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- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical success and future opportunities for voluntary business actions to advance sustainability. Roadblocks include misaligned incentives, missing institutions,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Program
Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization
Know when and how to take advantage of financial restructuring and private equity Overcome inertia and pivot the organization Create plans for addressing current and prospective obstacles Infuse the organization with a sense of purpose...
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Hiring Organizations
LLC Hopscotch Health Housatonic Partners Hudson Hill Capital Management Hue Humana Humane HV Capital Hydrow I IBM IGNIA Partners Imaginable Futures Imagine Pediatrics impala In-Q-Tel Incode Technologies Indonesia Investment Authority - INA View Details
- 26 Mar 2014
- HBS Seminar
Brian Kahin, MIT
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The Benefits of a Residential Campus - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
the more familiar lean technique of value stream mapping (VSM) to identify and decrease wasted time and effort throughout the software development process. Improving From The Bottom Up While most organizations struggle with implementing a new system, fighting the...
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Charlotte MacDonald
treadmill, inertia would take its course." Pursuing the MBA would represent an opportunity to step out in many directions at once. "I wanted to take time to experience a ton of different industries, different people, as fodder...
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
policy inertia is not optimal from an ex-ante perspective. See Jeremy’s other research work here and Adi’s other research work here. Related Themes: Monetary Policy & Money Markets, Stabilization Policy & Regulation More Info Who Neglects...
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- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
changes, allowing the new owners to standardize human resources functions, such as hiring, and introduce stronger diversity programs. For the company that’s been acquired, Zhang says, the purchase can shake the inertia of “the way it’s...
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by Lane Lambert
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
lot of institutional inertia that makes it hard to actually to do that,” Nagle says. “This is one more piece of evidence that we should be encouraging that on a person level as well as a project level.” In business, where innovating...
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by Michael Blanding
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
system united. Sibling systems have the hardest time working out who should have what leadership role and power. “The one-leader model still dominates everywhere and at all stages” With those few exceptions, the one-leader model still dominates everywhere and at all...
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- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
threats, Sull reminds the readers. Change also comes in the form of shifts in regulation, consumer preferences, and overall competitive dynamics. "Managers often equate inertia with inaction—a passive phenomenon in which...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Wells (Jossey-Bass) In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies to remain at the top. But many firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia and stick to their old strategies until it is too late. Why...
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Jen Wu
resource I have to offer this world. And now, that time flows with purpose, its direction informed by more than inertia and whim. There are still only twenty-four hours in a day, but I’ve discovered something powerful. I can make time. I...
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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
He also suggests several promising new paths for more research on the problems of inertia in organizations. Sull's paper, in a slightly condensed version, was recently selected for publication in the Academy of Management Best Paper...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team
models, conclusion); Daniel Yergin (conservation, oil, energy wars, conclusion). Related Links Back to the Future Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia
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Jennifer DeWhitt
intentional with my decisions, rather than let inertia take me wherever. I can't optimize around other people's metrics." In her current role, Jennifer supports Bain's private-equity group with investment landscape analyses and...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
rationally? HBS professors Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval, and Harvard University professor Jeremy Stein don’t think humans are such cold calculators. One proof: Individual and even institutional investors often give in to inertia and retain...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
identify goals, overcome obstacles, and persist until their goals are realized. That determined individuals can bring about changes big and small is reinforced in almost every movie ever made. That's an invaluable contribution that helps drive away View Details