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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
shaping the business environment and, in turn, influencing performance at the industry and firm level. Since joining the faculty in 1989, Emmons has conducted extensive research on the interaction between government policy and business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best known as the distributed digital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
know was the damage — not always damage, but on balance, plenty of it — that some would do over time. In the name of profits, the workings of a free market, pure self-interest, and outright greed, the American financial system stopped... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
convenience items, including DVD rentals. By 2005, McDonald’s had allowed Kaplan to spin off Redbox and seek outside investors for the business (which came to focus exclusively on DVD rentals); in 2009, McDonald’s sold its share to Coinstar, an early investor that now... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
Coop's brand name, while a core Coop management group retained control of Internet and catalogue sales, Coop membership, and interactions with local universities. A $4 million renovation of the Harvard... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
early 1970s. China, however, had to wait to get out from under Mao’s control before it could make the moves that ultimately enabled it to catch up. Under Deng Xiaoping and then Jiang Zemin, government support for economic expansion really... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
that you’re comfortable working next to and interacting with,” says Scott Eckert (MBA 1995), CEO of the nine-year-old, 130-person, Boston-based bot maker. It’s a tenet so core to the company that its logo features an icon of a human next... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
to avoid them. He explains how to anticipate, avoid, or recover from disastrous mistakes that can strip founders of control and leave them without a financial payoff for their hard work and ideas. View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
to actually spend it, so no one’s playing the game, which then destroys value. And if it’s too liquid, then there’s suddenly too much of it in play, it loses all the value, and the game’s economic system collapses. It’s a very careful... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
opined. Given the range of projects under development at Microsoft, there’s no shortage of challenges for talented recruits. Among those highlighted by Ballmer were using the Internet to transform television viewing into an interactive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
investments in architectural design can facilitate a more flexible innovation process. They observed successful firms creating a modular system that could accommodate the addition of new components without affecting the core... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
as a sublime integration of operations and marketing,” says Deighton, who taught the case to MBAs for the first time this fall in the elective course Consumer Marketing. “Patterson understands that if you want shelf space you need to publish a lot of books; that you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
influence an organization can have on social factors beyond its boundaries." Most research on organizational performance focuses on cause-and-effect situations that assume degrees of linearity and control that exist only in limited... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia
Associate Professor Meg Rithmire The dynamic relationship between a country’s political system and its business environment is a topic that intrigues Meg Rithmire, the F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business Administration. An... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
innovations like ticketless seating and online reservations, as well as snacks-only food service. This has not, as critics predicted, precluded Southwest from introducing a coast-to-coast service with the same simplified product. To keep fares low, Southwest works to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
shortages, we set up a special system called “Flagpole Reports.” (“Run it up the flagpole so everyone can see it.”) The first reports from Vietnam identified emerging shortages in aircraft flares, 40-mm ammunition, collapsible petroleum... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
that can't tell you exactly how much our customers have on deposit. We have 35-year-old systems for maintaining records on tape files. Our collection process and compliance examinations are months or years behind, largely due to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
my application aside and asked whether I’d like to get a doctorate instead,” recalls Light. After discussions during a visit to the campus, Light agreed to enter a new doctoral program in decision and control theory, a joint program... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at the last 25 years of... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
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Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
self-driving cars to robots mopping up spills at the grocery store. As computer systems increasingly perform tasks that people once did, the implications for business are enormous. Although more than 80 percent of executives believe AI... View Details