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- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Indeed, Morgantown's system provides more than 10,000 rides per day, continuing for decades with good reliability. Q: What is the potential now for PRTs to "take off," so to speak? What are the incentives both for PRT businesses... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
this same path again? GM does not believe that these new changes will repeat the 1980s debacle. Rather, their executives see the Internet as the way of the future. The 1999 annual report states that the company believes "... that the View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
remember that: It’s not a fire sale. Don’t let impulsiveness or exuberance get the best of you. We’ve witnessed unwise behavior, from both a legal and strategic perspective, when a NewCo becomes too eager to bring on a hot-ticket team. Let us be clear: A View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Abstract—This article seeks to encourage scholars to conduct research that is more relevant to the decisions faced by managers and policymakers. I define relevant research papers as those whose research questions address problems found (or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
success of the 10-year-old D'O and poses questions about Oldani's plans for growth. Both the chef and the professor met with Harvard Business School Working Knowledge to talk about the secrets to Oldani's success and his potential plans... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
countries, this is a channel that can potentially reach millions of people and may be attractive to a wider and different population than the one that is willing to come together for regular meetings," the paper concludes. The ideas... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
capture. We review the research on when people expect too little and or too much self-interest in the intentions of others, as contrasted with rational behavior. We also discuss the antecedents and consequences of these naïve and cynical errors, as well as some View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
voiced by many. In all, 10 potential disruptors of the global market system were identified. "One of the things we were told even before the economic crisis was that the financial system had grown to such a scale and was functioning in... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
significant fund outflows, and several poor quarters can potentially cost the manager his/her job. As a result, fund managers face pressure to follow the crowd—to hold the same hot stocks as competitors. For example, even the most... View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
hosted the event. Are Wireless "hot Spots" Potentially Hot Markets? Hot spots are pockets of wireless access points that increasingly populate airports, coffee shops, corporate campuses, public transportation, and even homes.... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
Despite all this, the online draft will certainly not be the same. Apart from the lost entertainment value—NFL draft fashion has become a much-watched spectacle in recent years—there are concerns about potential technical challenges. The... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
technologies compete in production and innovation, in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the potential transition to clean technology can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
1839 and 1939. We find large effects of the prizes on competitive entry and the quality of contemporaneous patents, especially when prize categories were set by a strict rotation scheme, thereby mitigating the potentially confounding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
faculty colloquium in May intended to frame the issues for potential curriculum changes at HBS. (To ensure open discussion, comments made during the two colloquia were not for attribution.) For their research project, Datar and Garvin... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
potential reason that voters and political parties can’t even agree on which laws they should target, and whether to loosen or tighten them,” says Malhotra, the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “We hope to see... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
experiences of General Electric alumni who went to new companies. Among the findings: "Even gifted executives with the best and most admired management training don't necessarily make star CEOs," the authors report. This excerpt focuses on View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building Communities as Well as Companies
For his part, Clinkscales remembers frequently hearing the word "no" when the question of money was raised with potential investors—publishing seemed hopelessly outdated during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. "Get... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
measurement, mediocre performance often goes unnoticed and unpunished by the philanthropic capital markets, while, ironically, a record of successful achievements can make the next round of grants seem less compelling to potential givers.... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner