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  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

models of Internet firms and contribute to inform the regulatory debate on consumer privacy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-085.pdf Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as those in the Soviet Union and China, which were tightly controlled by government, packed with party apparatchiks, and stifled honest... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 02 Mar 2018
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents

the US withdrew this ill-fated measure in 2003 after the World Trade Organization authorized the largest penalty sanctions ever against a member state, and after the European Union threatened retaliation. Back then, there was ample... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini; Steel; Manufacturing
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

critics have often complained that industrial revolution management transfers control of a job away from workers, encourages human exploitation in pursuit of cost minimization, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

employees in a large information technology firm. These findings have implications for research on homophily, gender relations in organizations, and formal and informal organizational structure. Exclusivity,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

significantly. Both numerical simulations and a controlled experiment using regular and edited commercials provide evidence of the benefits of brand pulsing to ward off... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 May 2002
  • Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

regulatory, and quality control expertise. On average, the client eventually accepts only 15% of all new flavors for full market evaluation, and only 5% to 10% make their way... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

control and order processing, particularly the tradeoffs between centralized and decentralized inventories. Students must complete a quantitative analysis of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

others are bidding for what you want? One solution to distinguishing yourself in competitive environments is to build your bargaining endowment—storing up credibility and resources by developing relationships, burnishing your reputation,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

annual meeting. We find evidence suggesting that ESO expensing shareholder proposals affected accounting and compensation choices. With respect to accounting choices, we find that: (i) targeted firms were more likely to adopt ESO... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

like we got X donations, and we took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful,... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries. The financial sector could... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass

vessel gets caught and confiscated, that’s just the cost of doing business for the illegal operators. But the countries that control the fisheries don’t have a choice. They... View Details
Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping
  • 07 Mar 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Health
  • 16 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

is thus imperfect. "Sometimes this vagueness (and the consequent inability of parties to agree on a negotiated, 'reasonable' license) will lead to expensive litigation whose cost and risk can impede the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services
  • 08 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

out of the rut we're currently in, both the suppliers and those demanding information have to be willing to consider radical ideas in terms of reform. What radical measures should the investor community or those demanding information... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

cross-section or over time. Among the most stable elements in a platform architecture are the modular interfaces that mediate between the platform and its complements. These interfaces are even more stable than the interior core of the... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

don't have the time or inclination to pore over it. So while we sometimes think that particular curators have missed the mark, in general we understand the role and appreciate that an expert who functions as... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

Co.—a company more than five times its size—in 2007, then moved to acquire the U.S.'s fourth and fifth largest beef producers in 2008. The new JBS Swift slashed costs View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace