Learning By Doing - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, doing what HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

applicants hold a bachelor's degree or higher and there are minimum salaries that must be met for positions. Visas are requested by the employer for a specific individual. Microsoft, for example, is the lead actor when it makes an H-1B... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

backgrounds—the intersection where creativity is most likely to occur, according to The Medici Effect, a book by Frans Johansson (HBS MBA '00) that is used in the course. Another driver of creativity, motivation, is the locus of Amabile's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

value of their intellectual property," he says. We asked Lerner to discuss current issues in IP and also describe an Executive Education course he will teach this summer on the subject. Sean Silverthorne: Do you think companies in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

are much, much greater than they expected them to be. Crew of the Endurance, when spirits were still high. Photo by Frank Hurley, voyage photographer. Copyright Royal Geographical Society, London. The third reason is that the Shackleton... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

opportunities to learn how the organization could do its core work better. Monitor and recalibrate their development efforts. Businesses track indicators of whether people are thriving—like promotion and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Oct 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Robots in the Boardroom

Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership StyleResearchers turn to machine-learning technology to look for links between a CEO's communications style and company performance. Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

from $1 million in the first year to $2 million in the third. A 70% drop in the stock price, by contrast, would reduce the value of his grant to just $300,000. Since fixed number plans do not insulate future... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Hall

26 Apr 2023
In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

will be displaced in large numbers. Those job losses will be partially offset by job gains for machine learning specialists and emerging jobs like prompt engineers. But, once companies View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

07 Jul 2011
What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

case. The prescription appears simple: "First, seek out new ideas and try new things; second, when trying something new, do it on a scale where failure is survivable; third, seek out feedback and learn... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

highlight key considerations that aren’t at the forefront of today’s dialogue about racial discrimination and injustice. Here’s what they said: Broderick Turner: Anti-Black racism affects White people We do not connect the dots on how... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

Past studies have bolstered the idea that marginalized groups might find more career opportunities if they downplay their identities. But women and minorities may actually benefit by explicitly mentioning their identities, at least when... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

13 Nov 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

Keywords: by Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

usually have their NCCs negotiated by an attorney before joining an organization, and may get paid substantially for doing so. But non-compete clauses are not just used for high-skill, high-paying jobs. Not... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

debate between economists such as the Chicago school’s Milton Friedman, who argued that the sole purpose of business is to generate profit for (and presumably transfer wealth to) shareholders by any legal and ethical means, and Yale’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jul 2022
What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

such as Toyota. The approach worked. The amount of inventory needed to support a given sales level shrank. Logistics as a component of the total cost (transport plus inventory) of doing business came down. Customer service, as measured... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

out to me from the day that may be helpful to anyone interested in becoming a more inclusive leader: 1. Not knowing brings about learning Improv performers trade in the currency of unpredictability. They don’t know what their partners... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

21 May 2024
Research & Ideas

What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year

see how many things [Denmark has] in place to redistribute income and wealth. I was curious to understand how we got to this point, and how do we build a society that can redistribute more and have such a robust safety net. This led me to... View Details