For nearly half a century, Peter Drucker inspired and educated managers--and powerfully
shaped the nature of business--with his landmark articles in Harvard Business Review.
Here, framed by a thoughtful introduction from" HBR" editor Thomas A. Stewart, is a …

In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School's graduating class asked HBS professor
Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to
their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply his wisdom to their …

As the Harvard Business Review's strategy editor, Joan Magretta has helped readers to see
beyond the hype that surrounds the much-discussed but frequently misunderstood" new
economy." Her work with the world's most influential business thinkers and executives has …

A leader's singular job is to get results. But even with all the leadership training programs
and" expert" advice available, effective leadership still eludes many people and
organizations. One reason, says Daniel Goleman, is that such experts offer advice based on …

Ideology can bond a community of individuals around common assumptions and beliefs.
Ideology can also distort by leading adherents away from a rational understanding of their
world. Studies of the development and history of management theory and practice regularly …

We explore the intellectual link between management research and popularization media. In
the “dominant view” of popularization in the sociology of science, the process of
popularization is understood as a one-way movement of ideas from the field of science to …

Peter F. Drucker argues that what underlies the current malaise of so many large and
successful organizations worldwide is that their theory of the business no longer works. The
story is a familiar one: a company that was a superstar only yesterday finds itself stagnating …

Governments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to ac-count
for the social consequences of their ac-tivities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the
performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes …

This article examines the Harvard Business Review Online (HBRO) database (bibliographic
description fields, abstracts, extracted information, full text, subject descriptors) and reports
on 31 sample HBRO searches conducted in Bibliographic Retrieval Services to test …

When asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence,
toughness, determination, and vision—the qualities traditionally associated with leadership.
Often left off the list are softer, more personal qualities—but they are also essential. Although …