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- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
firm's leaders from conflict to collaboration. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909010 Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd Harvard Business School Case 609-034 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008
that is headed for early approval by the FDA. The first in a series focuses on operational decisions triggered by the drive for early approval. Sparks discussion about a leader's economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities to multiple constituencies and how a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
billion for SpaceX) from NASA. One can only imagine the pressure under which developers were working at Boeing. The result? A failure to reach its destination, the International Space Station. While the cause is under investigation, early... View Details
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
political motivations for Vietnamese leaders to provide equalizing transfers that limit inequality growth among provinces. Cases & Course MaterialsBackground on the Technology of Molecular Diagnostics Regina E. Herzlinger and Jason... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
carbon credits are created through Clean Development Projects in China under the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol). News Corporation's carbon neutral quest was "about changing the DNA of our business," stated its chief executive... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
developed country to default on a loan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That said, Greece needs help and cannot be abandoned. That help must be found within the European Union, within the euro, and ideally without IMF... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
leaders were trained, sophisticated strategic-planning systems were supposed to help senior managers decide which businesses to grow and which to harvest. 1 Unfortunately, all the planning and investment were unable to stop the... View Details
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
can win. This means hiring the proper consultants and legal advisors, particularly those who are well versed in the workings of the WTO. The last piece of advice is not really an action plan, rather an issue to recognize and keep in one's mind: Managers must always... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
committed to pioneering all avenues of technology and distributing them to wide audiences. The journey wasn't without its trials for both CEOs. Gates' antitrust lawsuit of the mid-90s and Jobs' separation from Apple in the late 80s provided challenges to both... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-050.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsNone this week. PublicationsTrue North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership Author:William W. George Publication:San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007 Abstract Based on research and first-person... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
School MBA Elective Curriculum. Teams of HBS students have traveled to several developing countries to research prospects for private finance and delivery of solutions in traditional energy, renewable energy, urban transit, inter-city... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
underlying your strategy and analyze how it's implemented through your business processes and structures. Drawing on decades of research into performance management systems and organization design, Seven Strategy Questions is a no-nonsense, must-read resource for all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
in various ways in all countries. Still, we found that most people we talked to understood the differences between the system we find in most markets today and the state-owned economies that were more common in the last century. What did the View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
product or a new way of thinking about the business. The leader of the Google X team that developed Project Loon (the self-driving car), Astro Teller, is cited by investor John Doerr for this elegant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
Backlash Against Investment Arbitration, edited by Michael Waibel, Asha Kaushal, Kyo-Hwa Chung, and Claire Balchin. London: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, forthcoming Abstract There are at least three reasons for the current backlash among View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
that helps businesses profit from making their buildings carbon neutral. (Not to put too fine a point on it, Teach For America was founded by a woman, and Carbon Lighthouse by two men.) The researchers then developed a five-point... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel