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- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
the employment of “imposters,” a term, by the way, that was regarded as objectionable by many, most respondents implicitly rejected the notion. They pointed to the desirable qualities of imposters, people... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
Passion: When and How Expressing Passion Elicits Status Conferral and Support from Others, was published in July 2019 in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. “Passion, like a smile, is contagious.” In the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
the corners" in baseball parlance—and more likely to throw it straight over the plate where it is easier to hit. In other words, the pitchers seemed to compensate for discrimination by throwing the ball in areas where the outcome was... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
or the Eiffel Tower instead of a picture of you. But if you have a photo of a dog where your face should be, it might deter people from renting your property." The researchers' data set consisted of all Airbnb New York rentals available on a randomly selected day in... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
that started a fuel burn 11 hours too early into the mission, using up so much fuel that the capsule could not reach the proper altitude. According to a reported comment by Jim Chilton, senior vice president of the space and launch... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
to a rubber band that snaps back toward a somewhat constant middle ground even after pandemic-level disruptions. Here’s the argument as it applies to remote work or “work from anywhere”: Remote work, already common, was first required by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jan 2022
- What Do You Think?
Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?
(iStockphoto/tofumax) A corporate board’s most important decision is selecting the organization’s CEO. By the same token, one could argue that a board’s most distasteful decision concerns firing a CEO. Once directors agree to release the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
intense focus on software security updates, after a massive tech meltdown in July impacted millions of Microsoft Windows devices used by organizations worldwide, including airlines, hospitals, emergency call... View Details
- 30 Jan 2012
- News
The Perils of High CFO Incentive Pay
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
What can MBAs learn from the Roman emperors Tiberius and Claudius? All Roads Lead to Rome, a one-off elective course team-taught by HBS professor Frances Frei and Harvard history and classics professor Emma Dench, juxtaposed ancient texts... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- August 2024
- Case
Quickmart: Sustaining Growth in a Challenging Economic Environment
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Kuria Kamau
In July 2023, Peter Kang’iri, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quickmart, Kenya’s second-largest retail chain, sat in his Nairobi office reviewing the company’s first half financial results before the weekly executive committee (EXCO) meeting. The company was in... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Supply Chain; Logistics; Business Strategy; Expansion; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa; Kenya; Nairobi
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Kuria Kamau. "Quickmart: Sustaining Growth in a Challenging Economic Environment." Harvard Business School Case 725-363, August 2024.
- 08 Jun 2011
- News
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
relationships by making (even objectively generous) exchanges feel transactional. When exchanging resources, people should be wary of both how much they exchange and the manner in which they exchange. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
in his recent book, some are less fungible than others. Germany was cited by Peter Sebregondi as a country that has pursued an enlightened strategy toward manufacturing, through its continued support of an apprentice system that provides... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
in the external capital markets. In addition, the results show that diversification can be beneficial in the presence of frictions in the labor market. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2132676 Working Papers Cohort Turnover and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
With many companies battered by the economy, commitment from leaders and employees might seem like increasingly precious resources. Yet commitment and performance are essential elements of any successful firm no matter the health of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
company made steady progress in both areas. For the six years preceding July 2010, Campbell's cumulative total shareholder return was 64 percent, nearly five times the 13 percent return of the S&P 500. And View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- News
What Happens When You Have Fewer Managers
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in July 2020. She co-authored the study with recent doctoral graduate Michael Rosenblum and Assistant Professor Juliana Schroeder, both of the University of California, Berkeley. A... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 24 Aug 2021
- News