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- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
innovation, which is our field of specialty, proved a great way to help us do just that." Christensen, Horn, and Johnson recently teamed up via e-mail to answer a few questions from HBS Working Knowledge on the best paths to better... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
When our team reached out to 600 CEOs during the pandemic’s early stages to ask them about their greatest concerns, many cited communication with employees. While the right communication strategy has been critical during the pandemic, it... View Details
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
has reinforced the perception of critics that markets for the digital currency—used primarily as an investment vehicle as it is not widely accepted as payment for goods and services—are little more than global casinos operating with View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
extrapolations of buying behavior in socially distanced contagion conditions. Second, the pandemic has accelerated trends that were in progress before, like omnichannel buying and multichannel selling. Third, the need to ramp-up virtual... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
conditions and the paramount importance of doing the right thing—some leadership teams have committed themselves to two guiding principles: act now to protect and run the business today, and plan now to retool the business for the... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
producing vacuum pumps and systems. Its Chinese team was the first to live through the effects of the new pandemic and the restrictions imposed by the government. Learning from its subsidiary in China gave the company tremendous... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
Picture the Jamaican bobsled team going for the gold at the Winter Olympics. Or competitors in what seem fundamentally unbalanced battles: the Chicago Cubs versus the New York Yankees, Apple versus Microsoft, and Southwest Airlines versus... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
startups. And when the 2013 Boston Marathon was attacked, Weiss helped establish the One Fund within 24 hours to serve as a central pool for donations to victims. "The One Fund ended up channeling $60 million to survivors and to the families of the victims in 75... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
Government leaders rushing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in March gave companies little time to shift to an all-virtual workforce. Ready or not, many businesses had to become more digital. But true digital transformation takes far more than a Zoom account. Using... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
that the innovations produced in these entities actually get integrated and scaled in the core business. Lagace: How is the digital age helping or hurting new managers? Hill: In class, when we talk about how to build a team, the discussion includes how to build a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
constraints, Stephenson believed a digital world could be truly limitless. Chatter about the metaverse peaked in late 2021, almost three decades after Stephenson’s novel was published, when Mark Zuckerberg announced he would build the View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
informal “water cooler” conversations could go a long way in promoting belonging. Concrete tips I have heard from interviews include scheduling five to 10 minutes before a formal meeting for casual conversation, asking each other silly questions, establishing View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Virtual fitting-room technologies provide information about how a product fits a particular customer and promise to mitigate some of the frictions the information gap generates in the retailers’ supply chains. By implementing a series of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
improvisation to viable ways of operating that can function indefinitely. Neither management scholars nor health care providers have access to an off-the-shelf solution for how to do this. But through a collaborative approach, we may be able to View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
"Artful," because it derives from the theory and practice of collaborative art and requires an artist-like attitude from managers and team members. "Making," because it requires that you conceive of your work as... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
is building his current team and are questioning whether he should remain CEO. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809046 Gordon Williams: Clinical Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808128 Linden Lab: Opening Second Life Harvard Business School Case 808-114 In early 2008, managers in Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
an experiment almost a decade ago in which the company allowed a randomly selected subset of employees to work from home for nine months while the rest of the team stayed in the office. As it turned out, the employees who worked from home... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
important strategic choice for the future. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617062-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-065 Luminopia: Improving Treatment for Visual Disorders Luminopia—a start-up founded in January 2016 by three Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
set-up, and why three dimensions are more powerful than one. Here's a Q&A and book excerpt. Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change Following the adoption of a collective bargaining agreement in 2005, National Hockey League GMs had one month to absorb the new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne