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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term... View Details
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog
of technological change, entrepreneurship, and market evolution on U.S. business, managers, the work force, and government. The history of capitalism in the United States offers students a comparative point of View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Art of Naming a Start-up
approached the naming process eagerly at the beginning, since as an amateur writer I enjoy picking names for fictional characters and places. But there were rules to follow, as my cofounder pointed out when the three of us began... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Capitalism.” Not a word was mentioned about the credit disaster facing our nation today. The article stresses the remarkable recent prosperity of capitalism, and points out some concerns. It does not speak to the abuses of the mortgage... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
overweighting its representative types, which we formally define to be the types that occur more frequently in that group than in a baseline reference group. Stereotypes formed in this way contain a "kernel of truth": they are rooted in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
progress perhaps we should be focusing on trying to understand what the incentives should be that support a useful and perhaps better level of inequality." Referring in part to differences in per-capita income distribution among... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey
of the costliest, according to an analysis of microdata from large retailers by Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo. In a forthcoming article in the Journal of Monetary Economics, Cavallo and coauthor Oleksiy Kryvtsov, senior research officer at the Bank... View Details
Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua
- Profile
David Kang
example of the power of international perspectives, David refers to a case that compared the way two Indian states are managed by the larger central authority. "That led to a conversation about how the European Union handles its... View Details
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
back and forth until the one fellow gave the banana back. After that, in later case discussions, we referred to any laughable or wasted-time activities as “Banana Time,” which would get a laugh from the section. 1972F had a signature... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
important." Scott Lichtman agrees, pointing out that "to be efficient in this fast-moving era rather requires longer-term investment in skills and strategy adoption by longstanding employees ..." On the other hand, Ryan... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
the key descriptor is not simply a difference in size but rather in kind. We are not referring to every small company, but only to those that have become social icons because an integral part of their distinctiveness and success is rooted... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
case studies she read at HBS, which is why she often refers to her role at B Lab simply as that of a “storyteller.” Her own story is filled with determination to find a path. Raised in Stratford, New Jersey, Coupounas was the youngest, by... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
the life of the consumer. An important assumption of the perspective developed in this paper is that we can identify what is rational for consumers. There are strong views about the appropriateness of rationality as a criterion. I use rationally simply to View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
labeling conventions—representing, in the words of the authors, "an exercise in linguistics, not economics." Like Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concluded that concepts like time and distance depend on one's View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
relevant ideas and concerns they have is the focus of this research. Upward voice refers to communications directed to someone higher in the organizational hierarchy with the perceived power or authority to take action on the problem or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
English speakers in two of the company's US subsidiaries. The mandate, Neeley says, gave the American workers an unexpected—and unearned—boost in their perceived status or worth within the company, which she refers to by the pseudonym... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 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 manner that Dan Quizal rightly View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
relating the story, Miller said, "I believe in Christensen's fundamental premise that you find very few of those guys who are actually successful at disrupting the market, and [then disrupting] themselves." How To Not Miss The Boat Another of the criteria for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
latest e-commerce enterprise. And in a new MBA elective course he has developed, Large-Scale Investment, Esty examines how private firms structure, value, and finance large, first-of-a-kind (or greenfield) projects. "Although the course is really about project... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna