Subjective Value Of Money - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is none, and the addiction of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

stimulated by advocates of agency theory over the past two decades. And it brings to mind the old Milton Friedman axiom that the business of business is to make money... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 May 2012
What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

subject of leadership as part of her contribution to the industry. "Teaching how to lead is where the money is," she reminds us.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

Even if you have a great deal of money, the best entrepreneurs won't care—they'll just want a good partner. And that comes by building a reputation over time: "It's all about performance—it's easy for an entrepreneur to make a few... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

Visibility of best practices. People are realizing the enormous amounts of money they've been leaving on the table in supply chain management because they have not been doing... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

etc., you would get a list of very interesting and sometimes helpful practices. And if you, as a public leader, aren’t doing the things on that list, you should. And if you, the public, aren’t demanding them, you should. But the reality... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

can get beyond the initial negative reaction to what, for want of a better term, is the potential "commoditization" of people. As one respondent, Quan Quan, put it, "The preference will be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store

in the grocery retail business. Loyalty programs do not affect the behavior of best customers. By using rewards programs, retailers give away things for free that their best customers would have bought anyway. Retailers thereby begin to... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Retail

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

interesting," says Parsons, "because it implies that policy can change things." Money In The Pews The same holds true for Parsons's study into how money motivates ministers, Is a Higher... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

It's a startling idea: Instead of relying on regulators to protect our privacy against telemarketers, data miners, and consumer companies, we should capitalize on the value of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

increased the likelihood that participants would buy both indulgent and organic items. Moreover, it increased the amount of money they'd be willing to pay for those items. But the researchers had another... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

lifestyle, these other products can add brand value and, being produced by others under license, they deliver some extra profit to the Trump organization. "In the world of representative democracy, you... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

Many companies can double or even triple their capacity to invest in strategic assets and competencies by properly managing their "risk balance sheet," argues Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton. In a provocative article on the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

them, and the notion of writing a check at the corner store to get money in a pinch suggests a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. It is only a matter of time, online... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": Fashion, publishing, art/architecture/design, film, music, and food. Her subjects include fashion pioneer Chanel, publishers Penguin and Atavist, film icons... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

supply of VC money and told you to start a viable social network, what would it look like? What would it do differently? SG: I wouldn't build a social network for the masses because I think that space is... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details