Interests Of Consumers - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

these were German firms, interpreters would quickly claim that these represented a particular German tendency to bureaucracy. Prior to 1945, many German firms actually resisted the expense and burden of implementing these innovations in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

Science at Harvard (LISH) has a long history of working together with Harvard Catalyst at Harvard Medical School to identify interesting innovation and process problems in translational biomedical areas. We... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

people's plans? Second, will consumers tolerate fees for what they've formerly received for free? And finally, has competitive advantage returned to bricks-and-mortar operations? CNET's Bonnie was bullish on the future View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

recommendations ." Gerald Nanninga posed an interesting question: "Today's workforce is evolving ever more closely to a 'contract employee' model . So, if you think of yourself as your boss and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

31 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

employment slowly recovered to pre-recession levels. Now, despite an initial round of federal aid dispersed to cities and states in March, and a considerable bounce-back of View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 May 2009
What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

decades, is on the auction block. Consumers apparently loved the car more than GM executives, who couldn't figure out how to make much money with it. The same day, Google announced its earnings: In discussing the announcement, analysts... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

Returning to our shared spaces is not just a matter of masks, disinfectants, and six-foot circles. Even though governments may give a cautious green light to reopening of businesses, every one View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

With many of today's entrepreneurs starting ventures simultaneously in several countries, it is critical for the global businessperson to understand the financial and business environments in different countries and to accurately assess... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

it comes to finding talent for new ventures, said Cadence's Saluja. "There's an interesting dynamic that we've seen over the last year or so. With the extreme shortage of people on the outside, in some... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

campaign outcome. Some students blatantly voice their interests across the bargaining table, while others are more guarded—and they learn through the process of getting to a deal how much information it... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

of others and spotting problem-solving capabilities, you are less confident about asserting your own interests and maximizing your share. Assertive Value-Claimer (10 percent): You are confident about... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Creativity Maze

ends than exits. But when the intrinsically motivated person finally does find a way out of the maze — a solution — it very likely will be more interesting than the rote algorithm. It will be more creative.... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa Amabile

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

perfectly pinned down, which creates both opportunities and challenges. Sophisticated dealmakers are able to take advantage of the ambiguity to shape the game to their advantage. Q: How do sophisticated dealmakers shape the game to their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

with which you are forced to characterize your economic situation provides a natural limit on opportunistic behavior that serves the interests of prospective lenders and tax authorities. This uniformity may... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

20 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

interested in discovering if this was an effective strategy, since a lot of people seemed to be doing it. Our assumption was that they think there's an advantage to doing it, given that it's such a common... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

non-business analogies to business. But one recent book, Judo Strategy, (HBSP,2001), by David Yoffie and Mary Kwak, provides interesting advice on how underpowered upstarts can compete against the sumo giants View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

Ebola. Furthermore, in the interest of efficiency, we've decreased the number of beds available for extreme cases, leaving ourselves unable to admit patients in the face View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

Debora L. Spar's research in Africa has looked at the diamond industry, the AIDS crisis, and the democratization of South Africa since apartheid. Now she has turned her attention to Botswana, where an era of... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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