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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
Networks Published: September 14, 2009 Many business leaders are mystified about how to reach potential customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski provides a fresh look into the interpersonal dynamics... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
opportunity. How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? They place greater emphasis than men on external business relationships and conduct better research on View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills
today's complex financial environment, dealmaking is blending into a merger of negotiations and auctions. The Potential Downside of Win-Win What happens when a wonderful agreement ignores the needs of consumers? WORKING PAPERS... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
this want/should pattern, and we briefly discuss survey results suggesting a potential explanation for this. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-078.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAEC Systems Business Plan Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is none, and the addiction of playing in a deal-driven industry.... View Details
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
organizations?" Others saw limited potential in the concept. As Edward Hare put it, "There are some people capable of managing themselves in a larger organization but many who can't This strikes me as another of those 'ideas'... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
question of whether or not women as leaders will have a special influence on the way we work stirred a strong feeling among respondents that the discussion is a necessary one regardless of the potential minefield that the topic... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
where top execs tested whether the current business model was robust enough for the challenges lying ahead. While LEGO has sold toys in Asia for three decades, there is serious potential to improve market share and maybe even outgrow... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
potential approaches to establishing evidence of social influence in partially endogenous networks, and they may be especially persuasive in combination. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-136.pdf Technology Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
from digital platforms have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification and enable new measures of how neighborhoods change in close to real time. Combining data on businesses from Yelp with data on gentrification from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Christianity—monotheistic religions whose adherents have so often clashed—the potential unifying power of this conception has attracted a remarkable range of supporters from around the world. From a notion crystallized at Harvard in 2004,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
that they can actually achieve, given the other obligations competing for their time. Focus on the habit, not the reward. Incentives, such as a small payment per workout, might have helped study participants form a fitness habit faster. And the View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities
specialization can give rise to standalone products that are too narrow to appeal to potential acquirers or too difficult for venture capitalists to evaluate against other potential investments. But it’s not... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
decision to invest in a very large and very risky project. If done as part of the corporate balance sheet, there is a possibility that the project could drag the parent or "sponsoring" company into default if the project gets into trouble. The View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
When buying or leasing a car, research has shown that consumers are much more sensitive to the size of the monthly payments than they are to the number of months over which they have to make those payments. As a result, potential buyers... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
further acted as a lightning rod such that team members' emotional responses to them were constant reminders of subgroup differences on these teams, which further fueled negative emotions. Our findings extend theory on subgroup dynamics in global teams by adding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
reflect the predominant opportunities pursued by social entrepreneurs focused on public education in the United States over the last decade. The book offers an overarching framework for creating and evaluating social ventures as well as summaries of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
availability of subcontractors for different phases of construction. It might seem pointless for Jim to double his expenses and meetings when he needs only one parcel of real estate, not two. Shouldn't he arbitrarily pick one potential... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
A worker seeks fulfillment in a new job involving expanded skills and responsibilities. The dilemma: Without prior experience in the field, how can she prove her capability to a potential employer? The challenge is even more daunting for... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
The ongoing pandemic is forcing a rethink of how the health care system operates in the United States as the death toll climbs, unemployment soars, and leaders debate how best to diagnose, vaccinate, and potentially treat millions of... View Details