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- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
the past.” Part of understanding how to succeed in the industry today means getting a firm grasp on the impact of digital technology, so the program devotes a full day to the subject. “Media executives need to know about the rise of... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
European Football Associations Champions League Final on television—that's 61 percent of German households—according to Nielson. Television remains a very important medium for sports broadcasting. Viewers tend to watch sports events live, which View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
Sparks" to develop the brand and a plan to change how employees experienced HCL. The group started with an icon, Thambi, which means "brother" in Tamil, symbolizing "the importance of the individual and the value of the collective" at... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
will tend to depress the share of the U.S. in innovation. Q: Your book talks about the "pauperization of the patent system." Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, Congress converted the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
the line. If you don't take the offensive and word gets out on its own (and you know one day it will), you'll destroy all the trust and goodwill you've built. "To secure the economic benefits of honesty, one must be perceived as being committed to honesty, which... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
and said, "Now we understand you better. When you talk about empowerment, you really mean 'empowerment with responsibility.'" To which I responded, "Is there any other kind?" In an organization that has a strong... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
modest role biases can blow up potential deals. Suppose a plaintiff believes he has a 70 percent chance of winning a million-dollar judgment, while the defense thinks the plaintiff has only a 50 percent chance of winning. This means that,... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
(fence-sitters) provide the change agent with an affective basis to coopt them. This cooptation increases the probability that the organization will adopt the change. By contrast, strong ties to potentially influential organization members who disapprove of a change... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
corrupt practices in business and government in his country. Of course, dealing with China's hypersensitive national propaganda apparatus means that Wang has to be especially delicate in choosing whom to go after and when. The case,... View Details
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
will adopt the change. By contrast, strong ties to potentially influential organization members who disapprove of a change outright (resistors) are an effective means of affective cooptation only when a change diverges little from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
open collaborative sample. Based on a detailed analysis of the cases in which the mirroring hypothesis was not supported, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency as a means of achieving coordination without mirroring. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
the person show evidence of imagination? Of really knowing what it means to work very hard and persevere to solve problems? And we hardly ever pay attention to intrinsic motivation, which is the driving force that actually makes... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
operation with a compelling reputation. Several issues were critical in the Lauders' thinking. First, they wanted to reach large numbers of middle-class and wealthy consumers, women with sufficient means to buy premium-priced products... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
each month in 2024, mean it’s time for tech leaders to ask themselves three questions about layoffs. 1. What is this layoff for? HR teams do not decide who to lay off—that’s the job of tech company leaders. They do it either badly or... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
capture value from intellectual property (IP). We define what it means for a system to be "IP-modular," and illustrate the application of this concept in a number of practical situations. From the examples, we derive a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
two-fold, Lakhani added. It means fulfilling the public mission of an informed citizenry as well as also the private mission of enabling innovation. In terms of building government IT infrastructure, Data.gov demonstrates a way to be... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
SUVs and rising gas prices. Although in the luxury SUV market, drivers are not likely to fret about paying ten cents more per gallon. But we really ask if by moving into the SUV market did Porsche remain 'true to brand,' and what does that View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
watchmaking, the study’s analysis reveals how technology reemergence is a decidedly cognitive process, unfolding in two phases: a first phase marked by a redefinition of meanings and values associated with the legacy technology and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
Ashley because she does a better job than Aisha." Or, "I read Playboy for the articles." In this chapter from a forthcoming book, HBS doctoral student Zoë Chance and professor Michael I. Norton describe various means of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff