Abandonment - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

the express purpose of influencing supporters to back his administration's agenda. The case describes the activities of the Obama for America campaign and asks whether the new president should use social media tools to activate the grassroots, or whether he should... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

inefficiencies surrounding existing arrangements for accomplishing this. With widespread abandonment of commission-based agency compensation and the unbundling of agency services, barriers that once discouraged the establishment of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

while abandoning any semblance of "professionalism." As readers, we are left to speculate how, if at all, this might have led to such phenomena as Enron, the management revolving door, and even today's subprime mortgage mess.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

State. And, he has immense resource wealth to finance his efforts. I don't know if he'll succeed politically, but if he does not abandon human rights and constrains political power, then Russia could be a very good place to invest. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

into the now flourishing backlighting market. Into this changing market entered Cree, Inc., a North Carolina-based LED chip and component manufacturer. This case explores whether Cree should pursue the LED monitor and television backlighting markets or View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

the UK, licensed and insured vehicles, and full compliance with every applicable law and regulation. But Uber's “casual driver” model offered a perpetual cost advantage, and in October 2014 Hailo abandoned the US market. Uber's lesson to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

and switching to Chinese firms. Wal-Mart has even hired the owners or managers of its abandoned U.S. suppliers to teach their efficient methods to the Chinese. As a result, many Americans have lost their manufacturing jobs and often have... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

the same problems as Bitcoin. There's no reason for the regular consumer to use it” Even recent high-profile data breaches have not led consumers to abandon credit cards in significant numbers. "Security doesn't work for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Retail

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

a number of companies have adopted an intriguing approach, which at first seems counterintuitive. Essentially, these companies have abandoned their efforts to understand exactly what products their customers want and have instead equipped... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

donors will give money over the Web and won't show up at its fundraisers, it has to create its own network, and has to make human connections so appealing and enriching that people won't abandon them easily. I'm not worried. We have a lot... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

important information gets easily lost amid a sea of irrelevant posts. Høylie must figure out how to improve the way employees interact with the platform. Or should REMA 1000 just abandon it? Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

competitors' scores are increasing faster it should be a cause for alarm. Acquisition rates may be robust, but if old customers are abandoning ship as fast as new ones are coming on board, strong acquisition can give a deceptive picture... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

VC investing and innovation? A: Buyout groups in fact exacerbated much of the volatility in the venture capital cycle. During the late 1990s, many buyout groups began abandoning the basic industries in which they had traditionally... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

in determining how and when to abandon intuition in favor of a more deliberate, analytical approach. Intuition And Rationality In Negotiation To explain why individuals don't always think rationally and logically, Keith Stanovich of the... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

religion—an increasing number of people are abandoning their faith. As commitment wanes, religious involvement may become detrimental to well-being, and individuals may be better off seeking new affiliations. Read the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12

been abandoned by its owners and had come under the control of CW Capital, the special servicer for the vast amount of debt that was in default. Any investment in a distressed property could be very risky and might require the company to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 May 2001
Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

company. The new moral contract also asks a lot from employees, they write. "It requires that [employees] have the courage and the confidence to abandon the stability of lifetime employment and embrace the invigorating force of continuous... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

companies have been financed during previous downturns in the venture capital market. Entrepreneurs should not necessarily abandon all hope. Venture capitalists still have many, many billions to invest, so well crafted business plans can... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

reduce their purchases of items when they see their friends buying them. This negative social effect reduces the revenue for this group by more than 14 percent. This finding is consistent with the typical fashion cycle wherein opinion leaders or the elite in the... View Details