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- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
the nearest existing city, the hoped-for metropolis of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) is privately funded, privately managed, and privately developed by Emaar, The Economic City—a Tadawul-listed company focused primarily on View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
telecommuting is "dangerous to health"—the title of the column that prompted these responses—depends on several factors ranging from organizational culture and job type to skill level and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
In the new book International Strategy: Context, Concepts, and Implications, Harvard Business School Adjunct Professor David J. Collis presents a comprehensive guide to a topic of ever-increasing relevance for managers across all sectors... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
fronts. He persuaded Melvin Copeland, a noted marketing professor, to change his planned textbook to a collection of business "problems." Published in September 1920, it became the first business... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
goes, ‘Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.’ So, if time is of the essence, how to best think and frame the problems we need to solve with our teams to survive this crisis? What is sequence View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
among the world's largest private companies. It represents hundreds of athletes and other celebrities, and reportedly is commercially involved in an average of 10 major sports and View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
politicians and the voters who elected them—fostering greater employment, say. SEC enforcement actions can be costly for companies, about a third of which go out of business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
"... we need a carefully crafted, long term 'Social Engineering' campaign to transform the common mindset of people to foster a culture of thrift and prudence...."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
at DIS, he focused on the most important issues: the division's overall strategy and the barriers to innovation. Through honest conversations, he quickly learned about the real cause of DIS's inability to get its new products to market.... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
with these messy, complicated sets of challenges. My focus for participants will be on questions such as: What is the role of activists in transforming organizations? What is the game View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges,... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
and people part of the equation. Tushman, for example, asks a fundamental question: As a leader, what do you have to do to cause an organization to change? "Over all of this, we use a number View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building Communities as Well as Companies
media," said Keith Clinkscales (HBS MBA '90). As an undergraduate at Florida A&M, Clinkscales said he was exposed to the power of the urban entertainment culture and wanted to start a business that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
Virts replied. Regarding what it's like to work with an internationally diverse team in close quarters, Virts indicated that it's a matter of character and attitude. "The ability to work with other View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
clear: many retail segments are under assault by cheaper, more convenient retailers selling online. "The surprising thing is that despite the success of lots of big businesses in having developed Internet... View Details
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
"then we can more considerately say how big an organization needs to be to accomplish the ends " Srinivasan questioned whether size alone matters, pointing out that size has to be considered alongside such things as "conviction focus ability to create a... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
thinking that all our plans can look the same everywhere, that all our brands can feel the same everywhere, and we have made huge mistakes in that regard," he said. Changes Brewing AmBev, one of the... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette