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- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
geographically specific reason, the researchers compared the major drought years of 1930, 1934, and 1936 with non-drought years, 1931 and 1935, in the same geographical areas. They looked at firm-level unionization data from the US... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing out that it serves many... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
Twenty years has provided time to judge the success or failure of Theodore Levitt's predictions of a global economy populated by standardized products and marketing approaches. For the colloquium, a number of Harvard Business School and... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
at speeds reaching more than 2,000 miles per hour. By the time it glided to a landing two hours later the ship had won the coveted Ansari X PRIZE, a $10 million award for the first privately funded manned spacecraft to break through the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
highly valued use for the technology. The history of innovation is full of examples where the eventual best use of a new product or technology was far different from the initial intended purpose of the idea.... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
at times in the form of subsidies. For example, Amazon provides discounts on its e-reader prices for customers who agree to receive targeted ads from Amazon and third-party sellers on their devices. Higher intensity of competition between... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
described the Metaverse as “alternate digital realities where people work, play, and socialize.” That reminds us of the things that were promised us by futurists at the time of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
important topic of integrated reporting. As the dean of Harvard Business School, I find it a matter of great concern that society has lost so much trust in business. We live in a time in which business leaders are often trusted even less... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
change. Employee surveys, 360-degree feedback, interviews by external consultants, and even relatively honest one-to-one conversations between a key manager and the CEO (remember the courageous discussion Sherron Watkins had with Kenneth... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
thermometer, like those often used in fundraising campaigns, to hang in her salon. Each condom sale garnered a star stamped on the thermometer, providing a visual measure of the stylist's contribution to AIDS prevention in her community.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
facilities each year, an increasing number of which are on foreign soil. "Without the FDA, each of us would individually spend a lot more time researching where products come from and what ingredients they... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
CEO, with the intention of using the specialist for a limited time only. The specialist, on the other hand, takes actions that benefit not only the firm but also inform future employers of his or her... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
using cochineal extract and start using lycopene to dye its drinks pink instead. Lycopene is a red pigment found in several fruits, but strawberries are not among them. The lycopene that now colors... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
prior industries: photography, consumer electronics, and computers. By 2004, several features had emerged as a dominant design; however, the timing and rate of adoption varied by prior industry. This study extends previous research on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
also hold the position of chief executive officer. Where the CEO and the chairman are the same person, a lead director should be chosen from the non-executive directors. The chairman of the audit committee must also be an effective... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
session was devoted to the topic "Profits for Nonprofits: Challenges of Earning Your Own Way." (Starbuck's CEO Orin Smith addressed a related theme—can for-profit companies integrate non-profit values—in his keynote speech... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
As a Harvard Business School professor for 20 years, V.G. Narayanan has significant experience using the School's pioneering case method to teach business concepts—introducing a real-world management problem, and then View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
overload. Using a standard cost of $25 per thousand viewers, which is generally charged by broadcast companies for a 30 second ad on primetime television in the United States (a value cheaper than Japan and more expensive than Brazil)... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, "I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
State of Finance? What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne