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- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
As one of the largest toy makers in the world, the LEGO Group has been riding high in America and Western Europe. To grow, however, LEGO recently faced a decision familiar to many other multinationals: should the company shift from...
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- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
identify fairly reliable predictions from the guesses." Others identified people as the weak point in the process. Adam Hartung commented that " everyone should be evaluating trends and making...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
weaknesses that underlie corruption everywhere. As an emerging professional he must also weigh the trust value of the personal relationships he is forming; his own comfort zone for ethical trade-offs; and...
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- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
successes, the distraction of a later effort to improve gender diversity, the disproportionate number of Black employees laid off in a major downsizing, a drop in the number of Black candidates in the pipeline, and View Details
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by James Heskett
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
management; in global research and scholarship; and in its commitment to values and leadership as core elements of its curriculum and mission....
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by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 21 Mar 2012
- Op-Ed
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline
they are African-American and so less entitled to being "nerds"? The Religion Triumphs All Story: Finally, Lin himself offered the narrative that religion is both a source of struggle and a source...
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- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
Author's Note: Why Leaders Lose Their Way, my article in the June 6, 2011, edition of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, generated a large number of very thoughtful and profound comments. The following article proposes an antidote...
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by Bill George
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
since its founding in 1986, exiting from about 30 of them. Rather than spread its wings too far, he added, BC Partners intends to continue to rely on the strength of its local presence and expertise. The...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
planning by judgments about the fit between creative strategy and different types of media. Not surprisingly, we found price sensitivity to be relatively weak at this stage." The second step, however,...
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- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
seatmate. Problem solved.) The campaign garnered Frito-Lay a 2009 Grand Ogilvy Award from the Advertising Research Foundation. EEG vs. fMRI Karmarkar notes that EEG and fMRI have different strengths View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
of coercive power as illegitimate and will feel free to violate its terms unless power is applied on an ongoing basis to enforce it. They also understand that backing weak players into a corner triggers...
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by Michael Watkins
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter laid a framework for experts from Japanese business,...
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by Hilah Geer
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
Complex trends in globalization, demographic shifts, and new technologies are raising urgent challenges for managers on an everyday level. Because of the number of companies undergoing digital transformation, managers need to navigate an...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
second union remained in power, and the supplier boycott continued. This example underscores not only the risk of underestimating differences between cultures but also the strength of the backlash to...
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- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
their strengths to produce in-depth, state-of-the-art research. Q: What are some of your plans and goals for the office in the next two to four years? How do you see business in Japan developing in the years...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
With many of today's entrepreneurs starting ventures simultaneously in several countries, it is critical for the global businessperson to understand the financial and business environments in different countries View Details
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- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
No one says the life of the entrepreneur is glamorous, at least in the start-up phase. Financing pressures. Bad diet. Family—what family? And now new research from Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman reveals another...
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- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
statistical analysis, there are relatively few projects (approximately 300 per year, but only 40 to 50 large ones costing more than $500 million). These projects tend to have long lives and many idiosyncratic features. As a result,...
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