the depth, precision, and rigor... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
their best moments, can lift people up, and in their worst, let them down.” Teaching by Heart isn’t designed to be an academically rigorous analysis of teaching, he adds. It’s personal, based on decades of classroom experience and his... View Details