Filter Results:
(185)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (185)
- Faculty Publications (58)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (185)
- Faculty Publications (58)
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
conversation that a good deal is or isn't likely to see the light of day. Or, it can take years to figure it out. In situations that take a long time to develop, it's easy to fall prey to "the fat file syndrome," getting too deeply View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
pointed to what he believes was a principal misjudgment: its view of “the globalization of products as a supply-side phenomenon rather than a demand one.” In the 1983 article, Sorrell recalled, “Levitt wrote that ‘instead of adapting to superficial and even View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
mindset he changed. That takes more time than one might imagine because of the entrenched culture in place. The second thing was empowerment. Every single recruiting decision (in the country) was being done by headquarters. That doesn’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
are again underway, this time by returned emigrants hoping to entrench themselves by weakening the ‘permanent government’. Pre-war rhetoric has not translated into free elections. Conservative, tribal and religious candidates will win... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
successes). Whether economic elites use their influence activities with political and bureaucratic elites to create more possibilities for economic structural transformation or, conversely, use their power to entrench their privileged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
a deeply entrenched and ubiquitous activity today that I thought it would be interesting to see how it got started. How did a world of astrology and "sign-reading" turn to one of econometrics and leading indicators? Q: Why did the group... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
underwriting standards. In a number of European countries, for example, there are quite strict regulations on down payments; many require 20 percent. I don’t think U.S. policymakers are willing to go that route; the ability to buy a home with 5 or 10 percent down is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
society, and it plays a critical role in addressing complex, entrenched challenges like health care, education, and the environment. Our faculty can help here; working together, the ideas they develop have the potential to influence... View Details
- Web
Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity
worldviews and ways of operating are directly informed by the circumstances of our lives. Many employers have facilitated implicit bias tests that help team members understand the deeply entrenched nature of our interpersonal... View Details
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
policies had become for them a way to keep out articles they just personally didn't like." And although Lakhani believes part of the entrenchment was because a Harvard professor was in the middle of the fray—"I think what happened was... View Details
- Web
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change - Course Catalog
The course not only looks at social entrepreneurship through the lens of traditional entrepreneurship, but also asks how people motivated by disrupting entrenched and often inequitable systems differ from traditional entrepreneurs. We... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
"disrupting" is of course the goal of their business activities, panelists said, it is also no small trick to cut through the entrenched practices surrounding established incumbents. Nor is it simple to prevent others from... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
after being caught. The Cost Of Doing Business Siemens had moved aggressively into developing countries following World War II, when a German company was persona non grata to most of the Western world. Paying bribes to officials in a country became a regular business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
from outside that you should be doing inside to create proprietary advantage? Regulatory, Macroeconomic, Political, Societal: Are there impending (or early) shifts in regulation, political power, or society that threaten to disrupt View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
belong. Maybe you’re mission-driven with a mind to tackle a deeply entrenched social issue. The interactions we have serve as a significant source of information that can propel personal and professional change. When we put design in... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
wondered whether freed male slaves might hamper feminism. "It becomes a serious question whether we had better step aside and see 'Sambo' walk into the kingdom first," Giddings read, quoting Stanton. (Stanton went on to write, "This is the negro's hour. Are we sure... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
of the Toyota production system, and the Virginia Mason Medical Center became entrenched in an overwhelming challenge: how to institute a production model in health care. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
companies, requiring the same critical, honest thinking about leadership development. Improving the cross-fertilization between business and education would help. It'd be great to have a kind of CEO-in-residence be part of the decision-making team to change an View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
been diligent in filing lawsuits—they’re filing plenty of lawsuits. But Uber is fighting back. Often the company’s strategy has been to delay regulators’ every complaint, trying to get their service that much more entrenched so it will be... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
companies doing that older, more entrenched organizations are not? Kotter: That's a big question we've written entire books about! Hamel: Let's look at it this way: Most companies' top managers will tell you that they have spent the bulk... View Details
Keywords: by Staff