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- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
circumstances. "Even learning something small can give you pleasure and a sense of accomplishment." To pique your own curiosity, consider setting regular learning goals, whether it’s figuring out a challenging piece of software, trying a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
place, while the results of that innovation leads to learning that reshapes the strategy. Lean Strategy enables company builders to pursue viable opportunities, stay focused, and align the entire organisation while supporting front-line... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
"as part of a small team building a new company ... the time we spend together (as opposed to the day per week that she and her colleagues telecommute) ... is the most valuable." Jack Downey makes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
when he said that George Gilder correctly defines knowledge and entrepreneurship as the true driving forces of capitalism. "Airbnb and like companies are accelerating capitalism, not replacing it." As Hugh Quick put it,... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them (Harvard Business School Press, 2003), a new book about turnarounds, "successful managers exhibit a close alignment between what they commit to and who they are—and disconnects... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
Heinz, of the famous food company; Marshall Field, the Chicago retailer; Estée Lauder, who created one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world; Howard Schultz, of Starbucks Coffee Company; and Michael Dell, of Dell Computer... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
composites, which were used in a wide variety of products, ranging from bicycles to automobiles to aircraft parts. By 2016, the company had grown to 27 employees and was able to produce its product in small... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
little different for supposedly constrained and unconstrained firms, even though we find important differences in their characteristics and sources of financing. On the other hand, privately held firms (particularly small ones) and public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business will be conducted in the future. This paper describes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
on human resource management. Most companies have viewed the ructions caused by COVID as an anomaly. They aren’t. COVID accelerated a number of trends that were latent in the labor market before the onset of the pandemic. View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
United States, with 14,000 employees and gross revenues of $3.8 billion. Although USG used asbestos in a small subset of its products (and never in its SHEETROCK), as more companies that were heavy users of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
community, spirituality, and other interests. Students work in small groups on various exercises, including one called "What We Carry," in which one student interviews another about the influence their parents and other family members... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
how CEOs from major companies around the globe—Becton Dickinson, IKEA, Tata Group—made a positive difference for their employees, their customers, their community, and society while not neglecting profits. Beer cowrote the book with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
other words, whether you'll be able to achieve the profit motive versus the control motive. Interestingly, a colleague, Richard Tedlow, pointed out to me that this choice may be a more general managerial tension that exists long after View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
directors accountable to company owners." Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding enormous power to a small number of special-interest investors, namely,... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
that shifting equity and credit market conditions play an important role in dictating corporate finance and investment. Of Gods and Small Things: Closing the Gap in Corporate Entrepreneurship Author: Bhaskar Chakravorti Publication: In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
business. Christensen cites IBM and Merrill Lynch as examples of companies exposed to disruptive technologies. The disruptive technology for IBM is Dell's use of direct marketing and distribution, particularly over the Internet. For... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
brands. He describes four different ad types and explains how each can influence multitasking consumers. To create an effective media mix, he recommends that companies take advantage of lean advertising principles and adopt a sequential... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces. Market research View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
effective leader of innovation. The truth is, leading innovation takes a distinctive kind of leadership, one that unleashes and harnesses the "collective genius" of the people in the organization. Using vivid stories of individual leaders at View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne