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- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
Leading in the 21st Century is an HBS Executive Education program being held in January 2000. Professors Gary Hamel and John Kotter talk about the course and the new realities of leadership and competitive success. Q: What led the two of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
could have been a satisfying coda to a project that had begun more than a decade prior. As it turned out, though, her research also led to a groundbreaking and successful lawsuit against the British government; an upcoming feature film;... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and becoming its largest and controlling shareholder. Since the acquisition, there had been significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
adapted the model pioneered by Teach For America to meet the needs of the educationally under-resourced of rural China. Led by an American, could Teach For China reshape its international identity and become an enduring Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
discussing the hypotheses and potential responses. Communicate the "ideal client profile" and the implications. An ICP typically implies changes well beyond sales and marketing. The example in the article indicates how it led... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
Henderson and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 311-116 Since its 1999 merger Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a global consumer goods company, led by its CEO Bart Becht, developed a reputation for rapid product innovation and industry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
The News Corporation/News of the World scandal has been described as a case study in bad management. What was there about the company's organizational culture that led to "Murdoch's Mess"? Professor Michel Anteby, who studies... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
and enlarging the stations, which led to a cost spiral. These days, designers understand the crucial importance of small vehicles to limiting system cost. Another key improvement: Robust computer control is the core of a successful... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
outcome methods don't seem to apply? Performing the research to answer these questions led to the publication of this book. It is based on project records and interviews exploring the experiences of men and women who have managed, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
commercializing new biotechnology. This lack of technical capabilities led to two major acquisitions late in the twentieth century. In 1989 American Home Products acquired, for $666 million, 60 percent of the equity of the Genetics... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Winning streaks end when organizations move away from and neglect the cornerstones and basics that led to winning. This includes denial in seeing apparent problems, lack of open communications, and panicking, which results in anxiety,... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
firms. In 1975, thirty of the fifty largest MSOs were subsidiaries of diversified companies. Seventeen of these thirty diversified companies were led by owner-managers—usually the firm's founder, but sometimes a second-or third-generation... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
consequences that come from brokerage—occupying a bridging position between disconnected others in a network. By contrast, emerging models underscore social interactions and focus on brokering—the behavioral processes through which organizational actors shape others’... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
ongoing situation in which “no one knows the answer” led to “busy brain—it was difficult to calm down and stop the thoughts,” in one CEO’s words, saying that “long days” left him feeling “lethargic and down.” Managing business: rethinking... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
technologies by examining the quality of the marginal entrants who benefited from reform. As expected, the reform relaxed constraints and led to an increase in entrepreneurship through the collateral channel. However, on average, new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
form, as we move from one element to the next. In the end, these four elements coalesce to form a single integrated process—a single source of organizational power. Talking About talk, Inc. When we began the project that led to this book,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
developing leaders effective in collaborative, global organizations. True North Groups is also the title of the new book I have written with coauthor Doug Baker, a pioneer in the small-group movement. Having participated in two True North Groups for more than 25 years,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
shareholders, and the nationality of management could and quite often did point in different directions. During the twentieth century such "cosmopolitan capitalism" was replaced by sharper national identities. However the interwar disintegration of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
arguments that prevented their being deterred from going to war; the economic reasons for their ultimate defeat; and the economic consequences of the Allied victory. False economic assumptions led the Axis powers to start the war and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
practices led to earnings "management" or "smoothing," whether or not such practices resulted in more stable stock prices. Responses such as these to recent corporate scandals prompt several questions: Are these and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett