Short Time Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

the valuation work on this somewhat unorthodox deal. After initial contact with the CEO, we spent a great deal of time ensuring that the key analyst bought into the deal. When intensive negotiations finally... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

decisions, trying to understand how they make decisions now is pretty important. Q: Please describe how the research got started. A: Jim Poterba and I started the project at the end of my time in graduate school. There had been earlier... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Jun 2016
What Do You Think?

When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?

business models. This view is that a culture in which people trust each other and their leadership is one in which change (of a strategy or business model) is easier to achieve. Its advocates cite the primacy of culture in business success. In fact, great places to... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

04 Jan 2012
What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

year-over-year decrease in the Gini Coefficient (increasing equality) is strongly (and linearly) associated with an increase in household income." Steve Scheinkopf agreed, saying "I used to be an Ayn Rand capitalist, but compassion and a better spread of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

results for those engaged in it. Those organizations thought to be most able to extend their boundaries are those able to work in a "componentized" manner, with "certain pieces of technology or innovation that can be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

easier to achieve in a for-profit organization than in a comparable nonprofit," he writes in a recent working paper, "Philanthropic Social Capital Markets and Performance-Driven Philanthropy," and the most important reason is capital. "It... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

19 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

Hansson tweeted that after both he and his wife Jamie applied for the Apple Card with much of the same or shared financial information, he was astonished to receive a credit limit 20 times higher, despite his wife’s higher credit score.... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

as much from failure as it does from success. Innovators learn from failure: Understanding what doesn't work may be at least as important as understanding what does, provided these failures are revealed early in a project and are swiftly... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

turn, winning breeds greater confidence and raises the company to an even higher level. Building organizational confidence, especially in turnaround situations where organizations have been on losing streaks, is the work of leaders.... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United States was bankrupt. Individual... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

03 Mar 2014
HBS Case

Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato

created polpa: cans of peeled, finely chopped tomatoes meant to save time without sacrificing flavor. The product was wildly popular with the restaurants that made up the bulk of Mutti customers at the time. Can a canned tomato command a... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Food & Beverage; Retail

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

research and teaching activities focus on strategy and governance, is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development. Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, has studied... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

premise that there is a time and place for "thin slicing" that leads to quick decision making based on sense borne of experience. As Kathryn Aiken said, "I believe that those who can 'thin slice' successfully have been... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

style. Paul Marshall will address the issues of stimulating growth in companies that have been up and running for a while, because our participants are, by and large, running very large corporations or they are entrepreneurs who started a company some View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

school system—and to take action to improve it. There has been much work to do, as Harvard Business School's Stacey Childress details in two case studies. According to Childress, "The New Orleans public school district was already in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

that women researchers, researchers originating from less economically advanced countries, or those working with fewer co-authors on a research project are more likely to utilize their social network than their peers. We find weaker... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

force the short side of any financial derivative (i.e., those with the obligation to make delivery) to make a large deposit at the beginning of each deal to assure performance even if the market goes south. Third, the legislation requires... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

gender-related themes from media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. This allowed them to trace how, when, and why the firm evolved in its focus on gender. They also created a time line to explore links between... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

nonprofits can document impact, would you say these organizations suffer from a leadership deficit? No, I wouldn't put it that way. Many nonprofit leaders are fantastic, more than is acknowledged. They work hard, and they are very... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

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