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Design and Business: The Substance of Style
| May. 3 2016
Once upon a time, design was a coat of paint on the locomotive of the real economy. Today, value depends.


Sydney Finkelstein And The Superboss Playbook
| Apr. 20 2016
Throughout our careers, we encounter a range of management styles, with mixed results. But what is it that distinguishes a.
Invisible Hand Revealed: An Olympic Monopoly
The International Olympics Committee has mastered the art of monopoly pricing Now that the Olympics is over it is a.


| Sep. 14 2012
Putting the spotlight on leadership with the small ‘l’
An interview with Shalom Saada Saar, Professor of Managerial Practice at CKGSB and Senior Instructor, MIT, on his upcoming book.


| Sep. 1 2012
Chasing its China dream: Burger King’s dilemma
Burger King's ambitious plan to roll out 1,000 new restaurants in China is out of sync with reality.
| Aug. 10 2012
Beyond Profits: China’s Social Entrepreneurs
A new breed of entrepreneurs takes on China's most vexing problems.


| Jul. 3 2012
Invisible Hand Revealed: Protected in China?
What is behind the Chinese government's move to enforce stricter intellectual property regulation.
| Jun. 21 2012
Searching for an edge
Most people agree that China is losing its labor cost edge. So what will be the country’s next.


| May. 30 2012
The Future of Work: Hello robot, goodbye worker
How will the progress of IT and automation change the future of work? In 1988, Harvard Business School Professor Shoshana.


| May. 30 2012
Invisible Hand Revealed: Pork Barrel Politics
Why would a steel company get into a wildly-unrelated area such as pig breeding.
| May. 22 2012
Getting ahead of the curve
In the world of online retailers, Liu Qiangdong’s Jingdong Mall is a rare success story–a brick.
| May. 16 2012
Liao Jianwen on Social Innovation
In recent years, a handful of Chinese entrepreneurs have set up companies that use legitimate business models to tackle some.


| May. 11 2012
Invisible Hand Revealed: Beijing taxis
GETTING BEIJING’S TAXIS TO MOVE, NOT SIT Starting this week, Brian Viard, Associate Professor of Strategy and Economics.
| May. 9 2012
Getting real about private equity in China
Capital raising for China-focused private equity funds is booming. In China, however, merely writing a check might not be.
| Apr. 18 2012