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- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
a situation like the current global pandemic. The case shows that if community health workers could be trained on the front lines, you might have access to capabilities to everything from initial screening to contact tracing on the back... View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
a confluence of factors that muddy the analysis” such as “the extremely deflationary push of technology,” one that is not measured correctly because of productivity increased by the greater capabilities of the widgets we produce that go... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
revenue-producing capacity of the worker from $60,000 (a rough figure for the hospitality industry) to $110,000 (a similarly rough figure for “health care and social assistance”). A $30,000 investment in human infrastructure, based on these assumptions, would foster an... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
like a renewed democratic process and appropriate regulatory regimes. I believe that these problems are usually best dealt with by the state, but in many cases that is not happening." Moreover the private sector has resources and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
trying to achieve as an organization?" Adrian Grigoriu commented that "... it shouldn't be so hard. But business leader stereotypes corrupt the selection process ...." Several others questioned the capabilities of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
the literature I have seen. Obviously, it will depend on the range of services to be delivered and the nature of capabilities a firm already possesses. Q: Your research covered several different industries. Did your findings vary by... View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
effort into succession ." C.J. Cullinane pointed out that "if the style or background of a capable insider does not mesh with the CEO, (insiders) seldom get to a position where the Board of Directors can evaluate them."... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
innovation.” Since 2000, however, the contributions of Chinese scientists have leveled off, while Indian contributions showed a slight decline. This may be raising a red flag about America's capability to innovate in the future. Says... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
capabilities approach and postulates that "legal astuteness"—defined here as the ability of the top management team to communicate effectively with counsel and to work together to solve complex problems—is a valuable dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
what doesn't. China knows it has a huge price advantage in terms of production capability if it can make the Internet work to its advantage to market goods to the West. American managers are still reeling from last year's wild dot-com... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
having more responsibility in the work place, and feeling capable of dealing with a broad range of issues." Turnover is lower when staff levels are greater. Turnover is also lower when employees are not answering the phone... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into account the impact it might have on their ability to innovate. The result has been an exodus of manufacturing from America, which has weakened the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
future existed. It seemed odd to Mustafa that finding a financial partner capable of providing tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars to reshape an industry was proving to be remarkably easy, while finding a single individual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
borrowed the traditional alpargata design, covered it with fashionable colors and prints, and tied it to a social cause. Paez's founders were keenly aware of the present and future challenges they faced due to the resources and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
would allow the company to grow beyond the current LP's capabilities and position them for future success. Nicolette needed to give the board a full sense of what she saw-was now really the right time for a complete rewrite of the LP?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
against this decision. Should Adobe reverse its decision? More generally, what new skills and capabilities does it need to develop as it reinvents itself? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/reinventing-adobe/an/514066-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
must also build new organizational capabilities in ASUSTeK, while Pegatron struggles to win business from ASUSTeK's former customers and now competitors. The case offers an opportunity to apply the lens of disruptive innovations to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
team-specific human capital by investing more in the internal networks and unique capabilities and resources of their own companies. Second, women took greater care when assessing a prospective new employer. In this article, Groysberg... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
share in the billion dollar DNA-synthesis market. Codon had several distinctive features for a company its size and age: it was already generating revenue from several different types of customer for its genetic products; it looked View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne