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- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
concludes that "These are terribly important questions with no easy answers." Bill George, former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic and now a professor at the Harvard Business School, thinks he knows the answers. George lays out the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
says Groceries $88, Delivery $8? In a recent working paper titled "The Framing Effect of Price Format," HBS Associate Professor Luc Wathieu and coauthor Marco Bertini of the London Business School attempt to understand the consumer... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
be taken. The briefings were led mainly by health and epidemiology experts who had limited political affiliation. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
challenges facing managers. The experience of Sweden-based industrial group Cardo, which built its executive management program from scratch, shows how organizations can unleash the leadership capabilities required to drive transformation and strengthen View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
March 2016 Harvard Business Review Lean Strategy By: Collis, David J. Abstract—Strategy and entrepreneurship are often seen as polar opposites. Yet the two desperately need each other: strategy without entrepreneurship is central... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
Lerner and Scott Stern, 483-502. University of Chicago Press, 2012 Abstract Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
When Harvard Business School dean Kim B. Clark returned from a road tour a couple of years ago, he had some important issues he wanted to discuss with Professor Myra M. Hart. Evidence—granted, most of it anecdotal—was mounting to show... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
continuum according to the situation." Do you agree? Does unleashing the "wisdom of crowds" work well in situations where rapid-fire decision-making is called for? Or is it a luxury available only when the pace of the organization's View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
welcome. In fact, new hires often enter fresh roles feeling optimistic and confident their organizations are eager to hear from them, but over time, employees increasingly feel less “psychologically safe” to contribute ideas, new research by Harvard View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
between the management scores of autonomous government schools and regular government schools is accounted for by differences in the principal's leadership and better governance. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/rsadun/Management_Schools_November2014.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
her latest book. An authority on business history as well as branding, consumer behavior, and business strategy, Koehn cut her historical teeth on understanding and interpreting the economic and social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
cause of a combined economic stagnation and social backwardness that only socialism could cure. In the early and mid-1950s this would lead to the expropriation of the property or exile (to Hong Kong and overseas) of China's business... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
Starting a successful business is often considered the hardest thing entrepreneurs do—but growing an existing venture may be even more difficult. Many companies get stuck on a plateau that inhibits their ability to grow: a scale stopper.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
PublicationsSeven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution Author:Robert L. Simons Publication: Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
objectives on which these kinds of actions should be based? Can organized labor form the necessary kinds of alliances with business and government that might be necessary to, in Pinel's words, "address the contemporary issues of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
performance-survival, employment, and growth-and firm innovative performance-quantity, quality, and nature of patents and papers-by comparing funded and unfunded firms. To address endogeneity around selection bias, we use a qualitatively similar subsample of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
cannot be a credible champion for world trade. “Xi Jinping’s words are more of a PR stunt,” he wrote. Wildebeest added, “[A]ttempting to do meaningful work in China is basically a hassle from day one, top to bottom. Large companies often are willing to pay the price,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More is currently one of the more visible proponents of this perspective. Could the long tail really provide increased profits for Hollywood? And is it true... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
http://www.people.hbs.edu/liyer/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 Contemporary Accounting Research The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers By: Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne