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- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
right. As revenues from recorded music steadily declined from 2004 to 2008, concert revenues steadily rose, according to data presented in the case. "Advances in digital technology have had a strong negative impact on recorded-music... View Details
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
apply, firms can now hop on a platform and pick out talent they think would be an especially good fit for their needs. When Koning and his colleagues set out to learn how many workers were being recruited versus applying for jobs directly, statistics from the 1991... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
of attention, and we use this framework to study the “attentional stability” of common errors and psychological biases. While many costly errors are prone to persist, in some situations a person will recognize her mistakes via “incidental learning”: when the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
data for 1988 through 1996. It includes ratings before and after an analyst's transfer from one investment bank to another as well as the results of extensive interviews over several years of study. Among other things, they found that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods, published in the journal Organization Science, Nagle interviewed technology professionals and examined data from the Linux Foundation on... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG]) information, including data produced by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), is growing. Using data from Bloomberg we analyze this interest from a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Research Summary
Clinical Trials as a setting for Health Policy and Management Research
The clinical trial marketplace is in flux. A decade ago, pharmaceutical firms almost exclusively conducted the study of their novel drug compounds within major academic medical centers. But today, industry-sponsored clinical trials are increasingly using community... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
enough data and information to do so. Plans, and the corresponding KPIs and other metrics that will empower your team to execute them, should be adjusted to address the company’s immediate needs and short-term goals, and communicated... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
responders and vulnerable populations, and then the general population. The diffusion of innovations model indicates that each of these groups will have five customer segments based on their willingness to get vaccinated earlier or later.... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
of that product. That can work in a variety of ways. For example, in the case of films, powerful actors and actresses can help guarantee financing and push a movie through the development process; they can aid in generating interest from... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
many "multicultural marketing" efforts are both limited and limiting, and how firms can go beyond demographic data to craft effective strategies for selling to ethnic markets within the U.S. Read the Paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
expenditures, general consumer inability to budget and forecast, bank incentives, and community norms and social capital. Furthermore, using both national data and a natural experiment, we find that access... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
team's knowledge-integration capability. We test our theoretical framework using data on knowledge workers in professional services and discuss implications for research and practice. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
The Impact of the Entry of Biosimilars: Evidence from Europe By: Scott Morton, Fiona, Ariel Dora Stern, and Scott Stern Abstract—Biologics represent a substantial and growing share of the U.S. drug market. Traditional “small molecule” View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
created the world, he made data only available about the past. As teachers at HBS, we're trained to nail students to the wall if they ever make an assertion in class discussion that is not backed up with View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
Giant Enterprise: Ford, General Motors, and the Automobile Industry, provides a wonderful overview of the development and complex nature of the automobile industry. His writings, which display great vitality, curiosity, and patient... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
the so-called learning organization. Learning organizations try many things and keep what works. This process requires intensive testing of ideas as well as reliance on the data produced by the tests, rather than depending on untested... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
foreign direct investment. The other thing that surprised me was that some indicators of globalization aren't increasing as many experts have claimed. There is general agreement that the international share of total Internet traffic is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
International Trade Finance Practices Authors: Pol Antras and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper analyzes the financing terms that support international trade and sheds light on how and why these arrangements affect trade. Using detailed transaction-level View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne