Barrier To Entry - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

one has long been the burning question for clients and their agencies," says Alvin J. Silk, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. "Hence the famous saying attributed in US advertising circles View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

about its problems—is common. This lack of openness lies behind many failures to implement strategy. We've become convinced that the most powerful way for leaders to realign their organization is View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

launched during a period of heavy state intervention and protection; then the barriers came down. What do you do then?" “We came up with the idea that we could capture at least the past 30 or 40 years through the eyes of top business... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

downloading? And how effective has that strategy been? For example, is it a good thing to sue potential customers? A: Suing potential customers is not exactly a standard entry in the book of good CRM. More... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

undergird democracy There are several things businesses can do to strengthen democracy. Here are four of them. Encourage voter participation by providing employees with paid time off to vote, thereby... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

primarily by material rewards, the staff acquired in an acquisition cannot be relied on to stay. The greatest care is needed also if entry is through an acquisition, as many corporate problems have arisen... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

intones, "How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that's coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it's intuitive, but it's also systematic." Those two qualities—systematic... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

processes and procedures and on complementing process automation with deep content knowledge. Upton also outlined three key challenges for B2B hub builders. First is the domain expertise. ("Important in making the thing work, but also in building a View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

productivity. Ideally, you need to make your technical staff aware of the tradeoffs and the technical/competitive landscape without building barriers to creativity. One thing... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

are so interrelated. Q: What's happening in the Gulf? A: We have seen increasing liberalization of the Gulf economies, for instance, the lowering of barriers to trade for foreign companies. These changes... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

risk-averse. b) They can't make tough decisions. Whether or not they are true, these assumptions create significant barriers to success for women entrepreneurs who want to... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

develop their own infrastructure first. "We used to say that auto companies, telecoms, and big retailers weren't at risk of disruption within their industries, because there were such high barriers View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 1, 2006

students to debate the company's concept, its strategic decision on how quickly it would like to grow, and some key decisions on its supply chain. At the time of the case (2006), small... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

task force to interview 250 key staff about the company's strengths and barriers to achieving a new direction. This engagement enabled our leaders to: forge demanding goals... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

United States economy, and how innovation in financial services will reduce the friction and barriers in small-business lending, helping more of them thrive. In our Q&A, Mills, who served as a member of the Obama Cabinet and headed... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

entrepreneurial skills on a broader canvas” We classified what we heard as ten potential disruptors of the global market system: the functioning of the global financial system, barriers to world trade,... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

26 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

Entrepreneurs must overcome many barriers to get discoveries to market, but academic researchers face an additional one they might not realize: themselves. Academics tend View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

consumer-driven health care system if they do not innovate. But, as indicated in the complimentary letters from Aetna's president and Wellpoint's CEO received by the Harvard Business Review, some of the insurers are not barriers View Details