by David Moss - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2014 (Revised May 2015)
Case

The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Hilary White

After struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial £113... View Details

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05 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

the start of the influenza season in the United States. “It’s quite strong evidence that just the natural course of your day bringing you by the flu shot clinic increases your likelihood of getting a flu shot” Getting employees to go to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

March 3rd at Harvard Business School, discussing their successes and failures as entrepreneurs. The common themes: Jump in, take risks, challenge yourself, trust your instincts, and learn from both experience and the experienced. I've Got An Idea! If he were starting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

chains lengthened by 20% following the collapse of a flagship dealer in 2008 and even more for institutions strongly connected to this dealer. Finally, dealers drastically reduced their inventory during the crisis. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?

Summing Up Does IP Ownership Belong in International Trade Deals? Intellectual property (IP) regulation remains an active issue in trade negotiations between the China and the United States. The most straightforward element of the negotiation—US attempts to reduce its... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to pay for (at least in the airline industry, according to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Research Summary

Risk Management as a Function of Government

By: David A. Moss

Professor Moss's academic work in this area explores how and why governments manage private-sector risks. Based on historical and institutional research, he argues that risk management constitutes a critical function of government with far-reaching implications. ... View Details

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their employers' levels of commitment to them... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

should not be separated. In their session, "Managing the Brand-Product Continuum in Global Markets," David Arnold, a former professor at Harvard Business School and author of the forthcoming book The Mirage of Global Markets:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

What are the roots of entrepreneurship as an academic field of interest? The term entrepreneur—literally, "undertaker"—has been around for over two centuries, having been introduced in the early eighteenth century by the... View Details

Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

symptom of a systemic problem. It’s a problem with the culture in that organization.” David Wittenberg pursued the issue of rules-based approaches to inclusion further when he said, “Inclusion and diversity are excellent goals.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

smarter trades, according to the findings of a study by Soltes, an assistant professor at HBS, and David Solomon, a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business. To conduct the research, the duo obtained... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

If passions are the masters of reason—as David Hume (1960) believed—then they have done a remarkable job at getting us to believe in their benign nature—their outright subservience to reason. Deception and self-deception are as critical... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

preferentially locate your highly taxed assets inside of your tax-deferred account. Locating highly taxed assets in the tax-deferred account maximizes the value of having this account. There is a wonderful NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) working paper View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Many male business leaders have the right intentions when it comes to tackling the sticky issue of gender inequality in the workplace. But try as they might to be more sensitive and inclusive with their language, men are quite simply bound to mess up sometimes, said... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

against federal law? But in the absence of enforcement action by the United States government, perhaps the better question is, what will the inevitable national market in marijuana shake out? Will it consist of grungy underground head... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

independent developers to build new features. The cell phone has become a lucrative platform for more than handset makers—also in on the party are makers of digital cameras, music services, and organizer software. Not only are existing industries being transformed and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

series, gathers in a basement studio at HBS with Desai and Oberholzer-Gee, as well as the occasional guest, to talk about current events, pop culture, and pet peeves. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance; Moon is the Donald K. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School professor View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

most countries, there are strong local brands reflecting local tastes that coexist alongside global brands.” Marketing by producers to consumers is as old as the bazaar. But modern marketing is more than just selling. It involves the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

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