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- 27 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
devoted considerable attention to the economics of health care, with a focus on building the intellectual framework for realigning the delivery of health care to maximize value to patients (patient health... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
react to each politician's promises: If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that all Americans will be treated by the doctor of their choice and receive as much medical attention as they require. If elected, I will do... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
study; we asked participants to fill it out and send it back by the end of the day. Each team did this through their entire project (or project phase) that we were studying (anywhere from five weeks up to nine months). Of course, the process was very difficult to... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
perspective that Porter has taken, often as a result of his specific background and prior research interests. The chapter then turns to extensions of these core concepts in Porter's more recent work. A central focus of this work has been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
to form the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). ICHOM brought together clinical leaders and patients in over 25 conditions worldwide to develop and lead the implementation of outcome measure sets. ICHOM’s pioneering work has captured the... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
ChatGPT, the remarkable AI chatbot garnering attention worldwide. The rollout comes amid mounting concerns that AI could perpetuate cultural, racial, and gender biases, sparking intense debate over the uses—and misuses—of this powerful... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
and the business world has long been a central focus of our research at HBS – from Richard Vietor ’s study of business-government relations in U.S. energy policy in the 1980’s to Michael Porter ’s new concept of the relationship between... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
we’re drawing, of course, is that as those companies thought about rewriting the job descriptions, they said, “Well, we thought that a college graduate would be a good communicator and pay attention to detail. We’d better say that’s what... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
justified in doing it since they tend to focus on the veracity of their statements—often by thinking, “I told the truth.” In some cases, they may even shift responsibility for the misleading impression to the target by believing the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
and interesting. By ratcheting that number down, it creates a more engaging experience when you go to the ballpark. It makes a difference when you're watching on television. And you're just more inclined to be able to pay attention to the... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
fashionistas? And if companies focus more on these consumers, how is the broader consumer pool impacted? Farronato studies these questions in a working paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Written along... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for any given product, it's helpful to compare and contrast diffusion across products. Doing so allows one to focus on the drivers or product characteristics that influence product... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
one manager said. “I hate the feeling of not doing anything that I don’t think is productive.” And some resisted reflecting, saying it was easier to focus on the here-and-now, rather than look down the road where they might be forced to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
be constantly looking attentive for hours.” How managers can be mindful The pandemic workforce has created a significant challenge for managers, Sadun says. She offers three pieces of advice to leaders of remote workforces: Empathize with... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
and identity change interacted. We find instances in which urgent focus on design change consumed top management attention and crowded out identity change; in which experimentation in design made it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Abstract Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
this article, we argue that the beneficial effects of goal setting have been overstated and that systematic harm caused by goal setting has been largely ignored. We identify specific side effects associated with goal setting, including a narrow View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the business landscape, hierarchical forms of organization remain dominant, and organizational democracy commands only scant attention in organizational theory. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel