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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Swiss Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This study examines how influential institutional leaders in the Swiss watch industry responded to its precipitous decline after the introduction of quartz technology.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
product dubbed a “wearables game changer”; and enjoyed a loyal customer base, particularly among technology early adopters and the community of software developers that created applications and watch faces for its products. Nonetheless,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 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
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
businesses—like eBay or Gap—should be running experiments to test their own ads. If you’re a small business with a good reputation, getting that information out to people is an important thing to do. “Having an online presence isn’t enough,” Luca says. “You have to... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
interim president. For example, Zalisk held a two-day planning session focused on the next year's objectives. Malaney learned from watching how Zalisk got "team members on the same page," working through priorities and budgets.... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
rescued Apple from a poorly performing strategy and expanded the company into attractive new businesses. Watching over strategy day in and day out is the CEO's greatest opportunity to shape the firm as well as outwit the competition. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 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
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
like it will be in a state of siege for the next 15 to 20 years, it doesn't take much for your stock to drop 10 percent. Compare it to people in a theater watching a good horror movie. They're already a little edgy. Then someone says boo,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
headquarters in Boston. Rather than hope that train fares and property tax payments eventually make their way into a public good, New Balance built the station themselves so they could watch the use of every penny—even as the general... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
trolling up front and weed out patent trolling lawsuits early in the process,” Cohen said. “(A review board) would screen out good NPEs from bad NPEs.” For more information on patent trolling, watch Cohen’s video, “Patent Trolls: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel