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HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Jim Heskett |
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions? In "Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them," the authors contend that a predictable surprise has several discerning characteristics.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 10, 2003
Martha Lagace |
A Fast Start on Your New Job Your first ninety days in a new leadership position are fraught with peril -- and loaded with opportunity. Harvard professor Michael Watkins explains how to get a running start. A Q&A and book excerpt. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 2, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
When Goal Setting Goes Bad Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 20, 2011
Sean Silverthorne |
Blind Spots: We're Not as Ethical as We Think Organizations can monitor how they are creating institutions, structures, and incentives that increase the likelihood of unethical actions, while individuals can "precommit" to intended ethical choices. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 1, 2004
Martha Lagace |
Injecting New Life into the Vaccine Industry Vaccines for preventable diseases save millions of lives every year, yet as an industry, the vaccine business suffers a host of ailments, the CEO of Merck & Co. contends. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 28, 2005
Cynthia Churchwell |
Funding R&D for Neglected Diseases Research on vaccines for diseases that primarily affect low-income countries remains minimal---the risks are too high for developers. The book Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases suggests a solution. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 13, 2009
Martha Lagace |
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm Leading in crisis requires a combination of skills and behaviors -- personal and professional -- that can be mastered, says HBS professor Bill George. in his book, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis. |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
A Hot Zone In The Heartland Little could be done to contain a deadly avian flu outbreak. Right now, the U.S. has no national pandemic preparedness plan, either for treating large numbers of patients or for dealing with the resulting economic and social disruptions. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 1, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Calling in Sick There may be a kind of disaster looming that even the most recovery-savvy businesses have not anticipated -- a major flu outbreak. The implications regarding business continuity plans are as serious as a looming hurricane. |
BusinessWeek
July 25, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
O.K., Roll Up Your Sleeve New vaccines are arriving but the economics are still a challenge. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 30, 2006
Manda Salls |
Looking Behind Bad Decisions Harvard professor Max Bazerman explores how psychological science helps explain how leaders' decision making is influenced by such forces as parochialism, nationalism, and dysfunctional competition, while also providing tools that foster rational decision making. |
CFO
June 1, 2004
Edward Teach |
Avoiding Decision Traps Cognitive biases and mental shortcuts can lead managers into costly errors of judgment. |
Salon.com
March 8, 2001
Amy Standen |
Ready for some lockjaw? There's no profit in the tetanus vaccine business, so a rare and hideous disease may soon strike more Americans... |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 4, 2010 |
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009 Here are the Top 10 articles and Top 5 working papers that appeared in HBS Working Knowledge in 2009. |
