Marina Gorbis's Blog, page 692

Ranking 42 Countries by Ease of Doing Digital Business

How easy is it for digital platforms to enter, operate, thrive, or exit in markets around the world?

When Waterfall Principles Sneak Back Into Agile Workflows

Beware “AgileFall.”

Are You at Risk of a Mid-Career Rut?

It’s a low point for work-related decision making.

Why Africa’s Industrialization Won’t Look Like China’s

It won’t be able to rely on low-wage manufacturing.

How to Motivate Yourself When You Don’t Have a Deadline

Set up your own incentives and rewards.

Will We Realize Blockchain’s Promise of Decentralization?

Decentralized governance comes at a cost.

The Inherent Failures of Long-Term Contracts — and How to Fix Them

Oliver Hart, Nobel-winning Harvard economist, and Kate Vitasek, faculty at the University of Tennessee, argue that many business contracts are imperfect, no matter how bulletproof you try to make them. Especially in complicated relationships such as outsourcing, one side ends up feeling like they’re getting a bad deal, and it can spiral into a tit for tat battle. Hart and Vitasek argue that companies should instead adopt so-called relational contracts. Their research shows that creating a general playbook built around principles like fairness and reciprocity offers greater benefits to both businesses. Hart and Vitasek, with the Swedish attorney David Frydlinger, cowrote the HBR article “A New Approach to Contracts.”

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At Booking.com, Innovation Means Constant Failure

Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke discusses how past experience and intuition can be misleading when attempting to launch an innovative new product, service, business model, or process. Instead, Booking.com and other innovative firms embrace a culture where testing, experimentation, and even failure are at the heart of what they do.

It’s Time for a C-Level Role Dedicated to Reskilling Workers

Who’s in charge of preparing your workforce for the future?