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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem
Business and society Digital ArticleWe don’t need to prove it because we can all see it. -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
How Would Copernicus See Capitalism?
Economics Digital ArticleWe’ve been sharing thoughts in this blog about how the rapid growth of the emerging economies, along with other modern realities, will reshape the practice — and thus rewrite the rules — of capitalism. Many readers are aware that these are ideas in development for our forthcoming book on the topic. This week we decided […] -
Managing Demographic Risk
Economics Magazine ArticleAn aging workforce will compel businesses to change how they operate and could even threaten some companies’ viability. How vulnerable is your business? -
Workers Don’t Have the Skills They Need – and They Know It
Economics Digital ArticleBut more schooling isn’t the answer. -
The Age of Customer Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleModern capitalism can be broken down into two major eras. The first, managerial capitalism, began in 1932 and was defined by the then radical notion that... -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
In 2009, Match the Urge to Purge with a Zest to Invest
Recessions Digital ArticleIt’s become the mantra of the moment: “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Leaders everywhere are struggling to make sense of the worldwide economic crisis, to learn lessons that will guide them and their companies going forward. My worry is that too many leaders are learning the wrong lessons — they are becoming […] -
What Really Prevents Companies from Thriving in a Recession
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt's about knowing how to reallocate - and deallocate - resources. -
Beijing's Rules for State Capitalism Are Changing
Global Business Digital ArticleThe world is watching how China handles company defaults. -
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
When the Invincible Become "Vincible"
Global Business Digital ArticleThis post is part of HBR's special issue on failure. Gary Wendt, CEO of GE Capital during its heyday, once said to me that the secret of his continuing... -
2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change
Recessions Digital ArticleThe 2008 recession is an economic firestorm unlike anything the country has seen since the Great Depression. But 2009 is shaping up to be a trigger for an unprecedented surge of innovation that may be one of the most important turning points in the last 100 years. While things are undoubtedly more difficult these days, […] -
Fail Bigger Cheaper: A Three Word Manifesto
Strategy Digital ArticleTry this thought experiment: Maybe America’s Great Stagnation isn’t happening because we’re failing — maybe it’s happening because we’re not. To illustrate, consider the most straightforward example: Wall Street megabanks were propped up and lavishly resurrected, and your grandkids will likely still be paying the price — because they were too big to fail. But […] -
Pursue Your Dream or Move On? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work... -
How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
Social enterprise Digital ArticleThe story of how one organization envisioned a future transformed. -
The Lure of Global Branding
Globalization Magazine ArticleBrand builders everywhere think they want global brands. But global brand leadership, not global brands, should be the priority. Successful companies follow four principles to meet that goal. -
How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
Global Business Digital ArticleFrom restaurants to lead paint, data is making government more efficient. -
The Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleIt prioritizes short-term profits over patients’ health.
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Uganda and the Washington Consensus
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Under the direction of President Museveni, much of the world has heaped praise on Uganda for transforming its economy from devastation to growth and managing... -
Sensory Branding: Oreo in the Indian Context
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Indian marketing scenario (an emerging economy) has been experiencing a new wave of consumer behavior after liberalization of markets. FMCG and durable... -
Note: Credit Rating Agencies
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The note examines the role of credit rating agencies in capital markets, with emphasis on the role of these agencies in the recent credit crisis and recommendations... -
The US-China Trade War: Deal or No Deal?
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The US-China trade war in 2019 led to major shifts in global trade and supply chains, highlighting the recent trend in deglobalization. This case discusses... -
E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower... -
Framedia (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Examines an acquisition in the highly competitive new media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction leads to eventual consolidation... -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Venture Capital in Israel: Emergence and Globalization
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In-depth look at the emergence of venture capital (VC) in Israel, tracking not only the industry itself, but also its many drivers, including high technology... -
Valley Farms International (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Valley Farms International (VFI) describes some of the problems and issues involved in selling and exporting dairy cattle to a middle-east country. The... -
The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note provides background information on a French law ("the Florange law") passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term... -
Live Nation and Pharrell Williams
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details "We're in business together, and whether we lose a few million dollars or make a few million dollars, let's do this. If you think you can pull it off,... -
Taiwan: "Only the Paranoid Survive"
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Taiwan has enjoyed remarkable growth since 1950. This case presents differing views of the role and contribution of the state in this process. Then it... -
Turkcell (B): From a Telecom Network Operator to a Customer Experience Provider
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMD972 Kaan Terzioglu, Turkcell's CEO, and his top team had spent Capital Markets Day with global investment analysts celebrating... -
Spotify: Face the Music (Update 2018)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Spotify reached $3 billion in revenues in 2016, amid a booming music-streaming market that now made up 51% of the U.S. music industry's total revenues.... -
Daksh and IBM: Business Process Transformation in India. Part 2 - The Post Buy-out Years
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The story of Daksh, one of India's leading BPO companies that was bought out by IBM in April 2004 at an estimated amount of US$170 million, had all the... -
Keeping it Clean During COVID-19: The Sanitizer Shortage
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case looks at the product shortages of N95 and N99 masks, hand sanitizers and wipes as a result of a new coronavirus, COVID-19. Students have to... -
Glenwood Laboratories Canada Ltd.: Coping with Tariff War
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In August 2018, Glenwood Laboratories Canada Ltd. (Glenwood), an importer of medical devices from the United States, is caught in the crossfire of public... -
Sula Vineyards (A): Indian Wine - Ce n'est pas possible!
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
The Elevator Saga
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a common situation in old buildings, namely the decision as to whether intall an elevator. In this armchair case, we have an apartment...
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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem
Business and society Digital ArticleWe don’t need to prove it because we can all see it. -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
How Would Copernicus See Capitalism?
Economics Digital ArticleWe’ve been sharing thoughts in this blog about how the rapid growth of the emerging economies, along with other modern realities, will reshape the practice — and thus rewrite the rules — of capitalism. Many readers are aware that these are ideas in development for our forthcoming book on the topic. This week we decided […] -
Managing Demographic Risk
Economics Magazine ArticleAn aging workforce will compel businesses to change how they operate and could even threaten some companies’ viability. How vulnerable is your business? -
Workers Don’t Have the Skills They Need – and They Know It
Economics Digital ArticleBut more schooling isn’t the answer. -
The Age of Customer Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleModern capitalism can be broken down into two major eras. The first, managerial capitalism, began in 1932 and was defined by the then radical notion that... -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
The Race for Space, and the Invasion of the Electric Scooters
Competitive strategy AudioDoes Space represent a real economic opportunity or are expensive endeavors like SpaceX a form of billionaire hubris? Youngme, Felix and Mihir discuss the Race for Space, before debating the viability of the electric scooter market in cities around the world. -
In 2009, Match the Urge to Purge with a Zest to Invest
Recessions Digital ArticleIt’s become the mantra of the moment: “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Leaders everywhere are struggling to make sense of the worldwide economic crisis, to learn lessons that will guide them and their companies going forward. My worry is that too many leaders are learning the wrong lessons — they are becoming […]