Dependence - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

Researchers have long shown that there are differences in how socially responsible companies depend on the culture of their country of origin. Companies located in countries including Germany, Japan, and most Nordic nations are more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Mar 2015
What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

depending on your point of view. Here's a management that may actually believe it can achieve wins for customers and investors by engineering a win for employees, something that several of us have written about for years. Walmart's... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

warehousing industry in the Southwestern U.S. as "by and large dependable and hard working, and their children will probably have better jobs than they have." As Irv Williamson put it: "Why would anybody consider limiting... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

blink take place "behind a locked door" in our brains, one that he suggests resides somewhere between the conscious and the subconscious. (This suggests that the subtitle—"the power of thinking without thinking"—may View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

said. "If you look at companies like Cisco and others that depend less on R&D, you'll see they have taken a different model in the new economy. They essentially said, 'We will use the innovation in the marketplace, and we will... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

industry are human talent and alignment. The work of professional service firms depends exclusively on the talent and intelligence of the people delivering it. Good firms hire the absolute best people and develop them, motivate them, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

career development. “Organizations should have ERGs by affinity groups, specifically Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, women, and LGBTQ. Depending on the nature of the organization, there may be other groups as well such as a group... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2020
News

Righting the Ship

keep as many people as possible alive and healthy, and reduce the number of deaths and hospitalizations. Second lesson from Shackleton: you never vary from that mission, because so much else depends on achieving it. For example, wrestling... View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

http://hbr.org/2012/03/enriching-the-ecosystem/ar/1 Reviving Entrepreneurship Authors:Josh Lerner and William Sahlman Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract New enterprises don't exist in a vacuum: They rise or fall View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

relationships in the course of doing their work. So you already have a set of contacts. What’s needed, though, is not merely contacts but a network: a set of ongoing, enduring relationships with those you depend on and who View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

(summer 2009) Abstract Should external innovators be organized in collaborative communities or competitive markets? The answer depends on three crucial issues. Read the paper (free registration required):... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

deal that brings some rationality to the valuation of Internet stocks. These are just some generic strategies, of course. Your viability as a nonconsolidator will depend directly on the analysis and imagination you bring to the table as... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

Henderson explains. That’s Fleetzero’s goal. John McCown (MBA 1980), nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Maritime Strategy and author of Giants of the Sea, says he’s intrigued by the Fleetzero model, which could offer a solution for the shipping industry’s... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

conditions for both lagged dependent and predetermined explanatory variables in estimation. Furthermore, we show that conventional tests to detect serial correlation have weak power and can be misleading, resulting in a misuse of moment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

companies like Frazier and Merck got from the President. Their companies have products dependent on government approvals and major regulatory issues before Congress and the administration. Given these issues, what does it take for a CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Dec 2002
News

Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics

employees.” He emphasized that low turnover is a competitive advantage for Starbucks, which depends upon its frontline staff to maintain customer quality for millions of purchases each year. “People don't like to work only for a... View Details

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

key negotiation strategies in the courses Negotiations and Deals. Both courses stress what corporate leaders learn from experience, that a manager's success depends largely on keen negotiation skills, whether the manager is trying to seal... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

28 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

local retailers operate with low inventory and depend on LEGO for just-in-time delivery. The company could build molding factories in Asia to shorten lead times and improve efficiency, but pushing down production costs is not a primary... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

in our uncertain world, sometimes an unethical action causes harm, and sometimes it does not. We argue that a rational assessment of ethicality should not depend on the identifiability of the victim of wrongdoing or the actual harm caused... View Details