the case method - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Mar 2015
What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

power of unions, competition based on lower prices and costs, the failure of governments to take action—inequality appears to have increased over the past three decades in many parts of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

02 Jan 2020
Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

resorting to Medicare’s financing gimmicks. About the Author Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. James Wallace is a senior research... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

that could not transition from a passion-driven enterprise to an execution-oriented enterprise." Paul Kohn pondered whether a sense of purpose wanes as an organization reaches a certain size. He commented: "It would be an interesting View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 6

Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw and Matthew C. Weinzierl Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract Should the income tax include... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong

The Bachelor is a wildly popular reality dating game show on which 28 women compete for the hand of a single man. Along with flirting and fighting and engaging in feats of derring-do, many of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

02 Feb 2004
What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

van Wyk said, "It is also the case that ... [the truly successful leader] ... has the courage to hold close even the fiercest critics."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

thousands of mutual funds to choose from, all with a few keystrokes. It's already happening." Of course, the Internet tidal wave affects not only customers but companies, too, and perhaps more profoundly. A View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

multi-sided platform that facilitates interactions among real-estate developers and suppliers of green-building inputs (e.g., professional services or building materials)," the paper explains. (Toffel was well acquainted with View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

a cure-all, but rather as a tool with both strengths and weaknesses. The increasing use of patent pools to share technology is one method for firms to avoid costly litigation arising from overlapping patent... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

have been engaging in research examining the linkage between meaning and economic life. Through informal discussions, we came to understand that while our methods were different, we were each absorbed in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

faced little consumer demand for natural products, and little consumer knowledge of what they entailed. The creation of new categories involved three overlapping waves of entrepreneurship. The first involved... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

situation often reverts to "business as usual," with some cynics asserting that is already the case today. Whatever one's view on executive pay, it seems increasingly clear that View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

encouraging them to participate in case studies and other research. The School hopes that highlighting these higher-ambition efforts could act as a template for other companies to follow. "I do think you are... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

from participant to participant. In some cases the question was point blank: "Have you done this behavior?" But in others, the question was indirect: Participants had View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

fact the boss may not be sure what the solution should be and is just waiting for someone to come forward." In her classes, Kanter teaches the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

for Microsoft. Alas, when it comes to embracing the latest technology, consumer hardware and corporate software are as different as apples and orang well, as different as Apples and corporate software. "Software is View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

members of the workforce.” As background material, students read an overview case, "The Offshoring of America," as well as "Monitor's Opportunities in India," a case that follows View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 May 2015
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

individuals. All forecasting is a case in point. When the application becomes personal, it raises many questions that will have to be addressed. In this case, should we be careful what we wish for? What do... View Details