Filter Results:
(1,033)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,659)
- People (1)
- News (343)
- Research (1,033)
- Events (18)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (587)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,659)
- People (1)
- News (343)
- Research (1,033)
- Events (18)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (587)
Sort by
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
on consumers, platform managers, and policymakers. Martha Lagace: What piqued your interest in this research? Chiara Farronato: I study market design choices of online platforms from eBay to Airbnb. Online platforms help match many... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
model’s correct and incorrect classifications, the cutoff point on the curve that matches true positives and true negatives, and the payoff matrix Wehunt and Morse construct. Students can then follow the link directly from their model to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
feelings about the news; under Francona's reign the team, which had not claimed a championship since 1918, had won the World Series twice in three years. For Groysberg's part, he believes that Francona's management style--collegially, from the bottom up--simply didn't... View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
the workers—something that can be taken away if things get rough. It's part of what's making the company profitable. Too often, retail managers keep their employees dangling and switch their schedules around on short notice because they feel they have to be free to... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
time to maintain high standards and efficiency. Leaders of firms from start-ups to tech giants should give themselves the room they need to manage employee performance while shifting headcount to match strategic priorities when the need... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
employees were passing by the clinic location on a typical day. Each employee was assigned an anonymous ID code, which allowed Beshears to match the data with whether that individual got a flu shot without identifying workers by name. The... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
should prepare as we do in the classroom, learning about the fateful decisions ahead and where each choice is likely to take them. Q: What do you hope readers will take away from the book? A: Awareness of the road ahead, matched by an... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
jockeying for position, observed Hugh Langmuir, a Paris-based director of Cinven. Hampered by high labor costs, Western Europe is also feeling the pinch of competition from the Far East, especially China, Langmuir said. It is hard to View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
that can be mixed and matched in many combinations, depending on customers' needs. For example, General Motors designs and produces several transmissions, engines, and chassis that can be used to produce nearly its entire line of autos of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
matching estimations, and regression discontinuity designs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50067 Harvard Business School Case 315-049 Cravia: An Entrepreneurial Endeavor in Dubai Walid Hajj (HBS '95), CEO... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
timing of the national college entrance exam and introduced early admissions, and we propose a game-theoretic model that matches those facts. When applications reveal information about students that is of common interest to all colleges,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
network tool, which closely matched the executives' view of their industry and firm, proved useful in making a significant decision for the company. In particular, value network analysis channeled attention to the composition of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
potential to supercharge innovation, because we can prototype more ideas and share them with each other much more rapidly. That's on the supply side of the economy. On the demand or marketing side, the new technology may allow us to match... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
right-stuff attributes, the first step specifies the circumstances in which the new team will be asked to manage. The second step matches those circumstances against the challenges with which the managers of the new venture need already... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
Cohen and his coauthors identified the name of the firm and call participants, in addition to matching analysts with the recommendations they gave before the call. Finally, they coded the entire text of each question and answer,... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
compared to other fields in academia, it’s still a golden era for graduating students. Accounting remains an incredibly popular undergraduate major, so there continues to be demand for quality teachers. “It helps to think of these interviews as dates, where a... View Details
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
realized. Our model aligns with many observed empirical regularities, and we quantify our framework by matching Census Bureau operating data with patent data for U.S. firms. We observe that internal innovation scales moderately faster... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
privatization announcement, served as a credible commitment to the government's privatization agenda. Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is it Possible? Authors:Christopher D. Harner, Anil S. Ranawat,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance
but their passive investment nature offers few checks on those companies’ executives. Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds As investors increasingly demand investment opportunities that match their social beliefs,... View Details