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- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
media usage had declined among Americans less than 35 years old, and the only age group using Facebook more were people 55 or older, according to Edison Research.) As a marketing medium, online channels were cluttered and increasingly viewed with suspicion as media... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 20 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting
developments. Imagine if you were allowed to represent your income on your tax forms and on your mortgage application differently. In a moment of weakness, you might portray your economic situation in two distinct ways. Unlike... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
rainbow everyone sees out there." Now, of course, the economic bubble has burst, the "easy money" is gone, and managers are worrying about how to stay competitive in the new world economy that has emerged. It's time, once... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
Kominers worked with Jesse Shapiro, the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School, to study how content moderation works best. The debate over moderating content comes as the US presidential... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
business group affiliates and when local institutions develop. Therefore, we shed light on the firm-level implications of minority state ownership, a topic that has received scant attention in the strategy literature. Cornell... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
a joint venture five years ago in Xinjiang province. Yang and her colleagues also turn their attention to myriad other details-from making sure the fabric in the collar of a golf shirt still looks crisp on the eighteenth green to creating... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
caps, for instance—"that we never see. Many bottlers are in a supply chain of their own." Action Steps Despite these challenges, there are many ways that companies can take steps to battle HIV and AIDS, summarized Ruggie: Pay more View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
Curriculum that focus our students’ attention on the role that business can, and perhaps should, play in addressing societal challenges. Some of this material is already in the MBA Program—and in the Elective Curriculum and Executive... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach between American-style capitalism and justice and increased alienation of the public from capitalism as a system of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges in Leading Professional Services
professionals with a very high need for achievement. Few want to make a career of working in the firm. These variables are different from regular organizations. The economic model is different as well. And the service expectations are... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
productivity and employment. There are few significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
Publications August 2013 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage By: Brea-Solís, Humberto, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emili Grifell-Tatjé Abstract—We develop an analytical framework on the basis of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
In recent years, business schools and investors alike have been paying more attention to social entrepreneurs, those who create ventures with the primary goal of achieving positive social change. But most people encounter the field only... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
Economics Oliver Hart's Contributions to the Understanding of Strategic Alliances and Technology Licensing By: Lerner, Josh Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50650 forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
This has led to a much greater reliance on pay for performance. On the other hand, pay for performance produces large payouts that periodically capture the attention of the public, not all of it positive. They helped raise the ratio of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Publications January 2015 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Agglomeration and Innovation By: Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
Harvard Business School professors Raffaella Sadun and Leemore Dafny are both economists who have studied hospitals extensively—Sadun’s research has looked at the economics of management, while Dafny’s examines interactions between health... View Details
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
growth, but we still have a very poor understanding of the value implications of these kinds of actions. So there's lots of room for improvement. Q: Are there certain companies excelling in this area, or any industries where ESG investments are particularly valuable?... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim