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- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
into future research. Are we "fighting the last war" instead of addressing a watershed moment in leadership and management? Are we going "back to the future" in researching management? What do you think? Original View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
extent and how should boards be held accountable for failing to foster "bench strength" that would obviate the need for hiring CEOs from the outside? To what extent, if at all, can markets for CEOs be made more efficient? What do you think? Original View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
Original Article It was recently announced in somewhat wondrous tones that new car sales in China this past year exceeded one million. Reports in BusinessWeek and Forbes trumpet the growth of China and the size and promise of Chinese... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
"Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life-Science Revolution," a McKinsey Award-winning article he coauthored in the March-April 2000 issue of Harvard Business Review. "As distinctions between food and medicine... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
Excerpted with permission from "The Dual Edged Role of the Business Model in Leveraging Corporate Technology Investments," in Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives, and Investors Manage High Tech Risks, article ©... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Review article with legendary soccer coach Sir Alex Ferguson, on his team management and leadership lessons. (It was so well received that it deserves a sequel!) But I am mostly very hard at work on the release of Blockbusters—it's my... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
Working PapersSilent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations Authors:James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
articles had been sent to the execs about the good and the bad aspects of the existing systems. A small team of people had focused carefully on the economic analysis, looking closely at our current software programs, in particular. At the... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
identity, a community of shared values, and trust-based relationships with employees, customers, community, and investors. Boards often do not ask the right questions about these things nor have the data to know if it is happening. In a recent View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
article The Capitalist's Dilemma.) More recently, HBS's Health Care and Digital initiatives collaborated on the Health Acceleration Challenge to identify proven innovations that, if scaled, would dramatically enhance health care value.... View Details
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
regenerate the "industrial commons"? What do you think? Original Article A new book, Producing Prosperity , by profs. Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, argues that a manufacturing renaissance is critical to the process-oriented... View Details
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
vividly in these articles is the multidimensional quality of our competitiveness problem. Despite what political rhetoric may suggest, there are no simple fixes. Discrete reforms in tax policy, regulation, corporate governance, K-12... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
organizations known for their prowess in developing their employees have to bear? What do you think? Original Article Last March 25, Jake DeSantis, then an executive vice president with American International Group, published his... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
thought?) His questions were: "Here's a deeper puzzle: What would a sustainable economic system look like? For starters, how would you define 'success'?" What do you think? Original Article Recent word that Google's leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
should the measurements be made? And for what purpose? What do you think? Original Article Transparency currently is one of the most frequently used terms in the corporate lexicon. In general use, it's right up there on the scale with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
valuable asset." It was one of several that questioned whether governance policies and practices are designed to achieve what many felt to be their primary purpose, to foster the long-term success of the corporation on behalf of all stakeholders. What do you... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
article explores why we often think irrationally—and why, even when the stakes are high and mistakes are costly, we sometimes are unable to overcome our psychological biases. We begin with an overview of intuition and rationality in... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
globalization. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52266 January 26, 2017 Harvard Business Review Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned—and the Effects Are Costly By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Christopher Wallace Abstract—This View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Authors:Marco Bertini, Dan Ariely, and Elie Ofek Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract The research presented in this article provides evidence that add-on features sold to enhance a product can be more than just... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
Improve an Organization’s Culture? Here’s a succinct response from Juan E. Gomez Inciso reflecting many of the responses to the question: “It takes what it takes, given the circumstances and people involved,” especially quality of leadership. J-Giangrande, for example,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett