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- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
empower teams who are closer to the customer and unlock the full potential of organizations. While born in the software world, the approach is viewed as transformative in both software and hardware across sectors, including financial... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
Every firm has two strategies, we learn early on in the pages of One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making. "Explicit" strategy is the one you read about in your company's planning memos and PowerPoint slides.... View Details
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
rating agency after it was selected by the third party. Q: You note in your book that loan securitization collapsed at the end of 2008. Has it revived yet, and why is it important for a healthy economy? A: The monthly volume of... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organization and its employees. Podolny, Khurana, and Hill-Popper collaborated on an e-mail interview to explain their latest research for HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: As you wrote in your working paper, the past century saw a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? lays out the thesis that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
automatically consider the potentially dubious motives of agents who cause harm indirectly. Experiment 4 demonstrates an effect of indirect agency on purchase intentions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-012.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
capability to draft documentation that protects against all contingencies?; and (8) Can there be a gap between the promise and the capability (a way to improve an organization's performance), or is this too risky? In short, there was a preoccupation with the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
rules so that they benefit your company or client at the expense of others. You have to decide whether to do what you’re asked or refuse, which can be costly to you and your group,” explains Hildreth,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
online retailer demonstrates that cost transparency improves sales. In particular, cost transparency led to a 44% increase in daily unit sales. This research implies that by revealing costs-typically tightly guarded secrets-marketers can View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
importance of reinvesting at this point. Q: In this context, you advance an unusual definition of competitiveness. Is that really the fulcrum for your whole project? JR: We define US competitiveness as the ability of firms in the US to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
Module I: Defining and Developing the Business Model The first module of The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) focuses on business model analysis and lean testing. Your business model defines your company and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
you’re OK with leaving room for error, and that in turn can signal ... that you want there to be future exchanges.” However, in the context of relationships that have the potential to cross the business boundary and become personal, the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
corporate tax strategies is not as obvious as it may seem. Costs and benefits are vastly different for individuals than they are for large corporations. “If you optimize taxes in your personal life, it is not visible to outsiders, so it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
decisions are based on the best information, information offered by your employees, customers, vendors, and investors." Ian Cook points out that "leadership is more about involving people in understanding, interpreting, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
Summing Up The verdict of those responding to the column on the threat of the "disruptive technology" represented by online distance learning for in-class, onsite MBA programs is in. In your opinion, the trend represents an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
(website) Uninformed Consent By: John, Leslie K. Abstract—Companies want access to more and more of your personal data—from where you are to what’s in your DNA. Can they unlock its value while respecting... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
a $44,000 bid. Chalk up another win for companies that are willing to be a little playful with their brands, a potentially dangerous tactic that can easily backfire but that creates big wins with consumers if done well. Social media... View Details
- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
inequality is costing the global economy $12 trillion annually, with North America accounting for 25 percent of that total followed by China’s 20-plus percent. If diversity and gender equality have so much potential for improving... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
a potential improvement in store liquidation, adds Craig. "You may have a Borders store in Milwaukee that is profitable, so it seems to make sense to keep it open," he says. "But if you can forecast demand two or three... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
This acclaimed, market-leading text emphasizes the basic theme of “different costs for different purposes” and reaches beyond cost accounting procedures to consider concepts, analyses, and management. The 16th edition incorporates the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne