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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
licensee — attracted the attention of Bausch & Lomb, which bought the company. To prepare her for a management position, Bausch & Lomb sent Ross to HBS’s Program for Management Development. She remembers quickly feeling at home in the... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
lack of experimentation by paying more attention to and learning more from each experiment. The researchers found strong learning effects among employees in settings where they were monitored by their bosses somewhat loosely. In settings... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
image by John Ritter From Uber’s surge pricing to dynamic ticket pricing, it seems there’s been more awareness of pricing models and pricing strategy in recent years. What’s driving that interest? Thales Teixeira: We need to go back before the businesses started paying... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
[expletive] out of the U-Stor-It.” Recently, Mark Zuckerberg reminded us that the notion of the Metaverse has been flourishing in the tech world. Let’s assume that his adoption of the notion as a central organizing strategy for Facebook is more than a public relations... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
2013. Studies documented increases in the gap (or in a few studies, the opposite view) between rich and poor. Headlines, at least in the United States, typically focused on the share of wealth and income accumulated by the top .1 percent or 1 percent of the population.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
factors influenced the cycles: a rush to build too many ships when market demand rose, coupled with a lack of attention owners paid to increasing worldwide competition. In the paper, Greenwood and Hanson point to Nicholas Kaldor's... View Details
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
Summing Up The title of this wrap-up and the one that accompanied this month's original column basically just deletes "Wikileaks." The original title was my mistake. The intent was not to direct attention to Wikileaks in a... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
services to the poor, with particular attention to their need to build assets. He is the founder and chairman of D2D Fund, Inc., a nonprofit that attempts to turn these ideas into practice through businesses and government policies. View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
attentive to how the different generations in your firm are motivated. Develop dynamic reward systems that respond to the changing needs of your workforce. But spend most of your time fostering values that create networks of cooperation.... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
all their attention on running the factory, while leaving IT concerns to others. Now, he affirmed, "IT is not something you can use as support to help get the 'real work' done; instead, it has become integrated with the whole... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
around and talk about the items—a process that leads to more purchases. Understand that shoppers are on a mental journey. "Most of store managers' attention is on what happens between the aisle and the register, and that's where so... View Details
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
decades.* Despite increased attention in recent years, the fact remains that Black founders receive a mere 1% of VC funding. For Black women, the numbers are even worse. One reason for this is that general partners at venture capital... View Details
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Impact & Testimonials | Information Technology
I’ve experienced in other remote settings. And the attention to detail the HBS Live Online Classrooms team brings to each session elevates the experience even further. It’s been a game-changer for us. Youngme Moon , Donald K. David... View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
to say they live and die by this, but they really do pay close attention to these. Bill: They do pay close attention to them. I think for good and bad reasons. There is a lot that we can gain by looking at... View Details
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
correlation between exposures. We find that more than 120,000 deaths per year and approximately 5%–8% of annual healthcare costs are associated with and may be attributable to how U.S. companies manage their work forces. Our results suggest that more View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
CEO. Choosing a CEO is arguably the board’s most important function, and boards need to pay attention to candidates’ ethical fit as well as their business and technical skills. The case is also a reminder that society’s expectations for... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads
he does when no one is watching.” Use your undergrad summers to build the skills in areas you have traditionally struggled, and don’t give up on finding unique ways to add experience to your resume. Attention to detail Did you catch that... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
words, they haven’t been looking. The researchers recently presented the paper at the SEC. Although it’s not yet clear what direction the agency will take under the new chairman, Jay Clayton, who was sworn in May 2, Di Maggio is hopeful the agency will give due View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
additional teachers?" Hot Competition Even as the OLPC experienced delays in securing orders, potential competitors were taking notice. The so-called bottom-of-the-pyramid market was now a focus of attention from mainstream PC... View Details