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  • 23 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

than 100 companies. "We were struck by how often that word 'conversation' kept popping up," Slind says. "CEOs, especially, expressed an aspiration to promote a conversation in their organization. They talked about wanting everyone to be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

by nearly 1,000 female sales agents across the country. How did Walker journey from the cotton fields to the status of an enterprising businesswoman, perhaps even the first self-made African American millionaire in the United States? Her... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 09 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

personal lives, but they often need the help of well-managed social institutions to succeed. Leaders have several structural devices they can use to promote this balance. For example, they can balance financial and symbolic rewards for... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
  • 18 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

at some of the social media missteps brands have taken over the past decade–and the lessons we’ve learned from them. Prioritizing technology over substance Maybe it’s because the medium seems so ephemeral, but digital brand managers are too often intent on creating... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology
  • 07 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

on-the-ground advocacy—to go get a free eye exam or a blood pressure check-up. Easy. Your basic principles of sales and promotion will carry the day. If your charge is minimizing smoking or drug use, well,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

“People might be intimidated to approach the sales superstar and reveal that they are having problems because of self-image issues,” Stanton says. “And the best salespeople may want to hold on to their information because it gives them... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 11 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

software engineers and UX designers. AI can be magical, but sales still win. Fred Wilson, venture capitalist and popular blogger, holds the view that “marketing is for companies who have sucky products.” Similarly, many AI founders... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries. The financial sector could promote the health and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

White House as part of an effort to highlight the importance of the health of American manufacturing. At that time, the president lauded the Company as “a true American icon” and “one of the greats.” When the speaker of the house of representatives sought to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto
  • 18 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

she set store standards, instituted training programs, and rejuvenated performance. Due to her success in operations over the next two years, this manager received two more challenging assignments. First, she became director of sales for... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

getting a promotion to run the new division just acquired. Everyone involved in the transaction wants the transaction to happen and may subtly change assumptions or forecasts to help make that eventuality a reality. As a result, this sea... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

e-book market. New regulations have shaken up the e-book landscape in China, intensifying competition and prompting writers to work harder, according to research by Harvard Business School Professor Feng Zhu. Book contracts that give authors a share of View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

welcome counterpoint to the largely hidden involvement of corporate leaders in shaping policy through the hundreds of millions of dollars they direct to Super PACs, trade associations, and think tanks to promote liberal and conservative... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

are either promoted or fired. While these systems are intended to spur hard work and high levels of performance, they also introduce potential risks. The determination of winners and losers in a tournament-based reward system is rarely... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 28 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

seems to support this logic. First, consumers themselves report a greater sensitivity (or awareness) of price than of quantity. Second, in tracking the sale of snack foods we found that consumers reacted greatly to periodic changes in... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 03 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

owed $130,000 in sales commissions for the work he had done prior to being fired from the firm a few months earlier. The executive, on the other hand, claimed the employee was owed nothing—in fact, he insisted the employee had been... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • 26 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

like candy and cigarettes, it wasn’t effective for packaging fresh food. In 1927, DuPont developed moisture-proof cellophane, food manufacturers started using it to package items like cakes and cheeses, and cellophane sales tripled... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising
  • 27 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

changing competitive environment. By the mid-1960s, however, U.S. tire companies began to feel the first tremors of the competitive earthquake that would ultimately reshape the industry. In 1966, Michelin struck a deal with Sears to manufacture radial tires for View Details
Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation
  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

environments. We find that candidates benefiting from favorable situations are more likely to be admitted and promoted than their equivalently skilled peers. The results suggest that decision-makers take high nominal performance as... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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