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- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
Lye found that coach-team matches do indeed affect team performance. In other words, a winning record was dependent on the degree of match between coach and team. The research provided two important takeaways, which we can see reflected... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
the shared economy are employees or independent contractors, but about how to devise new forms that would accurately reflect their unique in-between status. View Details
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
returns earned in the process, and the fact that this motivation (closing a valuation gap) was completely distinct from any other motivations that I had seen. Ultimately, I realized that all these things were of a piece. That is, these were not all weird, one-off... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
to managers and stimulating reflection among scholars, a new working paper by HBS professors James E. Austin and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard looks at how and why such acquisitions occur and how to manage the new combinations most... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
movie survives in theaters is not a very useful measure, because it mostly reflects the choice for either a "platform" or "sleeper" release strategy. The former is common for releases by major studios, whereas the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
employees to form personal relationships with founders outside of work. Late night beers or weekend family barbecues may have become routine. With a larger team, consider how these special out-of-work connections reflect on your... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
History of Humankind), and its author, Yuval Noah Harari, was listed a third time for his new book, Homo Deus. Both Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have applauded Homo Deus, which reflects the expansive thinking, unbounded optimism, and... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
everyone else, these people have been reflecting on their lives and options. As the Wall Street Journal put it: “A small but substantial sliver of America, however, is doing better than ever using this pause in the typical 24/7 busyness... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
(Abridged) Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market and nearly 20% of the total yogurt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
(CHF). CHF's mission was to eradicate lead poisoning in children in the United States. The case provides an overview of lead poisoning in the U.S., including how it is measured, its causes, and legislation enacted to prevent it. The case asks students to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
growing body of research yields ample evidence that individuals’ behavior often reflects an apparent concern for moral considerations. Using a broad definition of morality—to include varied non-egoistic motivations such as fairness,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration. Pharmaceutical companies have long opposed efforts to regulate drug prices, arguing that prices reflect the companies’ massive research investments. But Germany’s approach shows... View Details
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
remarkable is that he did this not once but several times in industries that touch many peoples' lives. Meg Rithmire (Business, Government & the International Economy The passing of Steve Jobs has been met with great sadness and View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
platform, that often cannibalize each other, and that are simple, elegant, and easy to use. It borrows good ideas from organizations such as Xerox and Gap but practices secrecy with its own ideas. Its strengths and interests reflect its... View Details
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
alternative. One board member argues that the CEO should be warned, given a final chance, and allowed to keep his job. As a director, which course of action would you support? Why? Does your action reflect your views about board... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
"In India, we are creating two different societies with a large disparity in income as well as access to knowledge and information." In large part, the comments seemed to reflect reactions to both differences in the fluidity of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
The use of the prototype center reflects an important tenet of service experiments: design and production problems should be worked out off-line, in a lab setting without customers, before the service delivery is tested in a live... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
that events had forced this country's institutions to depart significantly from their preferred ideology of individualism. Furthermore, he called on them to manage more effectively the new ideology toward which they had drifted, which he dubbed communitarianism to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
eight basis point increase in yields. Additional analysis suggests that at least some of this effect is not driven by the risk of the bonds, but instead reflects inefficiency in the underwriting process. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
are here tonight—must accept and own strategy as the heart of their responsibilities. I say little of this tonight in the classroom. But it is on my mind as I return to my seat in the sky deck and reflect on all the would-be strategists... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery