External And Internal Reporting - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2004
What Do You Think?

How Important are Big Ideas?

big ideas guide us to put our brain to work." And Don Martin added, "Management concepts provide a benchmark against which the desired direction within a company both externally View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

them immediately? Many leaders strive for such a high degree of perfection that they are unwilling to admit mistakes. They feel tremendous external pressure to be perfect, but in reality they are far more successful when they are... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

external markets. In many companies, widening the span of influence counteracts the rigidity of organizational structures based on boxes and silos. For example, although global companies like Procter &... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

"talking past each other" manifests itself in many ways. Q: Can outsiders bring enough pressure to create political and social change in China? A: Outside pressure can be a useful catalyst, but probably more so when used to feed... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

of M&A activity must take place; mandatory public reporting must be required documenting experience and outcome information based on defined standards (just as the SEC requires View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

rethinking the way the work of the whole organization is organized. It requires challenging assumptions about customers, internal and external communication, decision making,... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

07 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

Kerry blasted "Benedict Arnold CEOs" for using tax advantages to do exactly that. We asked Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai, an expert on international and corporate finance, to guide... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Dec 2019
What Do You Think?

How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?

that started a fuel burn 11 hours too early into the mission, using up so much fuel that the capsule could not reach the proper altitude. According to a reported comment by Jim Chilton, senior vice president of the space View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

At the beginning of January, over two hundred senior executives and government officials from around the globe met at Harvard Business School for the fortieth annual Agribusiness Seminar. They represented every facet of the "global... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

"A small percentage of students are intrigued by and support the complete meritocracy they see at Lincoln," DeLong notes. "But the majority rejects the piecework system, although international... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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