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- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Sanjay Bansal
Sanjay Bansal, former head of Ambootia tea estates in Darjeeling, India, discusses the near-feudal conditions which prevailed in the tea industry in this region, and the acute social problems faced by the Nepalese-speaking labor force, which was predominately female.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Social Side of an Internship
I think I speak for most interns when I say that company sanctioned social outings can be a crucial part of getting to understand a firm’s culture. At my internship this summer, I and other interns have been exposed to lecture series, tours, barbecues and View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
to support the elderly. Those demands will especially rise in warm weather locations—Florida and Arizona, in particular. And those services tend to take two distinct forms: The high end involves lots of IT operated by lots of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
trade between nations, but the cost is horrendous I remember reading Thomas Friedman’s book, The World Is Flat, and thinking that it sounded good in theory, but there would be years, if not decades, of employment pain here in the U.S.” Sources of the View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
bring them into the lab and see how they performed and what people thought of them.” As Yeoman’s research shows, AI is often dead-on accurate in pinpointing which products and services people will like. Yet, the research findings also point to a perception View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 2008
- Working Paper
Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West
By: Benjamin Edelman
Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online advertising. Advertising is the bedrock of web sites that are provided without charge to end users, so advertising is everywhere. But advertising security gaps... View Details
Edelman, Benjamin. "Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-039, September 2008.
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
services such as health care, immunization, education, and employment programs. “Highly intelligent, thoughtful people end up developing some very different approaches to measuring social performance.” In an environment where the theory... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 2009
- Chapter
Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West
By: Benjamin Edelman
Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online advertising. Advertising is the bedrock of web sites that are provided without charge to end users, so advertising is everywhere. But advertising security gaps... View Details
Edelman, Benjamin. "Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West." In Beautiful Security, edited by Andy Oram and John Viega. O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009. (Korean translation.)
- March 2006
- Case
The Whitesides Lab
By: H. Kent Bowen and Francesca Gino
A significant part of the long-term economic growth in developed economies depends on the translation of scientific research into new products and processes. Focuses on the front end of this value creation stream. The laboratory of George Whitesides has a 30-year... View Details
Keywords: Research; Performance Productivity; Economic Growth; Infrastructure; Creativity; Groups and Teams; Value Creation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Leadership; Resource Allocation
Bowen, H. Kent, and Francesca Gino. "The Whitesides Lab." Harvard Business School Case 606-064, March 2006.
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
many foreign firms have experienced significant and sustained problems in the United States, though it is also possible to counter such reports with case studies of sustained success. 8 During the 1990s a series of aggregate studies using... View Details
- February 2007
- Article
The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land Titles to Squatters
By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian F. Galiani and Ernesto S. Schargrodsky
We study the formation of beliefs in a squatter settlement in the outskirts of Buenos Aires exploiting a natural experiment that induced an allocation of property rights that is exogenous to the characteristics of the squatters. There are significant differences in the... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, Sebastian F. Galiani, and Ernesto S. Schargrodsky. "The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land Titles to Squatters." Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 1 (February 2007).
- Profile
Luc Sirois
vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success. “At the end of the day what I'm suggesting is that vulnerability in context is the most powerful thing you can have.” DeLong believes the tendency to be a... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- December 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
STT Aerospace
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jeremy Dann
Experienced entrepreneur Charles Damon conducted a "roll-up" from 1987-1994 within the commercial airliner interior products industry. Damon's company, STT Aerospace, took advantage of an industry-wide recession in the early 1990s by buying when asset prices were low.... View Details
Keywords: Retention; Business Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Entrepreneurship; Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Acquisition; Product Development; Aerospace Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jeremy Dann. "STT Aerospace." Harvard Business School Case 399-056, December 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
- 24 Sep 2015
- News
3 Things Managers Should Be Doing Every Day
- 19 Jul 2019
- News
What Useful Roles Can Aspiring Entrepreneurs Take On?
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
PublicationsHappiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness Authors:Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton Publication:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
times more likely to experience work-related problems than employees with chronic physical illnesses like diabetes or heart disease. So why do many companies fail to help their workers battle mental health disorders? “There’s a silence... View Details
- October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
RKO Warner Video, Inc.: Incentive Compensation Plan
By: George P. Baker III
Details the design and implementation of an incentive bonus plan for video store managers. The problem for top management of the chain is to induce the store managers to "sweat the details," to keep the stores neat and well organized, and to deal courteously and... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Change; Strategic Planning; Performance Improvement; Sales; Management; Employee Relationship Management; Situation or Environment; Success; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Baker, George P., III. "RKO Warner Video, Inc.: Incentive Compensation Plan." Harvard Business School Case 190-067, October 1989. (Revised June 1993.)