Learning To Learn - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Sep 2015
First Look

September 15, 2015

account for the majority of sales and revenue. To tackle this challenge, we use machine learning techniques to estimate historical lost sales and predict future demand of new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How does... View Details

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

Tenbrunsel, and Max Bazerman Abstract—The business scandals in the past several decades led to the rising importance of ethics as a topic central to management scholarship. Behavioral scientists in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

marketer, fundamental questions include how much of the customer value created can be extracted by the firm and how to justify the price that one sets for the customer. When students learn that a hammer pad... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

Company, said that “cities need to operate more like companies,” meaning they need to learn how to effect, manage, and respond View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 20

the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

formed among Fortune 300 firms between 1987 and 1996. Based on stock market returns to joint-venture announcements, the results provide support for the contingent value of partnering experience. The implications for managing alliances and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

change, we are now debating whether we should raise the age at which these transfers kick in. We can learn a lot from the fact that the tags we use in our tax code are so closely related to having lower... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

17 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

other aspect of my life for professional achievement, but professional achievement has been at the center of my decision-making process throughout my adult life." At first, Tony's crime and confession are hard to explain. By looking... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Incentives and Operational Excellence

technology was introduced to create a more valuable contract between parties. Looking at the home-video market in general, Narayanan learned that between 20 and 25 percent of customers can't find the video... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

2017 New York: Scribner Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times By: Koehn, Nancy F. Abstract—An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 9

Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 612-016 Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization This case focuses on the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), a novel payment program designed to incentivize providers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

sociology, and history who want to know about the latest research in business history, as well as to a wider audience beyond academia, including practitioners, who are interested in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

everyone. Organizations should keep those pros who keep up with constant learning and upgrading ...." Paul McDowall points out that "Any organization can immediately identify at least a handful of people whose departure would... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Apr 2016
What Do You Think?

As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?

Summing Up--Is Product Security A Potential Distraction for Apple’s Leadership? The saga of Apple’s stand-off with the United States government over the Company’s refusal to assist the FBI in hacking its own iPhone product View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

interests at the IASB, the standard setting body for IFRS. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111028-PDF-ENG Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate Willy Shih and Sen ChaiHarvard Business School Case 611-009 The View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

that a business leader would come in and say, 'I know how to run my business so I know how to run your school.'" The attitude that superintendents desired of business leaders was quite different:... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

2016 Boston: Cengage Learning Management: An Integrated Approach By: Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony Mayo, and Nitin Nohria Abstract—The goal of Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd ed., is to prepare students... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

easier. Even the most positive reviews of Windows 8 have acknowledged a steep learning curve, which is likely to induce some chafing among the weary corporate masses. "We're talking about an incredibly... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products