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- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
all, et cetera. And several of these contextual factors that matter, which I illustrate through examples in the book, matter differently in China and India, so you might make different decisions in the two countries. It often takes a lot... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
matter? Is something about it scarce and difficult to imitate? Are we doing today what we need to do in order to matter tomorrow? Being a strategist means living these questions, she says. For a leader,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
online-security software firm OneTrust into an industry leader, so he changed how he lives. Now, he meditates daily and practices self-forgiveness. He says living a more grounded, balanced, and integrated life has made him a better... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
US, people really want to live their best lives—right now. “I believe that the pandemic caused people to re-evaluate whether their work is meaningful,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Julian De Freitas. “Some compared... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
workers living in areas where diversity issues are more salient, as measured by per-capita Black Lives Matter protests. The results were not... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
noted in The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Harvard Business School Press, 1997), firms innovate faster than our lives change to adopt those innovations, creating opportunities for disruptive... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules
Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
them." Alcácer advises companies to consider sending an advance team to live in a target locale to research the market and business models before expanding. Another problem with following competitors: an increasing risk that those... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
the lives of most White people much worse. Take single-family zoning. Legislating that only single-family homes of a certain size can be built together was a radical experiment that initially aimed to separate View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
future may need to see more of it. It puts a lot of emphasis on the quality of the space itself. An old building looks dirty, no matter how clean it is. Design is going to be a big focus going forward; how can we use our tables or... View Details
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
posturing, they settle on a price each can live with, although both know that the deal is likely better for one side than the other. “At some point, it still comes down to determining who gets which slice of the pie.” Now imagine the same... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
about her research. The topic of her presentation: the mistake we often make in chasing a higher paycheck at the expense of quality time with loved ones. Video: Working too much? Break some bad habits View Video “I started talking to this roomful of people about how... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
working-class women about diminished possibilities for their husbands and sons to provide for their families. Many supporters’ families work in blue-collar occupations such as construction, transportation, and infrastructure; live in low... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
that empowerment and collaboration are not just aspirations but achieved reality. Purpose goes from being a slogan to a set of lived principles. In the video below, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson explains the enormous challenge he faced in... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
compartmentalize their work as separate from the rest of their lives. And so, it is incumbent upon leaders to find ways to create a positive work context in which employees not only feel inspired but also feel there is a way for them to View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
Significance: Do you have a valued impact on others whom you choose? Legacy: Have you infused your values and your accomplishments into the lives of others to leave something behind? These four satisfactions are very different from each... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
head counsel of the French company as their foreign minister. (He was not Panamanian and in fact lived in New York.) The lawyer drafted a treaty that gave Panama a far lower share of the canal revenues than the United States could have... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
odds of surviving a heart attack—almost eliminated the regional performance differences of hospitals. "Why are Black and white patients who live in the same ZIP code, who are both covered by Medicare and can... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
and limit ‘globalization’ to commercial terms To me, ‘globalization’ means increasing knowledge of how other people in the world live and think.” Doug Kinsey set forth a view shared more or less by many discussants when he said, “Sure,... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
announced recently they would increase efforts to recruit persons of color, in part a response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Some of the same organizations made similar... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett