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- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
handle on channel costs and margins and other operating features. When you choose multiple channels, conflict becomes a management issue. Even when you choose a single option, you may have to address questions of coverage and dealer... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
advantages and disadvantages. "Younger generations might have a different set of values [from their elders]," which can lead to conflicts when running a business. On the other hand, said Nursalim, blood ties can mean instant trust. Hong... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
only with those above you. Otherwise, where’s the fun? Beltway Upheaval by Ken Gorman (AMP 100, 1987) (lulu.com) A political novel about bizarre presidential conflicts in Washington, DC. The Entrepreneur’s Playbook: More than 100 Proven... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
wrote in 1935 that Hitler's government "dominates through the medium of fear," and Professor Philip Cabot warned of widespread conflict in "The Crisis Which Confronts the Nation" in 1940. Even while reporting on HBS and alumni... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
he had with these doyens, in an easy-to-read, anecdotal form. Converting the Saints: A Study of Religious Rivalry in America by Charles Randall Paul (MBA 1972) Greg Kofford Books Inc. In this study of religious conflict in the US, the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
the current review integrates multiple streams of research relevant to brokerage and brokering—including those on structural holes, organizational innovation, boundary spanning, social and political skill, workplace gossip, third-party View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
for the 21st century; it also has easy access to both coasts of India, with transshipment to India accounting for about two-thirds of its volume. Just over 2 million tourists visited in 2016, a 300 percent increase since the end of the View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
wreck would have been assembled. Now, Andy does have a special talent in getting people who don't like one another very much to work together. But that board was too far gone. The interpersonal conflict was just too great. I think he... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager of the division leading the process is experiencing disagreement and conflict among the members of the senior management team.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
struggle for custody over divisional control was a micropolitical process of interprofessional competition, played out between accountants and risk controllers who promoted conflicting measures of the key strategic uncertainty,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
have lost consumers by fostering music that is less inspired and more generic. "Artists are not developed quarter by quarter," acknowledges Boberg. "There's an inherent conflict in trying to tend to the needs of both the artist and the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
Viking, its literary press, which any serious author would be over the moon to get a contract with. HBSWK: What would you say is the biggest conflict Noma faces? Khaire: When you as a firm are depending entirely on the chef's creativity... View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
students to wrestle with the often conflicting needs of multiple stakeholders. What more should HBS do? Deans and recruiters told Datar and Garvin that MBAs in general need more soft skills, such as self-awareness and the capacity for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
a record of racist or misogynist or homophobic tendencies. Boards of directors afflicted by conflict or indifference will sometimes look the other way at the actions of their management teams. All of this, of course, is unacceptable. And,... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World by Jeremy Friedman (University of North Carolina Press) The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Course MaterialsAdobe Systems: Working Towards a 'Suite' Release (A) Harvard Business School Case 409-014 The case examines the tools a manager can use to keep her project on track and manage conflict and tension as Adobe prepares to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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examining what a new normal would look like. We will examine the impact that the current geo political conflicts will have on the continent. How will Africa thrive in a deglobalized world , that nonetheless needs global solutions to... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
its Treasury auction scandal and told them to call him if they spotted a problem. Legal and ethical training for employees is important, as is consistent application of the company's policies on conflict of interest. If the executives get... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
refrigerators, powerful-and-cheap computing, and $20 hacking kits, there is an infinite number of attack points and shrinking barriers to entry for the bad guys. So how do we win? We talked to four HBS alumni whose cybersecurity businesses offer them a frontline view... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
SchleferHarvard Business School Case 711-016 Since emerging from decades of conflict in 2002, Angola has been growing at a scorching double-digit rate, led by its oil industry. But the nation remains beset with seemingly intractable... View Details