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- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Many companies can double or even triple their capacity to invest in strategic assets and competencies by properly managing their "risk balance sheet," argues Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton. In a provocative article on View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
remains mysterious because of the company's obsession with secrecy. This note considers the ingredients of Apple's success and its quest to develop, in the words of CEO Steve... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
B2B Branding: Does it Work?
cheerleader, loves the brand heritage, and is a great storyteller. The CMO sees his or her purpose as helping the CEO achieve this role. View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
family life, connection to others, and faithfulness to yourself seem doomed to vie in a terminal contest for your exclusive attention. It's easy to feel stupid when you compare yourself to the celebrity successes, easy to feel inadequate... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
the future with great accuracy, they won't say what will cause an event or why. They'll tell you which magazine articles are likely to be shared on Twitter without explaining what motivates people to tweet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he looked not only to the works of great thinkers but also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
may develop? "There is this general sense that if you are going to come up with a great creative idea that moves the market in some sector, you better do it for me rather than my competitor," says Silk.... View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
powerful, wouldn’t we have long ago figured that out and accomplished it? Or wouldn’t I have at least heard of it? But that’s not how innovation works, in politics or in any industry. There is a moment when the idea germinates, but often... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Western firms sought access to resources, and they faced little political risk due to Western imperialism. The main risks were logistical due to infrastructure and technological inadequacies. During the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
Drawing on lessons from the battlefield is common practice for business leaders seeking tested strategies to succeed against adversity. Today, the battle against COVID-19, an invisible enemy, feels to many... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
Bean, for instance, is a company that has excelled at learning through customer intelligence. The outdoor products retailer has gained success not only by accumulating information in a thorough way but by interpreting it with View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
Grossman Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 11 (November 2006) Abstract One of the biggest management challenges anywhere is how to improve student performance in urban public schools in the United... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
"My response was that there's a big difference between a really great product and a company," she said. Given the constraints of costs and the problems of marketing,... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
chapter as one of the great marketing companies, in league with Kraft Food or Coca-Cola. The job of the next CEO would be to unlock View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
that's not going to work," Khaire says. "You don't manage the creative process, you enable it." Culture-changing entrepreneurship explored in the course include: Chef James Beard. During... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
collective experience. Just spend some time with a group of people who are currently teaching leadership and you will come away with a few inescapable conclusions. First, individually we have learned a great deal. Over View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
"That's not great protection, but at least it's some coverage. But for really devastating kinds of large losses, the coverage levels actually fall from there. They should continue to increase, but... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
"These social resources are acquired by mimicking the structures and activities of established firms, and by affiliating with high-status customers respectively," she wrote in the abstract to her... View Details