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14 Dec 2021
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To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

barriers to change. Elevated high-potential talent by giving them an opportunity to identify and solve challenges across the organization. “Task force members working in a given function or business are asked to interview people in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

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The Logic of the First Amendment

By: Clifford G. Holderness, Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling

We develop a framework that is applicable to all freedom of expression disputes. Our framework is based on the meaning of freedom which is based on the meaning of scarcity, and which, in turn, is based on the existence of physical incompatibilities. To maximize... View Details

Keywords: Rights; Courts and Trials; Judgments; Property; Conflict and Resolution; United States

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20 Aug 2008
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The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

In a much admired and debated speech given at the World Economic Forum in Davos last January, Bill Gates said that many of the world's biggest problems cannot be fixed by philanthropy, but instead require free-market... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

05 May 2015
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Publications May 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations By: Brown, Daniel, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—We explore the role of the corporate leader in creating value for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2021 (Revised August 2024)
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Hotwire.com: Navigating Through Turbulence

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Manny de Zarraga and Eric Levine

On September 10, 2001, after speaking at an industry conference at New York’s World Trade Center, Hotwire co-founder Spencer Rascoff boarded a flight from Newark to San Francisco. After returning home, Rascoff awoke the next morning to a phone call informing him that... View Details

Keywords: September 11; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Disruption; Decisions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth Management; Digital Platforms; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Air Transportation Industry; Tourism Industry; San Francisco

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27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Because these social networks are a unique way of broadly communicating real-time messages to the audiences they want to reach. They can write a message anywhere, anytime, and share it with interested parties without any public relations meddling, View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 May 2021
Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

as a speaker representing the company, or helping you find an advisory or board position. “Or it could be more informal, by giving you recognition in a speech in front of your peers, or in an all-staff... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Sep 2020
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How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

“Bible-thumpers”), the findings were reversed. Additionally, participants reported perceiving a politician who delivered PC remarks as being more susceptible to persuasion than one who was politically incorrect. “Being politically correct in View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Jul 2020
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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

only thing that this sort of learned pragmatism gives me is the opportunity to engage my colleagues who have the real power to make a difference in this country." And he said, "We'll see." So I guess he's right. We'll see. Neeley: So your... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

Donald Trump's victory may be a surprise—but not to astute marketers. Here are six important lessons from Trump's brand marketing playbook: Give consumers a job. The best marketing campaigns always call on consumers to do something. For... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

22 Dec 2008
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10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

excerpt, the authors outline the top 10 lessons of the best practitioners, from ING Direct to Build-A-Bear Workshop to Harrah's Entertainment.We can learn a great deal from organizations whose strong and adaptive ownership cultures give... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

10 Sep 2001
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Do You Have Change Fatigue?

the necessary behavioral changes. Poor communication. A change initiative is like the start of a marathon: change will be occurring rapidly in some units, whereas in others it won't even have gotten under way. Change leaders need to be prepared to View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

08 Mar 2022
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Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

domains. Studies have found that viewing photos of famous female leaders or reading about women in their intended career field empowered women to: Give longer, better speeches that are equal in length to... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

reassessing our approach to advocacy—including political giving in Florida and beyond.” He also announced that Disney had signed the Human Rights Campaign’s statement opposing such legislative efforts and had pledged $5 million in support... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Feb 2005
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Is Business Management a Profession?

business schools in the early decades of their existence. For example, in a speech titled "The Social Significance of Business," delivered at Stanford University's School of Business shortly after its founding in 1925 (and... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

Potentially restricting free speech is anathema to many of the users as well as many people inside the company. It is a wrenching problem. If you look at Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, the three biggest platforms where this has become a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2007
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The Power of the Noncompete Clause

Marx—who holds six patents—spent ten years as an inventor and executive in the field of speech recognition. In this e-mail interview, he discusses the impact of noncompetes for inventors and those who would tie their hands. Martha Lagace:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

applications to benefit from consumption complementarities. We show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (i) a commons problem (to better satisfy their individual preference for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2016
Op-Ed

The Twitter Election

Every four years, a new American presidential campaign gives a fresh boost to social media. This year the winner is Twitter. Donald Trump has racked up 11.3 million Twitter followers (and counting) compared with 8.5 million for Hillary... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

use an attribute's value to infer its weight—the value-weight heuristic—and identify the role of perceived diagnosticity: more extreme attribute values give observers the subjective sense that they know more about a decision-maker's... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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