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- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in...
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- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
process, they provoked a new round of questions. David Physick teed up the discussion nicely by commenting, "The wonderful American motor racing driver, Mario Andretti, who was as focused an individual as any racer, remarked he'd...
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by James Heskett
- 3 PM – 4 PM EST, 11 Dec 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Entrepreneurship: Failing Well
Most ventures fail. Most lives are built on journeys that did not get to their desired destination. How can we think about failure as a necessary part of growth and learn to fail well?
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- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
Tata-Corus is the largest out of India, and is done by a private sector entity of its own volition, away from the shadow of state influence. For these reasons, it bears noticing. The same euphoria surrounded Shenzhen-based TCL Multimedia...
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by Tarun Khanna
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
trends present special challenges or pressing needs for greater honesty, candor, and transparency in the future? In discussing management issues, we often conclude that "it all depends." Does that kind of thinking apply here?...
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by Jim Heskett
- 16 Feb 2018
- Video
Sachin Jain: Pursuing Revolutionary Change
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
to improve their financial situation by rushing new ventures to market. In doing so, they sacrifice quality standards and ultimately underperform their peers. This is particularly problematic in high tech, where entrants need strong...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
the Challenge." He was joined by a specialist in Islamic law, Harvard Law School professor Frank E. Vogel, for the series' discussion on doing business in the Islamic world. Vogel and Hayes are also co-authors of the book Islamic Law...
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by Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
performance, according to the researchers. Differentiating between diversity and inclusion I differentiate between diversity and inclusion by thinking of progress in diversity as depending primarily on...
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by James Heskett
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
caution as having emerged from "new information" or "change in the knowledge base." Why, then, is the rediscovery of the lessons of the interwar years, apparently long forgotten or rejected, so frequently described as "learning"? And why has the European Commission...
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by Rawi Abdelal
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
write, "Disruption is a positive force. It is the process by which an innovation transforms a market whose services or products are complicated and expensive into one where simplicity, convenience, accessibility, and affordability...
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- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
more risk in projects by limiting their use of “cost-plus” agreements, which make it easier to overcharge government agencies, according to researchers. This renegotiation of contractual terms allows the agency to hedge its bet with a...
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- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
"confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets." This excerpt looks at attack strategies used by naysayers: fear mongering, delay, confusion, ridicule. For more information, read Kotter's HBR.org blog post, Know Your...
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by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
by society, rather than by the parents themselves. A third framework would relate to equity. As a society, we need to think about what fairness means in this realm. Is the...
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- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
learning to occur and plans to be revised. But this learning only occurs if the mechanisms are in place to make it happen. A post-crisis review should be conducted by the...
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by Michael Watkins
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
crisis. In addition to the operational learnings around banking and ensuring not all of their cash is in one vulnerable place, it was a big wake-up call for many founders in terms of how they do everything to keep their cool with...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
when they raised their hand, the point at which they stopped listening to what was being said by other students. Others posed counter-questions that are important to consider as well. For example, Aim suggested, "I View Details
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by James Heskett
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
the partners worried the high turnover was damaging the firm’s competitive edge, according to research by Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who studies race and gender...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
the paper says. With some evidence that “a few are behaving badly,” Froot says the findings might prompt the US Securities and Exchange Commission to scrutinize weaknesses in the announcement process. “We definitely think this merits...
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- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
Japan's economic recovery. "It is clear that something is wrong in Japan from an economic point of view," Porter stated, as a means of setting the stage. "The persistent depression, recession, and slowdown just won't quit." He described the Japanese...
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by Hilah Geer