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- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
Summing Up Our forward projections often reflect what we have just experienced. Responses to the question, "What will be the single most promising area of research or study in the next 10 years?," View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
you see as some of key factors that led to this? Luis Viceira:The Dow is an index that has traditionally included the largest companies traded in the US stock market. Its growth since its inception reflects the growth and profitability of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
What is it really like to be the subject of a case study? According to top executives of four Latin American enterprises that have been held under the magnifying glass, the case study process can hasten a valuable journey of reflection... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
annually over the first eighty-five years of this century, have surged over the past decade to over 120 thousand per year. This does not appear to reflect the impact of changes in domestic patent policy, shifts in the success rate of... View Details
- 14 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Business Summit: China in the Global Economy
continue in China, driven by domestic consumption. To retain global leadership, foreign companies must win Chinese consumers. The experience of Esquel Group over the past 30 years reflects China's evolution from a planned to a market... View Details
Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
(Image credit: Harvard Business School) Some years ago at Harvard Business School, on classroom and office walls we posted a motto: “We all teach, we all learn, for life.” It was intended for faculty as well as students and staff. It View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
build a scholarly community that reflects what is happening in the broader world while creating new learning materials for students and practitioners." Iansiti and Lakhani's MBA elective course Digital Innovation and Transformation... View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto
the article that the inquiry approach, which you prefer, doesn't come easily or naturally to most people. How can people make inquiry their main method of decision making? A: The best recommendation is to work hard to raise awareness. We suggest two routes:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
facilitate the expatriation of US corporations. Such transactions reflect the effects of policies and of the changing structure of multinational firms. From a policy perspective, the transactions highlight the increasing costs of... View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
patented method of doing this, called the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET), centers on having interview subjects select images that best reflect their state of mind concerning the item in question. The images consumers select... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
“I’m here for you.” The point may seem trite but it reflects the importance of our ability to trust in our relationships. We each should do our best to keep our relationships reliable and predictable, to be someone on whom others can... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
proficiency. Later, when they become masters, they can look back and reflect on what they wrote as novices. Two, experts can actually re-experience how it feels to be a beginner. Through a series of experiments in 2014, Zhang investigated... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
retailers, as well as satellite, cable, and telecom operators. The Group had just met its financial targets for 2006 and had achieved organic growth of 6% in the first half of 2007. Yet even as he reflected on these successes, CEO Frank... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents
usual private incentives. Can we agree to compete on therapeutic solutions, not on the underlying science we need to develop them? I'd like to hear your reflections on the matter: What should be in the commons, what should remain private?... View Details
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
major factor in neglecting distant possibilities, because addressing such surprises inevitably involves a costly, multi-pronged solution strategy." Carole Muller advances a more formal hypothesis: "Could it be that the bias towards... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
organization. If people are afraid to speak up and discuss problems, you lose a critical source of feedback, and you can't learn without feedback. Finally, learning must occur in real time. That is, while after-action reviews can be helpful, View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
waste. This increase reflects a change in the behavior of households, which keep unaltered the production of total waste but sort it to a larger extent. In addition, we show that several factors that may discourage local administrators... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
director labor market. For firms, around announcement of dissent, firms suffer an economically and statistically significant cumulative abnormal return of -0.97%. Although literature has suggested that dissent might be reflective of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
of: how do these groups work, what deals do they look at, and ultimately do they make a difference for the companies they fund? Q: Is crowdfunding a threat to more traditional notions of venture capital? A: There have been a lot of challenges associated with... View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
Prominent among them were Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and MIT. Together, they have evolved to share common institutional traits, a sort of university DNA. Much as the identity of a living organism is reflected in its every... View Details