• 05 Feb 2024
• Research & Ideas

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

between 2007 and 2021. He also gathered and analyzed 1 million newspaper job postings, 6 million manager resumes and job reviews, and 430,000 Indeed.com job reviews. The data shows: Managerial job postings that required collaborative skills and experience increased... View Details

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• 12 Mar 2024
• Research & Ideas

Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia

report by the American Association of University Professors showing that during the past three decades, academic employment in the US has shifted away from tenured positions—which tend to bring higher salaries and job security—toward... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Education

• 17 Aug 2023
• Research & Ideas

‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto

wild ride. That is, until now. A new study by Harvard Business School professor Marco Di Maggio shows that on average, cryptocurrency investors have higher household incomes, live in wealthier and more educated ZIP codes, like to gamble,... View Details

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• August 2019 (Revised March 2023)
• Case

Rand Fishkin at Moz (A)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

In 2016, senior management at Moz, a venture capital–backed startup providing software tools for digital marketing professionals, must decide how to address a looming cash flow crisis precipitated by failed efforts to broaden its product line. Seattle-based Moz had... View Details

Keywords: Startups; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Business Startups; Diversification; Growth Management; Technology Industry

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• 03 Oct 2023
• HBS Case

Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

apology “builds a bridge” between the company and its stakeholders. 5. Invest in laid-off employees Companies can reinforce the bridge by committing to help downsized employees get back on their feet. Many organizations address this... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing

• 09 May 2024
• Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

classrooms, labs, dining halls, and elsewhere on campuses have a unique influence on the course of scientific research, according to the study, coauthored by Eamon Duede, a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute at... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

• 27 Nov 2023
• Research & Ideas

Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

American political candidates are forecast to spend as much as $12 billion by next November to put ads on airwaves, texts on phones, and signs on lawns. Yet new research from Harvard Business School finds that no amount of money can undo... View Details

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• 12 Sep 2023
• Research & Ideas

How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

finding of a new study by Harvard Business School associate professor Marco Di Maggio. “Having a broader view of the financial picture of the client helps [advisers] keep their clients and helps with growing the clientele as well.”... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Financial Services

• 23 Jan 2023
• Research & Ideas

After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

crisis, delivering more accurate and relevant ratings for investors. The paper, published in Management Science, was coauthored by Sikochi, Samuel B. Bonsall IV and Karl A. Muller III of Penn State University; Kevin Koharki of Purdue... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

• 19 Sep 2023
• HBS Case

How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

Microsoft, and others. Wu collaborated on the case study with HBS research associate Matt Higgins; HBS doctoral student Miaomiao Zhang; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral student Hang Jiang. Ben Rand: What did you find... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

• Profile

Ben Seipel

progressed from West Point to aviation training. And he had served two 12-month tours of duties in Afghanistan, where he lead helicopter companies of the 101st Airborne. Most importantly, Ben had just received notice of a pending... View Details

Keywords: Tech

• 11 Oct 2024
• Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

transformed several industries over the past two years—may offer solutions for overwhelmed resettlement programs run by both nongovernmental organizations and governments, according to a study by Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

• 06 Sep 2022
• Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

Early COVID-19 lockdowns sparked a contentious debate that rages on in the workplace: Can businesses thrive if employees continue to work remotely? Skeptical CEOs, such as the leaders of Goldman Sachs and Starbucks, say they need workers in the office full time to... View Details

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• 14 Nov 2023
• Research & Ideas

The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

become more central to the network by one decile group (for example, from the thirtieth percentile to the fortieth percentile) increase their research and development spending by 5 percent and their patent... View Details

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• 06 Sep 2022
• Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

patient-assistance programs were likely to be profitable even if a small share of eligible patients used the manufacturer’s drugs as a result. This contributes to conditions that keep prescription drugs pricier for Americans than people in other countries. The study,... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical