The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

the costliest mistakes take place before negotiators sit down to discuss the substance of the deal. That’s because they often take for granted that if they bring a lot of value... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

or as trained brand ambassadors. By empowering employees to communicate in that way, leaders relinquish much of the control that they formerly exerted over organizational messaging. But they gain a great... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World By: Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. Abstract—The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

what they did wrong. It is how such capable, experienced, and respected managers—among the best that Intel and SAP had to offer—could have made these mistakes. To see how managers with great track records... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

A: In two of the companies, there were no expats among top management and a great deal of sophistication about the best and latest in everything. In one of those, its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

reach its aggressive growth targets. In the summer of 2016, after an intense few months of talks with potential investors, Ozbugutu was looking at five competitive term sheets from funds with great fintech... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

tempered with great caution," says Chakravorti. "The entrepreneurs who can capture the limited resources have the potential to do well. Shortage and adversity are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

fashion, CxOs and team leaders in the corporate world should be viewed as a source of competitive advantage for firms. Attracting, developing, motivating, and retaining great managers and leaders can also... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

09 Jan 2006
What Do You Think?

Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?

Summing Up Questions concerning grade disclosure, voluntary or not, elicited a great deal of response from those readers exposed to every facet of the issue. Opinion on the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

scientific-driven process. So corporations made enormous investments to create ivory towers where scientists would think great thoughts. At first it seemed very appealing, but as the fifties moved into View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

great deal of influence on U.S. companies. This case examines the history and growth of the company, the governance services it offers, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

organization. "CIOs and CEOs could consider what data they should make available throughout their enterprise," Lakhani said. "It would be great if any employee could look at data and think about different ways to mash it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

around the world, Nohria observed. "That causes people to ask, 'How well prepared is this great American institution to be a leader in this new global century?'" However you define inflection... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

Lean start-up strategies aren't just for start-ups anymore. That was the key message that Intuit cofounder Scott Cook (HBS MBA '76) shared in a small seminar with Harvard Business School faculty recently. Since its launch in 1983, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

point to history to make their case. The country's first major financial crisis—the Great Depression—led to the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934, which effectively regulated... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

01 May 2009
What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

just one of several unsuccessful attempts by large airlines to compete with smaller, more focused, low-priced competitors. Then I picked up Stall Points, a book by Matthew S. Olson and Derek van Bever. The books Built to Last and Good to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

businesses." The predominant view was that the practice at present has many limitations. Ann Romaine-Adelstein commented, "I doubt we can predict with validity from a scan yet who will work hard,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, by Warren Bennis and Noel Tichy warrants attention if for no other reason than the range of experiences that they bring to the topic. View Details