MIT Sloan Management Review

Learning From Corporate Flops

When starting new ventures, companies should revisit their assumptions early and often

What Managers Really Do

When they aren’t dealing with interruptions, says McGill's Henry Mintzberg, managers have three basic ways to exert their influence

Preparing for the Recovery

Despite the recession, companies must do more than just play defense

Understanding Our Blind Spots

Financial crisis underscores need to transform our view of risk

How Hard Times Can Drive Innovation

Sure, the economy’s bad. But it’s a good time to innovate, according to Clayton M. Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor who focuses on innovation. He is the author or co-author of a number of books on the subject, from “The Innovator’s Dilemma” to a book due out next month on health care, “The Innovator’s [...]

From The Magazine

Fall 2009

Special Report: Sustainability

8 Reasons That Sustainability Will Change Management

Michael S. Hopkins

Transparency, accidental innovation, trust, collaboration — as sustainability affects how the world works, so will it affect how business works in the world.

Intelligence: Management

Debunking Management Myths

Martha E. Mangelsdorf

In this interview, Henry Mintzberg questions some of the conventional wisdom about managerial work.