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- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
flavijus For the first time, a link has been drawn between public sentiment about a company’s sustainability practices and how that company is valued in the market. The results are important both for investors searching for under-valued, socially responsible companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
long as possible because they know fruitful integration can occur only after people have devoted sufficient time to debating options or testing them through trial and error. They also refuse to make... View Details
- 04 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?
The FBI has ordered Apple’s help unlocking an alleged terrorist’s iPhone. The company has opposed the request and turned to the court of public opinion for help with a verdict. As a House Judiciary Committee hearing gets underway this... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
persuasion, according to recent research. Source: ebstock “There is the cost of taking the time to register, walking to the town hall, gathering the paperwork ” says Pons. While those might not seem like difficult tasks in themselves,... View Details
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
implementation that we forget why we are here in the first place . 'Why' is just as important as the 'How'; they are not mutually exclusive." As Nari Kannan put it,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
accelerating, even though at one time the vast majority of these jobs were thought to be relatively safe from globalization. Productivity in the global service sector is increasing as well, some of it with... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
agrees, of course. Comparing the simplicity of (especially short-term) responses to the complexity of the pay-for-performance challenge, Ravindra Edirisoorlya went so far as to say that "Current P4P model(s) may lead to another... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
part of the inauguration of the HBS Asia-Pacific Research Office. "In order to be effective, they must find ways to deal with differences in how people think about matters such as authority, fairness, responsibility, and even the... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
today. Looking at grand cru-classified wines of the vintages from 1991 to 2008, Malter found that the wines from the first class earned three times as much as wines from the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
they're going to spend a good part of their lives in the office, they'd like that time to be spiritually as well as materially rewarding." Leading experts on the topic,... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
technology such as online learning. The fastest-growing segment of education, of course starting from a small base, is that delivered online. Increasingly, anything, anywhere, anytime is becoming possible for those desiring education of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
Alibaba is about to make history with the first genuine mega-IPO of a Chinese entrepreneur-founded company in the United States. The numbers are historic as well—an anticipated market capitalization of some $200 billion. It comes to the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
customers if we give something back, even if that something is a sense of belonging just look at this forum to see it in action." As Jacoline Loewen put it, "Even if a company does not want customers involved in their business... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
At the end of the nineteenth century, Argentina was one of the great economic powers in the world—capitalizing on exports of beef and wheat to be a leader in the first wave of globalization. Neighboring Chile was poised for tremendous growth View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
Years ago, when I was a student in New York (and like many students, perpetually broke), I would often go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for entertainment. The museum had a policy that visitors could pay whatever they wanted, so for as... View Details
- 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
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
significant population of lower-skilled, lower educational-attainment workers out there, many who speak English as a second language, who have worked in service industries that have been very, very badly damaged by COVID. They’re going to... View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
marketing agency, from a product-focused business to a relationship-oriented one as clients seek deeper and more meaningful long-term partnerships. The 15-year-old company had already evolved multiple times... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Nisan-Ronen conjecture, especially given that the classic scheduling algorithms are anonymous, and all state-of-the-art mechanisms for special cases of the problem are anonymous as well. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace