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- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
of dollars into these projects, and the recent (though qualified) embrace of Linux by Microsoft, formerly a bitter opponent: all these events have been extensively documented. What is much less well appreciated, however, is that open source is only the View Details
- 24 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things
Credit: Martin Barraud Here’s a tip for persuading people to finish more tasks, buy more products, or donate more money: Simply present assignments, requests, or items as arbitrary sets, rather than as individual units. New research... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
world, thereby tipping the field in their favor, without incurring the wrath of their competitors and customers? What do you think? Original Article There is a lot of talk these days about "a level playing field." There is a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
clocks, with a large display, that were placed throughout the five sites for all employees to easily see the time.” Training the locals was very important, Shah says. “Our role on the business side was to equip trainees with the concepts of TDABC, as well as View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
ordered, and offers maintenance tips you won’t find in the owner’s manual—all to increase your appreciation of your $40,000 investment and create a bond. Is there anything car buyers can do in the current landscape? Avery, Schlesinger,... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
hiring process is what could be the difference between a great product in the market versus something basic that is slow to ship. Below are some tips on how to be more strategic about hiring: 1. Product prioritization leads to hiring... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
adapt to "WFH" and now prepare for some sort of return-to-the-office strategy. I am looking forward to getting Tsedal's perspective on this topic! Finally, two books I completed earlier this spring and highly recommend because both are jam-packed with useful View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
as Miller Lite’s virtual tip jar for bartenders or Yum Brands $1,000 bonuses to its Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC general managers during mandated restaurant closures and emergency medical relief fund for employees diagnosed with... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
business wedded to it, and in some situations there are measurable benefits that tip the scale in favor of unitary leadership. So let's take a closer look at this model. Unitary Leadership The person chosen for this role is generally the... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
strategic marketing for Memphis-based FedEx, attributes these failures not to the technology per se, but to a "lack of recognition of the degree to which [IT implementation] requires process change, cultural change, and brute-force effort." Supply Chain View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
Preserving times in the work schedule for virtual lunches, coffee breaks, or happy hours with team members are crucial to establish during the relaunch. Other relaunch tips and techniques Schedule regular relaunches as things change.The... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger
This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
whether common sense based on accumulated experience can be of any help to decision-makers forced to predict the future in complex situations. Watts questions much of the recent work that purports to identify causes and effects in complex, unique situations involving... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
are very successful in the early stages of a platform they often think the market has tipped and they don't need to worry about competition and new technology. They lose their paranoia. The reality is, even in markets with strong network... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer
behavioral science, specifically, behavioral economics, tries to understand consumers as they actually behave and promote changes in their decision making around those biases. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Leslie John explains principles behind behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Amelia Kunhardt
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
cross-national data for 32 countries, and controlling for per capita GDP, income inequality, and other factors. Countries that had higher rates of tipping behavior tended to have higher rates of corruption. We suggest that this surprising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
for a product, shoppers typically have no idea what it costs to produce that item. But it turns out that consumers reward efforts to lay out these figures—to deconstruct the price tag. Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases How marketers... View Details
- 19 Nov 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?
at risk of losing them. Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink Mass-market retailers, particularly big-box "category killers," are under critical pressure from online competitors. Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts Online... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
if people could be persuaded to develop a healthy habit. Potentially at stake: the lives of more than a million children. Master the Team Meeting Business meetings aren't always enjoyable, but they are key to moving a team forward. Julia Austin offers View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance
MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale signs that brokers are giving illegal investment View Details