by jim muehlhausen | Feb 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
A regional alarm company had profitably grown for five years. But now they were hitting a plateau. Sales were growing by less than 5%. Profits had plateaued as well. There was nothing wrong with the business model other than it would not allow the company to...
by hbs working knowledge | Feb 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Published:February 4, 2010Author:Jim Heskett In his book Blink, discussed in this column in February 2005, Malcolm Gladwell advised us to place faith in intuition based on experience in deciding many things quickly. Now Michael Mauboussin, with his book Think Twice,...
by hbs working knowledge | Feb 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Published:February 3, 2010Paper Released:January 2010Author:Robert L. Simons Executive Summary: The need for organizations to both exploit current resources and explore new opportunities is a central and long-standing theme in the literature of organizations. The...
by hbs working knowledge | Feb 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Is your company rigid or resilient? Breaking down silos is hard to do, but often necessary in the face of unpredictable market conditions. A new book by HBS professor Ranjay Gulati offers up a bevy of role models as well as practical suggestions. As Gulati writes in...
