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- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
partial conversion (only part of the waste stream is converted into by-product), full+ conversion (the entire waste stream is converted into by-product and "waste substitute" virgin raw material is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
customer. "Sometimes it makes sense to have a conversation with customers to find out how satisfied they are, and there are other times when the vendor might be better off drawing inferences from observations of actual customer... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
Krishna Palepu, sought answers and suggested some corrective measures. Highlights of the conversation follow. Krishna Palepu: Let's start with some background on these matters as they relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
SUMMING UP Why Is It so Difficult to Lead with Candor, Humility, and Trust? Responses to this month’s column, for the most part, represented a celebration of the values of candor, humility, and trust in leadership. As Dan Wallace put it,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
BeeLog—as a way for the firm to participate in conversations with clients, employees, and "agents." However, he has been unhappy with the level of interaction the blog has been generating and is considering shutting it down. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
reserves of emotional awareness, which they apply to themselves and the people they are trying to influence. From this perspective, it seems to me that if you’re always on a hard-charging default drive, then it’s very difficult to pause... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
the past fifteen years of the contest, it's extraordinary." The Art Of The Pivot A few common experiences filter to the surface in conversations with past contest participants, whether their venture sells crème brûlée or online video... View Details
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
insurance reform, payment reform, and reform of our delivery system. For me, these are three separate but related conversations, clearly not independent of each other. Most of the conversation has been about insurance: how we pay for it... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
coincided to make it the most difficult period in the company's history. Investments in the company's expansion took longer, cost more than anticipated, and expected profits were delayed. The price of butterfat, the key ingredient in ice... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
long-term nonfinancial performance. We use a novel dataset compiled by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and find that firms setting more difficult targets complete a higher percentage of such targets. We also find that this effect is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
assignment of termination and broad licensing rights to the financing firm occurs in contractually difficult environments in which there is no specifiable lead product candidate. We also analyze how the contractual design varies with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
behavior; (3) a top-down or laissez-faire style by the leader, which prevents honest conversation about problems; (4) a lack of coordination across businesses, functions, or regions due to poor organizational design; (5) inadequate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
the chance to establish personal relationships and converse about business.” Giacomin notes that at a time when communication and transportation were still slow and unpredictable, managers working abroad needed to be independent, adept,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
difficult to achieve. So there you have at least three kinds of responses to the question. Is this an important discussion to be having? When business performance falters, where does the “fix” begin? What do you think? References: Michael... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
An acclaimed author and expert on the development and commercialization of technological and business innovation, HBS professor Clayton Christensen has written a new book aimed at changing our national conversation about health care. In... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
to their own professional lives. In this conversation with a member of the Executive Education staff, Professor Jay Lorsch, program chair, discusses the course, the significant role professional service firms play in the world's economy,... View Details
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
business,” he says. “I embed myself into an industry for multiple years to understand the nuances of what’s happening, and I try to uncover unexpected patterns that can be difficult to predict using traditional statistical models.” Three... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
leadership? Those arguing that the two can coexist cite situations, generally involving adversity, in which the "greater good" is served by masking a leader's feelings. Frances Pratt argued that " we must be careful (and caring) in the way we tell people... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett