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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
privatization garners attention in industries whose importance, infrastructure, and enormous capital needs once put them under the comfortable control of their governments. Historically, observed HBS... View Details
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
continuous moments of joy was the best way of retaining it. Thus, the most captivating ads in the experiment were those that began by surprising the viewer and then went on to make the viewer smile. But... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
the person show evidence of imagination? Of really knowing what it means to work very hard and persevere to solve problems? And we hardly ever pay attention to intrinsic... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
create such a spellbinding experience: a world-class magician. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has paired up with magician Jason Randal to teach innovation to business... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
More broadly, “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy” raises the general question of what factors drive policy changes—and what factors don’t. “Our findings suggest that while much View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
operations took somewhat of a back seat. There were just too many new things to think about and explore, and everybody's attention was focused on "breakthrough improvements," so the mandate for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
students." In his words, this behavior should characterize well-respected programs. He asks, "Isn't 'adapting to change' almost a synonym for learning?" Little attention was given to the influence View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
the CEO of this collective enterprise was the need to focus the attention of the work force on performance issues. "His task was to create a value system that favors... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
immediately fell more than $13 billion. Now assume that you're one of nine independent directors of the Acme Corporation. It has come to your attention that the CEO has... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
of $1 trillion. It’s a figure deserving the attention that remote work seems to be stimulating. The Big Quit is really not new. While significantly more employees are currently quitting their jobs than even... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
competitors. "Being distinctive from the high-status firms in an industry should be particularly crucial, as high-status firms attract a disproportional share of attention and resources from their... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
intervention The COVID-19 crisis has exposed major shortcomings in the US public health infrastructure, and when we come out of the crisis, I think the US will be ready to invest much more in the systems that help us prevent and fight... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the workplace with no end in sight, leaving business leaders to struggle with a wide variety of challenges, including keeping staff members happily engaged—and employed. To make sense View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
School Assistant Professor Boris Vallée. “Platforms need to be attentive about this potential problem when thinking about their design. They want as many investors as possible, both sophisticated and less so, [and] they want to make sure... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
of which was the unionization of its plants and the creation of the United Automobile Workers, General Motors was anxious to turn the nation's View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
"data-driven decision style" (David Cawlfield), the development of "early warning indicators" combined with an "external interference mechanism" (Gopal Padinjaruveetil), scenario planning View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
together on diversity research for the past ten years. In an introduction to the session, Professor John J. Gabarro said gender, racial, and ethnic diversity have been the subject of much attention in recent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
obsolete, and (3) it makes suspect much of what we do as managers. Consider two examples that came to my attention this past week. One is a book by Charles Jacobs titled Management Rewired, which concludes... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
corporate attention than employee, consumer, and environmental health. In a survey of more than 80 companies attending the Building a Culture of Health conference at Harvard... View Details