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- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
those that don't. Q: You contend that each of the four drives was created by evolution to improve the odds of gene survival. But even a formidable species such as the dinosaur can be wiped out by an unexpected development. What is the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones. For example, on the subject of environmental sustainability, the authors observed: "It is odd that business historians have not devoted more attention to sustainability, given that, arguably,... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
high-performing neighbors generated better business ideas themselves, those interactions were more likely to happen among participants who knew few other attendees. The odds of such interactions were 25 percent for participants who didn’t... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
targets of opportunity, and sometimes just cut and run when the odds are overwhelming. The ballistic missile is carefully aimed to arrive on target; it's going to follow that course even with a Scud missile approaching. The fourth... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time... View Details
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
We can’t know what will happen, but we have a good sense for what might or could happen. Don’t wait for the one moment of indisputable truth to emerge; act on the odds presented in the information available today in sea rise curves, flood... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
marketing chicanery almost by accident. He was working on a related project involving a major US-based clothing and accessories brand (he can’t say which), when he noticed something odd happening at their outlet stores. “They never even... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
Express; Solomon Trujillo, president and CEO of U S West Communications; and Ann Fudge, president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and Post Cereals? How did these people of color overcome the odds and break through the glass ceiling that... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
executives a question. That's the procedure that HBS Associate Professor Lauren H. Cohen followed to find out more about the odd dealings he'd observed at a company that was the subject of one of his case studies. But he wasn't given the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
Orleans. Although Southwest has never had a fatal accident in its history, the odds are that it will sometime in the future. And the organization is ready to respond to what Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins would term a "predictable... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
your investor is a former operator, especially at an early stage company, odds are they have built/tested many MVPs. Engage them in the MVP discussion. Review product priorities and test plans. Again, their objectivity and experience... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
industries, from which customers appear to have been the major beneficiaries. I do not think the situation will change for the better for investors. It will not change because the odds are heavily stacked against them.— Dr. B. V.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
be done? It is also said that unconscious bias is rampant, as shown by immediate associations on word tests, say of men with work or women with children. But this is actually “statistical discrimination”–playing the odds about typical... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
reality when you're dealing with early-stage science. We're in the entrepreneurial Valley of Death here, where the odds are that even ideas that look really good will never make it. Q: Who do you think learned more from the course, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
keep customers loyal . . . However, a customer base high in 'loyals' is a good indicator that you're doing something right." In Scott Bailey's opinion, "It seems to me that the positions . . . are really not at odds with one... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
Harm By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of environmental law breaking by 40%–60% and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.
issue, versus a new firm that is very interested in lobbying on that issue." While that might make sense, the implications of that fact don't paint the prettiest picture for democracy, since the companies lobbying on an issue may be at View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
Traditional academic models of asset allocation are often at odds with conventional wisdom on investing. According to your research, some of this conventional wisdom might actually make sense for long-term investors. How does static... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
healthcare, to make it more feasible for other entrepreneurs to do similar work. "The odds against succeeding in a developing country are severe," he said. Robin Hood Via London Born and raised in India, Shetty went to medical... View Details