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- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
What do a health food manufacturer, an infectious-diseases specialist and a content-management expert have in common? Answer: All are women, all are entrepreneurs. And by virtue of being women and entrepreneurs they share one... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
computer-design process study by Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark that underlines the importance of design rules and processes intended to produce compatible components in a finished product. Modularity in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Article
Chris Argyris (1923–2013)
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Chris Argyris, a pioneer in the fields of organization development, organizational learning, and action science, passed away on November 16, 2013. Argyris was born in Newark, New Jersey, on July 16, 1923, to Greek immigrant parents, and grew up in Irvington, New... View Details
Edmondson, Amy C. "Chris Argyris (1923–2013)." American Psychologist 70, no. 5 (July–August 2015): 473.
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
(people who experience no hormonal change and cannot adapt) leave or are forced out." While ignoring the question of chemical change, dependencies that were posed by several respondents may suggest opportunities for future research.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
successful and unsuccessful experiences with teams. Improper uses of teams were cited. Phil Clark said that "Often teams are formed to 'look good' but truly are not teams Ownership of the outcome is directly related to the success of a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
the risks are no longer connected to individuals who possess the incentive, power and capability to take action and manage the risks." Stephen Basikoti agreed, noting that "creditors have already shown themselves incapable of making better decisions View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
wait until you're desperate to contact mentors," said Sara Crutchfield Clarke (HBS MBA '97), vice president of corporate strategy at Showtime Networks. "Find ways to stay in touch, and have a clear means of articulating your... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
'gut check' on big decisions is always prudent. I realize that is the sort of bias these authors warn about, but the application of their methods shouldn't reduce decision-making to a formula " Phil Clark had a more encompassing view... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn for the School an unequaled reputation for intelligent,... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- June 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Driving Impact
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Lisa C. Cox
With $1.8 billion in 2015 revenues, Boys & Girls Club of America had evolved over its 155-year-old history to occupy the lead position in the Youth Development space in the United States. Its new CEO Jim Clark had initiated yet another change process in 2015 to ensure... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Strategy; Planning Process; Transformative Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategic Planning; Change Management; Growth Management
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Lisa C. Cox. "Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Driving Impact." Harvard Business School Case 516-078, June 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
If you want to be awed by the pace of technological advancement over the past few decades, compare the capabilities of a bulky PC from 1984 with those of a sleek smartphone in 2016. You’ll find stark differences. But if you want to be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
Summing Up Are leadership and followership joined at the hip? It seems impossible to separate the two. They are reflective of one another. These are two of the predominant opinions expressed in one way or another by respondents to this... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
When Harvard Business School dean Kim B. Clark returned from a road tour a couple of years ago, he had some important issues he wanted to discuss with Professor Myra M. Hart. Evidence—granted, most of it anecdotal—was mounting to show... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
using art to sharpen the intuitiveness that goes into the moment of choice." Others maintained that choosing is neither an art nor a science. Laurence McKinney said, "We ultimately base our decisions on 'feelings'" and emotions, aided View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
with whom we interact judge us differently than we judge ourselves? Phil Clark commented that "Ethics is in the 'eye of the beholder,' not the person carrying out the action." We may rationalize our behaviors depending on, as R.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
easier and faster being 'on call' 24/7 is now viewed by many as the norm." Phil Clark faulted leaders for failing to provide "healthy leadership" on this issue, saying "We have created a... View Details
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
products arise from strong insight, gut feel and imagination. Bad ideas, lousy products or services can be avoided by serious market research." Andy Robin pointed out that in the semiconductor business "one still had to spend a lot of... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
government involvement was an issue. Regardless of the vehicle for achieving it, there was little optimism that we would be seeing a significant incremental effort soon. As I read your responses, a question crossed my mind: In light of the findings and conclusions... View Details
- May 2009
- Article
The Empirical Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation: Puzzles and Clues
By: Josh Lerner
Economists have long seen the patent system as a crucial lever through which policymakers affect the speed and nature of innovation in the economy. It is not surprising, then, that the profound changes which have roiled the global patent system over the past 20 years... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Business and Government Relations
Lerner, Josh. "The Empirical Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation: Puzzles and Clues." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 99, no. 2 (May 2009): 343–348. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 8977.)
Nien-he Hsieh
Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details