Richard S. Tedlow
Richard S. Tedlow
MBA Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration
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Recent articles
Sears' Edifice Complex
By Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben, Forbes.com, July 10, 2009
If you are involved in a company that decides to immortalize itself in glass and steel, proceed with caution.
GM and the World We Have Lost
By Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben, The Boston Globe, June 3, 2009
The bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. is one tree falling in the forest that every American ought to hear.
Fast Track the New President
By Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben, The Boston Globe, October 15, 2008
Most free nations change administrations with far greater dispatch than does the U.S. We can fix our system now, before it causes irreparable harm. Why wait?
Leaders in Denial
By Richard S. Tedlow, HBS Centennial Issue, Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008)
History has lessons to teach about the role of denial in the decline of companies. The stubborn refusal of the U.S. automobile industry to admit the changeability of consumer demand is one of the best examples.
Will History Happen to You?
By Richard S. Tedlow, The Times of India, March 25, 2008.
Why is it that great firms -- companies with the smartest executives and the most powerful competitive advantages -- persist in the mistakes of their predecessors?
The Dangers of Wishful Thinking
By Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben, The American, February 2008
Too many U.S. businesses have been infected with the disease of denial. The answer? In Lincoln’s words, "We must disenthrall ourselves."