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- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
"Success has always been an American preoccupation, but the definition of success takes on a new urgency today, when every conventional measure of success seems to have a faster burn rate than ever before," say Laura Nash and... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
Watch out. Apple hopes to claim a new frontier on your wrist. The company announced its new Apple Watch on Tuesday, sending journalists and a bevy of other observers, online and off, into a flurry of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for James Austin
within both the business and the nonprofit. Q: Integrative collaboration would seem a lofty goal for most companies, as this level of collaboration requires a true meshing of business goals with those of the partnering nonprofit. How do profit-driven View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
Toyota's ever-widening problems are a tragic case study in how not to lead in crisis. Under the media spotlight, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, grandson of the founder, went into hiding and sent American CEO Jim... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
employees will actually listen to tough messages, question old assumptions, and consider new ways of working. This means taking a series of deliberate but subtle steps to recast employees' prevailing views and create a View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
The strained presidential transition facing President-elect Joe Biden probably rings true for many CEOs and other business leaders stepping into new positions of power. We asked Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new businesses, HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson said. In his keynote... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
board before the new CEO takes over. They also consider the viewpoint of the non-founding CEO via the case of Les Trachtman, CEO of Webpiont, as... View Details
- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
Published: March 5, 2012 The stuffy department store chain has become emboldened under new CEO Ron Johnson, with plans for an innovative store upgrade, simplified prices, and a brand polish. Professor Rajiv... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
fared financially as a result of the event, stats from the year 2000 are encouraging. Forty percent of the women entrepreneurs in last year's New England forum collectively raised $100 million in equity capital. According to Andrea... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
edge of innovation, and they can boost their reputations by supplying well-known U.S. firms. The market size of the U.S makes it an important target but, in addition, foreign companies often feel they have to crack the U.S. market in order to gain respect. No View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
No one says the life of the entrepreneur is glamorous, at least in the start-up phase. Financing pressures. Bad diet. Family—what family? And now new research from Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman reveals another... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
this period, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) delivered some important technologies for the corporation. One of the most critical inventions was laser printing for Xerox's printers and copiers, an effort that led to new Xerox... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, a veteran of doing battle with much larger Microsoft, has some words of wisdom on competing against a market giant: "If you want to beat Bobby Fischer, don't play chess." Glaser, president and View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
equivalent of separate route networks and hubs—they created a group focused on the company of the future. A new American Airlines combining US Airways is fortunate to have US Airways CEO Doug Parker at the... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
after the passage of health reform in the United States. The case explores in detail how the hospital CEO and staff designed and implemented new models of care delivery and built relationships across health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/management/9780199226009/toc.html Cases & Course MaterialsCapitaLand Ltd: CEO Selection Harvard Business School Case 410-055 In September 2007, the Group President of CapitaLand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
complete the requirements of the first-year MBA core curriculum. In the fifth and final year, they take electives at both HMS and HBS in a sequence determined by each student. Change Is In The Air Gilmartin, the former CEO of Merck, said... View Details