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- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
prices across channels or locations,” Cavallo says. “So, while retailers currently have the technology to customize prices based on demographics, fairness concerns are limiting their ability to do so.” Historically, there has been more... View Details
- 20 Jan 2022
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
tough calls so employees can understand the logic that senior leaders used. In a 2021 study by Future Forum, 66 percent of executives said they were being very transparent about post-pandemic policies, but only 42 percent of employees... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
Repeated and, as of this writing, ongoing revelations of corporate wrongdoing over the past two years have eroded public trust in business institutions and executives to levels not seen in decades. A recent Gallup poll indicates that... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
and Active Labor Act of 1986 requires all emergency departments to address critical health needs regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. This informal coverage, the researchers write, is “disorganized, stressful, low quality, and... View Details
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
the pop star's manager, Troy Carter, who faced the daunting and sudden task of launching the performer's first major solo concert tour in 2009. Elberse developed the case based on extensive interviews with Carter and several other View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
to the challenge. Think of it as a new strategic initiative facing huge execution challenges. These require senior management to get the best information they can about barriers to execution, and it requires trust and commitment. That... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
the same core technology, every sector had its unique features. In the fall of 2007, executives from Monster opened up a dialogue with Michel about selling the company or expanding their relationship. Michel wondered if the time was right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Competing in the Age of AI
option is to be left behind. Recall the early days of email, when executives would read printouts of their messages and dictate replies to a secretary, or those who looked at the advent of web browsing and saw the new technology as a toy,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
co-branding opportunities that they deserve. Two examples come to mind, the American Red Cross's use of 9/11 funds and the United Way executive scandals. Both of these events eroded consumer trust in these organizations and had a direct... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8420 Working Papers Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
ability to benefit from private information. Consistent with these expectations, we find that abnormal returns to insider purchases-used to proxy for private information-are reduced following IFRS adoption. Similar results are derived... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Growing on the Job - Alumni
improve or acquire new skills. The fundamentals of these reviews, and their variety, should be familiar to any jobseeker or employee. The key is to not assess yourself in isolation, but with the input of managers and/or peers who can give you external perspectives.... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
same. This is in the face of research findings that organizations with significant minority representation are stronger than their peers. A McKinsey & Company study in May of top executive teams in more than a thousand organizations... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
the size and diversity of the faculty is a strategic priority for the School. These efforts enhance the strength of our MBA and Doctoral Programs; fuel the growth of HBP, Executive Education, and HBS Online; and expand our View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
With very clean emissions, 60 and 70 MPG fuel consumption, and lots of power, diesel compacts would provide stiff competition to hybrids. But GM has just lost its ability to develop small cars with the sale of its Opel subsidiary to... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
"magic"-the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement-that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more executives have discovered in recent years, the answer to this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
Summing Up Is Good Timing in Management Primarily a Function of Strategy or Culture? Timing in executing change is an important responsibility of leadership. Responses to this month’s column suggest that if timing is the result of one... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
organizations. We can learn vicariously from their experiences. Consider the example of one manager who was about to undergo a critical transition in her career, only four years after first becoming a manager. When she was about to step into an View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
a Friday night fight every week of the year. The challenges posed by that sort of expansion are not lost on Cui, a Canadian native and former ESPN executive whose successes include selling the X Games to Chinese officials who had never... View Details