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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
that restructuring addresses is very large—in the billions of dollars possibly. My research at companies suggests there are three primary motivations for restructuring. The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
SUMMING UP Do We Need Business School Courses On Inclusion and ‘Voice’? Responses to this month’s column suggest that the issue it raised—recruitment of minority talent into business careers—was somewhat... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
Until the close of the last decade, health consumers received much of their knowledge and advice about prescription drugs from their physicians or other health care professionals. Today, pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
is not really making a profit on hardware sales. It prices its hardware low as a way to encourage people to buy a lot of e-books." Apple, on the other hand, makes several... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
investment deals and 2.3 percent of dollars among the investors surveyed went to women-owned firms, the Center discovered. HBS professor Myra M. Hart, an authority View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
solitary pursuit of writing, not jockeying for advancement in a business organization. Even so, according to HBS professor Teresa Amabile, a good look at Irving's life to date reveals fascinating lessons on how to think about View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- What Do You Think?
Succession at GE: What’s Next?
Last year I completed a case series on GE, titled "GE ... We Bring Good Things to Life," in which the issue of CEO succession was raised in the last of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
any other factor, including class size and quality of the facilities. In various studies, the truly great teachers do things like giving good, individualized feedback while... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
and filtration effectiveness. We have seen many organizations pinch pennies to save on electricity charges or filter-replacement expenses, at the cost of thousands of dollars... View Details
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
remained remarkably stable over the five years. There was an overall shift in the types of sites visited, however, from chat rooms and news to social media and video. “We were taken aback,” admits... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
Paine: The book had its origins in the preparations for celebrating the Centennial of HBS in 2008. The School was founded because important... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
leaders on the cutting edge of research. The driving force behind this gathering since its inception has been Ray Goldberg, the veritable father... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
Professor Bower, since 1970 you have articulated views on the resource allocation process and how it fundamentally shapes corporate strategy. Could you give us a brief overview of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
ever been? Brian: Ehen people see the case, they'll see that “world-class” is in quotations. Why did you decide to do that? Bill: Because no one knows what it is. Everyone wants to be “world-class” (no View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
needs; risk-adjustment of payment will make the sick much more attractive enrollees than the present uniform pricing system. All boats rise in a rising sea. Other consumer-driven markets demonstrate that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
graduate of the General Management Program, an intensive seven-week Executive Education curriculum at Harvard Business School. On April 22, beaming in from space via satellite feed, he spent half an hour... View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
was premised on an allegory about hillbillies, which working class people outside America's cities found valuable at a time when American ideology was all about engineering life and technological progress.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
They also developed a learning experience, titled "Innovation Magic", that builds on their insights and backgrounds as teacher, researcher, and performer. The experience starts with magic performances by... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
business world with revelations it had been paying bribes for contracts on a massive scale—eventually admitting to payouts in 60 percent of its markets, totaling $130 million to $275 million a year. Shopping trips to Hong Kong were View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
hears whispers of a more distant collective guidance. In the initial draft of my ethnography of HBS, I noted the School's relative silence on the... View Details