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- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
are not unequivocally a club that one should strive to join," writes Werker in his April 2013 working paper, Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences, published by the International Growth Centre at the London School of...
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by Kim Girard
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets
behave more like U.S. companies. Q: In regards to transparency, what questions do you think managers should ask themselves when deciding what global opportunities to explore? A: The role of good information availability in accessing...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 30 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?
One reason is that the better-backed ventures had twelve to eighteen months of financing when the market for Internet-based start-ups tanked a year ago. Another is that, through relatively astute management, less well-financed organizations View Details
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by James Heskett
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
who are focused on their existing and most profitable markets and don't see the threat coming from below. Exhibit A: The death of Digital Equipment Corp., which, along with a string of other minicomputer firms, was taken down by the PC...
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- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
at length about the The Pay Problem posed by executive compensation in a May/June 2010 article in Harvard Magazine. There we argued that evidence of the link between executive compensation and company performance is not clear. We noted,...
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by Jim Aisner
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
they pursue internally, while relying heavily on outsourcing many of those activities to strategic partners. At the same time, they seek to increase the number and nature of product offerings, many of which are also offered by their...
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- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
Editor's note: For those of who have attended meetings of both nonprofit and for-profit boards, the differences between the two organizations couldn't be clearer. Nonprofit boards meetings tend to be longer, less tightly organized, and more sporadically attended View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
physical business trips in 2017. No vehicle required No printer or paper. Most companies have held on to their executive fat so management has something to do. But that is changing.” Kamal Hossain was enthusiastic about the impact on his...
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by James Heskett
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
"Jane's Dilemma" was inspired by a real situation that had happened to an executive at a major consulting firm. The woman had been offered responsibility on the company's Women's Initiative, but View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
Succession planning is hard work: It must be embraced by the organization and driven by the CEO. In the book, Bower identifies best practices companies can follow to identify, groom, and train internal...
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- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
We've been encouraging readers to share feedback and observations about Working Knowledge articles by email, resulting in a slew of thoughtful responses. Here are a few comments from June, published with permission: Re: "Extroverts, Your...
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by Danielle Kost
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
but success. To that end, we’re sharing some well-researched tips from Harvard Business School faculty to help you keep your career-related resolutions this year. 1. Resolution: To gain more respect at the office. Tip: Wear weird sneakers to work. Research View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Nov 2019
- News
American Business Schools Are Reinventing the MBA
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
donations to organizations such as World Wildlife Fund and Save the Children fit in. Those contributing money are driven first and foremost by an affinity with the idea, rather than by any individual reward...
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- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
Interorganizational management in a channel of distribution is a complex matter. But it doesn’t hold a candle to the complexity of stakeholder capitalism, as suggested by responses to this month’s column on...
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by James Heskett
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
modernization of the ecosystem, not just one enterprise. This often requires structuring a special purpose vehicle that can manage shared risks and returns. Buy-in. The company must obtain buy-in of regional View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
things that talented managers seek: exciting work, personal development, a balanced lifestyle, a great company, and recognition and rewards for individual contributions. It is a war led by top management,...
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by James Heskett
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
service technologies from a provider, customer, and investor perspective. Customers are concerned with integration and driving down costs, said Steven Lewis, Microsoft's general manager of .net market development. "There is a lot of...
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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
businesses. In reorganizing to capitalize on its technology, Xerox created a new entity in 1989, headed by Robert Adams, that effectively established a third phase for managing spin-offs. Adams had created a...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- 08 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective
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by Robert Eccles & George Serafeim