Isle of Man - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Nov 2009
HBS Case

Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu

He's been called "the Salvador Dalí of the kitchen" for creations ranging from beetroot and yogurt ice-cream lollipops to a deconstructed Spanish omelet served in a parfait glass. Each year, some 2 million hopeful diners vie to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

"Purpose is just one part of the whole process . We definitely have to concretize the steps we intend to do, break down the core purpose to objectives, and then to relevant action plans ." Shrikant Sortur reminded us View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

Summing Up The dilemma posed by the HP-inspired vignette of a CEO allegedly failing to adhere to company values divided respondents to the September column. Two schools of thought evolved. One was that the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

ambitions. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/novartis-leading-a-global-enterprise/an/413096-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-028 Man Jit Singh at Sony Entertainment Television (A) Explores the role View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

when bosses fail to realize that they're not communicating clearly. Kanter cites an old joke as an example: A man drives to a gas station to fill up his tank, and the attendant can't help noticing that there's a penguin in the backseat... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

groups.” As EAM put it, “Success will require a variety of strategies deployed at the same time.” Black Man was among those suggesting one element of such an effort. “When I... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

have owned started out as a disruptive company.— Clayton M. Christensen Copying the management best practices of leading firms isn't necessarily the answer, Christensen said. When inventors in the Middle Ages tried to invent a contraption... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

(B-2):http://hbr.org/search/812170-PDF-ENG Man Group (B) Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. ClayHarvard Business School Supplement 312-129 The Man Group was a huge and successful UK-based hedge fund and fund... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Nov 2011
What Do You Think?

The Ultimate Question in Management

this type was proposed by Pete DeLisi: "Do you make your people feel like they want to be a better man or woman?" Favorite "ultimate" questions that managers could ask of their reports... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

common man and woman. The Indian government recently passed a massive food security bill, which is an attempt to provide subsidized food to the poorest of the poor and to raise their level View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

Henri-Louis Bergson’s injunction: “Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

02 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?

man once they saw him through Quiver. This finding suggested that the Quiver functionality helped women to overcome the normative restriction of making the first move. Quiver essentially made the first move... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

its diverse geographies and business lines? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/112097-PDF-ENG Man Group (A) Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. ClayHarvard Business School Case 312-128 The Man Group was a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

Podcast with: Joseph Bower Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 8 min., 23 sec. In early September, Ford Motor Company announced that Bill Ford would be replaced as CEO by Boeing's Alan Mulally, credited with the turnaround of the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

he said, “The very act of trying to attain gender equality portends to assume that is a positive goal. My concern is not equality but quality. Man or woman, we as individuals and organizations need to rip... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

this kind of enterprise "is the worst business in the world. Period. The end." He was smart and ambitious enough as a young man to get himself into the Harvard Business School—though he also... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

identical, and every effort of every man and woman in the company is focused on satisfying those needs."5 Accordingly, the most critical decision in designing any organization is deciding who the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

men. Grove's deceptively simple question stripped the blinders of denial from their eyes. It allowed them to see the situation afresh, face it squarely, and make what had instantly become the obvious choice. Grove's question did not make... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

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