Nutritionist In Your Pocket - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

the core, and pivot to new opportunities. We provide a top-level overview of major topics and ideas relevant to each concept. We hope you are interested in engaging in further research about any topics that... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

shared that she "learned the hard way" about the physical, social, and financial toll that a failure to deal with the 24/7 work mentality can trigger. As she put it, "What you ignore in your... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

digital encoding have a similar effect. Improvements in content resolution (such as the transition to multi-channel audio and high definition video), however, tend to worsen the efficiency of the p2p network, making iTunes relatively more... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

those that give them a little taste of luxury at a reasonable price. "It's an affordable luxury," he said of his company's beauty products. "Do you have thirty-two dollars in your View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

21 May 2018
HBS Case

How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?

like A. Lange & Söhne., founded in 1845 in the village of Glashütte, Germany. It began making precision pocket watches that eventually became world famous. After World War... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Fashion

16 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

individual contributor role. Go into the job with mistaken assumptions about what to expect, and you just may be blindsided by surprising realities. This book helps you lay the foundation for succeeding in View Details

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

for today if a similar meltdown of globalization is to be avoided. Q: Did putting the Handbook together change your own thinking? A: One of the most surprising revelations for Jonathan and myself was just how many people are working View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

company and you're investing in more advanced equipment, that's going to push your local suppliers into having to innovate," Pisano says. "If you want to work with us as a local supplier, you have to be able... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

29 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

it out of the skin instead of cutting it. By patenting that process, however, it gave competitors insight into the idea. Competitors with deeper pockets used the same concept with elaborated features that would go beyond the ones patented... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

not enough to solve their problem,” Koning says. "Here’s a technology that allows us to put a phenomenal business adviser in the pockets of billions of people." “Maybe it’s that you have a food stall, but... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

million into the pockets of the poor. There are many controversial aspects of this model, but I think it is an example of using market mechanisms to have a high impact on the health of the poor. Part of our work, just like View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

06 Feb 2006
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

"Providing conservative guidance to the market may ease pressure to squeeze the last cent out of your client's pocket or to push your employees to their limits."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

long time. My research associates—Katy Miller and Rachel Wilcox—and I read them on the original facsimiles. A front-page story from 1870, for example, might appear in teeny-weeny type that jumped four times. Q: What are some of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

course of action for Oracle at this critical juncture. This radical maneuver becomes even more attractive because Oracle had made the negotiated acquisition route extremely expensive for itself by revealing that it had $26 per share in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

more of an excuse to spend your hours at the office, lining your workplace's pockets at the expense of your life. It's human nature View Details