Providing Marginal Rewards - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

Summing Up Responses to the question, "Is this the decade of the investor?" offer little hope that the investor will get any relief soon, compared to the rewards realized by managers and customers. Nor do they hold out much... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Apr 2002
News

Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

individuals and institutions with career transitions was far more rewarding and energizing than what I used to do, so I started my own firm." Loughran is quick to emphasize the role played by club chairman Bruce F. Avery (MBA '69), EVP... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 - Course Catalog

but the reward for building a successful business is that the leader must then spot when external conditions require a change to the formula. And the more successful the business, the harder that change will be to pull off. This course,... View Details

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg take a systemic approach to healthcare reform. Today's system is dysfunctional, they argue, rewarding participants who redirect costs and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment

professional Schools within Harvard, Harvard Business School is small enough for people to know each other, yet large enough to provide a wide array of opportunities. Community Diversity Our staff brings varying ethnic and regional... View Details

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann

educating future leaders of technology ventures. The program will deepen graduates’ understanding of engineering, build their design skills, and provide them with a strong foundation in general management.” What types of individuals are... View Details

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Polaroid Corporation Chief Marketing Executive Bob Casselman provides instructions on how to market the Polaroid Land Camera. How to Sell a Camera Marketing an Innovation In this silent film, a woman demonstrates how easy it is to load... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

economy and thus engendered earnings volatility. Finally, cable provided an outlet for cash flow generated by diversified media companies. During the 1960s, television broadcasting had grown into a very profitable business. 26 At the same... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How to be a Customer

at all. Here are five behaviors that, in the eyes of vendors, make for a good customer: Be Demanding. Make sure the vendor knows you have other options, that you're going to seek out more than one bid. Ask for references; a good supplier will be glad to View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

employees, surviving on razor-thin margins from book sales. One way stores have dealt with those challenges is by curating an additional stock of higher-margin items, such as gifts and clothing, that appeal to their literate customers to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

suppliers—run with thin margins and minimal cash reserves, even in the best of times. “When COVID-19 hit, they felt the shock immediately,” Mills explains. Beginning in March 2020, the pandemic and unprecedented public health measures... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

explained by their role. Risks and Rewards of Celebrity Endorsements Author:Anita Elberse Publication:CNN, December 16, 2009 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

minds to wander were correlated with activity in this network. The Persistence of Inflation versus that of Real Marginal Cost in the New Keynesian Model Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Periodical:Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

concentrate on his progress in his current position. “I think we are 75 percent of the way there in terms of laying the foundation for client services, but we’re probably 25 percent in terms of achieving all the things we want to. There is no shortage of challenges or... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

12 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get

adapt to changing circumstances fast,” says Tamblyn. “In an age when there’s no shortage of rich data to tap into, we want candidates to be data driven.” Here, Tamblyn says, the way people articulate their experience provides a valuable... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

Summing Up Are We Getting More Sensible About Management Incentives? Respondents to this month's column suggest ways of fixing or selectively using various methods of providing incentives to management. They join the chorus of voices... View Details