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- June 1987 (Revised June 1988)
- Case
Puzzling Student (A)
Christensen, C. Roland, and Marina McCarthy. "Puzzling Student (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-207, June 1987. (Revised June 1988.)
- 2009
- Foreword
Puzzles and Treasures
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "Puzzles and Treasures." Foreword to No-Nonsense Innovation: Practical Strategies for Success, edited by William Lowe and Cary Sherburne. Garden City, NY: Morgan James Publishing, 2009.
- June 1987 (Revised June 1988)
- Supplement
Puzzling Student (B)
Christensen, C. Roland, and Marina McCarthy. "Puzzling Student (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-208, June 1987. (Revised June 1988.)
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
Project initiatives have grown too fast for companies to manage them properly. They often spring from the bottom up, meaning each project comes forward with its own narrow set of priorities and objectives. The problem: In too many companies, project portfolios are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- April 2002
- Article
Solving the Corporate Information Puzzle
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Information
- May 2017
- Teaching Plan
Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Teaching Note for HBS No. 816-072. View Details
- February 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Liz Kind and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Elli Kaplan founded Neurotrack in 2012 with a breakthrough noninvasive cognitive diagnostics test that will detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest pre-symptomatic stages. While the company has gained great traction in the three years since it was started, with no... View Details
Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease; Diagnostics; Healthcare; Entrepreneurship; Health Disorders; Science-Based Business; Business Model; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., Liz Kind, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle." Harvard Business School Case 816-072, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- September 20, 2021
- Article
The Puzzle of OpenSea Private Sale Fees
Kominers, Scott Duke. "The Puzzle of OpenSea Private Sale Fees." dGen Network (September 20, 2021).
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
U.S. companies spent a staggering $285 billion on advertising in 2006, according to Advertising Age. That's a lot of dollars and expectations being handed to advertising managers to generate returns. But do marketing managers allocate their resources wisely? Are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 2007
- Article
Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle
By: Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar and Wan Wong
Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, and Wan Wong. "Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle." Journal of Finance 62, no. 2 (April 2007): 731–764. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11136.)
- February 2012
- Article
The Internet and Local Wages: A Puzzle
By: Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein
Forman, Chris, Avi Goldfarb, and Shane Greenstein. "The Internet and Local Wages: A Puzzle." American Economic Review 102, no. 1 (February 2012): 556–575.
- May 2007
- Article
Getting Unusual Suspects to Solve R&D Puzzles
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Lars Bo Jeppesen
Keywords: Research and Development
Lakhani, Karim R., and Lars Bo Jeppesen. "Getting Unusual Suspects to Solve R&D Puzzles." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007).
- Fall 2013
- Article
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
By: Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less theory and evidence, however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets... View Details
Keywords: State-owned Enterprises; Oil Companies; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; Brazil; Mexico; Norway
Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. "In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms." Cornell International Law Journal 46, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 569–610.
- 27 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
- 2008
- Working Paper
Etiquette and Process Puzzles of Negotiating Business in China: A Questionnaire
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Cultural differences can affect negotiations in many ways, from influencing the basic motivations and perceptions of the players to guiding the surface aspects, such as etiquette, protocol, and process, of business interactions. Navigating the challenges of these... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance; Questionnaires; Negotiation Process; Behavior; China
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Etiquette and Process Puzzles of Negotiating Business in China: A Questionnaire." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-077, December 2008.
- 04 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Making the Numbers? ‘Short Termism’ & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
- March 2018
- Article
Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Rebecca Henderson and Nelson P. Repenning
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Capability; Short-termism; System Dynamics; Tipping Point; Business or Company Management; Earnings Management; Resource Allocation
Rahmandad, Hazhir, Rebecca Henderson, and Nelson P. Repenning. "Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster." Management Science 64, no. 3 (March 2018): 1328–1347.
- May 2009
- Article
The Empirical Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation: Puzzles and Clues
By: Josh Lerner
Economists have long seen the patent system as a crucial lever through which policymakers affect the speed and nature of innovation in the economy. It is not surprising, then, that the profound changes which have roiled the global patent system over the past 20 years... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Business and Government Relations
Lerner, Josh. "The Empirical Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation: Puzzles and Clues." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 99, no. 2 (May 2009): 343–348. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 8977.)
- 02 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Making the Numbers? ‘Short Termism’ & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
- 2014
- Working Paper
Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca Henderson
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"―delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer term investments―makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Rahmandad, Hazhir, Nelson P. Repenning, and Rebecca Henderson. "Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-027, October 2014.