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05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

he said "our best policy is to promote economic liberty so that individuals and corporations can adjust to changes in society, technology, the economy, the environment and politics stop trying to make government the engine of growth, and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

watched a lot of television and read popular magazines. I was influenced by the media, which regularly celebrated "winners." Just as they are today, the winners were usually described as those who had made a lot of money and... View Details

21 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

describe a study in which several participants watched a movie while eating popcorn. Some received fresh popcorn, while others were given week-old, stale popcorn. The researchers found that those participants who always ate popcorn at the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

are not so different from organizational teams in other fields of life, including business. And watching the career moves of football stars may shed light on how you, too, can plan your next step. That's the message of new research by HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

or amateurs is being copied, spliced, and represented essentially as something so new and unique that it is often downloaded by hundreds of thousands of viewers who might not have watched the original material. Who owns the result? Does... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

they keep a larger fraction of the gains that they produce by keeping watch over management. "Shareholder activism" refers to the practice of holding managers accountable for the performance of their firms. Shareholder activists... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

organization through the actions and the silence of leadership. Not only can ethics be taught, it is being taught every time people watch what you do and what you don't do. The issue is not whether ethics can be taught, it's whether the... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

reveals that "filtering" is limited. At this point, TiVo has a few real limitations: for instance, you can't watch whatever you want to watch, simply because you can't watch/record two shows that are broadcast simultaneously.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

minimizing the number of deaths versus refraining from murder; actively killing one person or passively watching five die. A twist examines whether a protagonist would choose to push a person heavy enough to stop the train into the... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

privately for a talk about why the behavior isn’t OK. “If you can tell your friend that he’s drinking too much and you need to drive, you can tell someone if they persist in making comments that make women uncomfortable,” Kanter says. “Some workers need to be taught to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

associated with improved productivity are also linked to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Download the paper: http://www.stanford.edu/~nbloom/BloomGenakosMartinSadun.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

different resources and needs to the table. Second, over time, Lucci built a reputation as someone who could get things done. There are lots of sporting-goods stores in Greater Boston and lots of radar guns, too. Yet Lucci went to the game while others View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

medium, a similar dynamic could apply, with an increase in the supply of television (and ways to view it) causing a shift to new content and perhaps a small drop in how it’s viewed, but no real change in the allocation of time or watching... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

here. In 2004, we also expect mergers and acquisitions activity to heat up as many industries are consolidating on a European or global basis. Industries that we are watching include airlines, pharma, and financial services. Q: What roles... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

access and watch as people get sicker and the country's financial condition deteriorates. Or mount a massive healthy living campaign by focusing on prevention, wellness, and personal responsibility. In my view the choice is clear, and the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

and people change at their own pace. It's easy to change letterhead (although the ill-fated Pharmacia Upjohn combination labored over logos much too long when they should have been watching the business), but it takes much longer to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

encouraged and instructed teens how to safely dispose of unused prescription medications in their homes. “Several thousand teens participated online or watched replays,” Langford says. SUD treatment providers are also searching for ways... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

Olympics can be pulled off only by large, rich cities that have most of the existing infrastructure and venues in place and access to substantial subsidies. A supportive political environment (think Seoul, Beijing, and yes, London) is a priceless asset as well. As you... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

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