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- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of the reactions to this month's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
April 2018 Management Science Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—Omnichannel environments where customers shop online and offline at the same retailer are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
research, Paula Thornton commented that "trying to get professors to pick up studies that are needed by the business community has been frustrating." Arthur Fullerton includes on his list of today's curricular inadequacies:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
made it clear that “we believe broad participation and trust in the election process are vital to its integrity.” Some of the signatories were recruited in a Zoom meeting of more than 100 CEOs organized by View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
job as CEO of Apple. Regarding Apple, of course, the question is what will Jobs' withdrawal from day-to-day decision-making mean for its future? If leaders often become "cult heroes," to use a term coined by View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
training they provide, market pressures, corporate governance shortcomings, and even the nature of leadership itself. John led the charge by saying, “Having taught within business schools for 20 years, I’ve had instructors talk about... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
negatively to Google's compliance with restricted access to information in China; this is seen as breaching the company's motto, "Don't be evil." In 2003, Jeffrey Leiden at Abbott Laboratories set off a furor View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
case has been interesting, Berg notes. Once, during an MBA class attended by Lincoln's president, a student declared that he had high regard for Lincoln but he preferred three-piece suits and executive dining halls to eating in a company... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
for cadavers. Anteby's current research examines the morality of markets by focusing on the U.S. supply and demand of cadavers for medical research and education.) Anyone who has been trained as a physician—or is close to someone who has... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
in the developing world, Jeffrey Ballinger was the first to criticize Nike's labor policies in Asia. When he arrived in Indonesia in 1988, the country's daily minimum wage was about $0.86. By 1997, it had... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Green Bonds, written with Daniel Bergstresser of Brandeis University and Jeffrey Wurgler of NYU’s Stern School of Business. While green bonds have been issued by banks and corporations as well, the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Skilling's Appeal and Enron's Legacy
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
President Trump’s recent pullout from the Paris climate accord drew the ire of many high-visibility CEOs including Richard Branson, Lloyd Blankfein, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Jeffrey Immelt. But the president’s statements around... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
with many workers crossing from Mexico, every day. Given the relatively low rate of unemployment in the US and the paucity of jobs in Mexico at the time, it seemed certain that the issue of immigration would be pursued by the leaders of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
whose millions of customers could be lured by college savings. A classic example of "simultaneity," the work involved what Bussgang called "the dance of a dreamweaver": selling venture... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
high-cost, high-wage economy like Germany? Porsche's unusual answer in a globalizing auto industry has framed two case studies by HBS professor Jeffrey Fear and colleague Carin-Isabel Knoop. Do I Dare Say... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
As elegantly described by HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen in his 1997 bestseller, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, so-called disruptive technologies are upstart innovations that manage to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Conference, led by the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association, presented two days of provocative lectures, panel discussions, and case studies surrounding questions like: What's next for healthcare? And how should smart businesses... View Details