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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

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

still operates, a sporting goods store in suburban Boston. Having worked in business for decades, he was well known in his niche but not beyond it. In a telling anecdote, Tony relayed to me how, one October afternoon, he got a call from a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

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

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

disposable as a BIC pen. Small wonder they’ll react as owners.” DRE added that job renting is code for job instability. “When you kill the opportunity to own a job, it is only a matter of time before the economic circle shrinks to (the)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51481 The Value of Trading Relationships in Turbulent Times By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Zhaogang Song Abstract—This paper investigates how dealers’ trading relationships shape... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

soundness of their banks, that product liability law has led consumers to be more careless in the way they use products, and so on. While many of these criticisms are probably exaggerated, it is undoubtedly true that moral hazard is a major problem and that... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

apartment, a car, a boat—now has an easy way to advertise and share it. And anyone with the time and skills—driving, running errands—can find customers who need these services. But new research shows how online marketplaces can View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

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

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 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

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

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

and several other teams are expected to fire head coaches on Black Monday. Every team spends significant time and money on hiring the right coach, in the belief that who you hire is what you become. There are usually two types of teams... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

core activities in any business. Without a good customer acquisition process, you can’t grow.” A professor at Harvard Business School for 11 years, Cespedes left for an equal time to run a firm, where he learned firsthand the importance... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

increasingly using ML to manage many aspects of their business operations. “There’s been an explosion,” Teodorescu says. “It’s becoming less of a field in itself and more and more of a tool for people in other fields to use.” In a new View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

decisions? O'Lear: I have been involved in microeconomic (company specific) upheaval. Prior to starting a company with two others, I worked at two high-tech companies: a privately held cardiac ultrasound imaging company and a VC-backed... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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