Recalls - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, "I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2010
Op-Ed

A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM

Toyota's tragic automobile recalls offer a historic opportunity for Ford's CEO Alan Mulally and General Motors' new CEO Ed Whitacre. After years of decline, they can reestablish the preeminence of American-made autos if they are wise at... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

recall when someone else was faced with a similar situation or to collect data on what you should rationally expect. In addition, ask yourself this simple question: If someone I cared about asked me for my opinion in a negotiation such as... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

ladders up to unload our bags,” recalls McFarlan, the School’s Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, and a tactful bridge builder who has played a key role in launching and guiding several collaborative... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

23 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

interpretation of sarcasm lead to greater creativity because they activate abstract thinking. Studies 1 and 2 found that both sarcasm expressers and recipients reported more conflict but also demonstrated enhanced creativity following a simulated sarcastic conversation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

espousing a triple bottom line of people, planet, and profits, rather than a single-minded focus on shareholder value. People of my vintage recall when business leadership was about serving customers at a profit and giving back to your... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

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

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

other factors contribute. Some contestants like belonging to a community. Others like recognition via ranking on the platform or beating “the best of the best.” Recall that most people lose contests, yet people continually compete.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

innovate." Data.gov allows people to be watchdogs as well as innovators, he continued. One helpful innovation marries government data about recalls of baby products with the nifty Red Laser app that is available for the iPhone:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

do you control an epidemic that is sexually transmitted?" he asked the group. "People have suggested all sorts of things," some fairly outlandish. One suggestion he recalled was simply encouraging people to have sex less... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

poorly in Chicago, they discovered that their current products were uncompetitive with local deep-dish pizza. Deep-dish pizza subsequently became a key impetus behind Pizza Hut's explosive growth. Recalling his post-deregulation years... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

recalls her two-year-old exclaiming it was “snowing” while scattering salt from an open jar all over the floor, or her young children running around the kitchen, flinging open cabinets, and putting colanders on their heads as hats. “I... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Zimbabwe, he had been in the job so long that few recall how he got there. Fewer still remember that it was Henry Kissinger, whose complex, if unlikely, negotiations to achieve black majority rule in Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe, helped to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

overall economic activity. “I walked into Larry’s office and said here is the proof you asked for,” recalls Mills, who eventually went on to secure funding for 56 clusters nationwide. “It was a game changer.” “When you get a report with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

relationships, building acommunity that will help us pursue the great mission to educate leaders." HBS Professor and conference co-chair James E. Austin referred to his own personal experience in the area as well. When he got on the plane to come to Buenos Aires,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

part of the physician's learning and socialization. The first incision is something few physicians forget. That procedure is reproduced time after time, in country after country, and provides a seminal building block of medical education (Boulware et al. 2004). As a... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

combine to determine overall consumer satisfaction. Hotels can perhaps be evaluated more dispassionately. In addition, rating doctors may require reviewers to recall details of their own conditions and/or treatments which might be... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice

with the light of morning, they saw the decision more favorably overall. (This nding contrasts with previous research showing that sleep selectively enhances recall for negative information.) But there was a twist. When asked how... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

advance, or in lieu, of broader reform, it is useful to recall that the last wave of anti-inversion legislation likely spurred these more significant, recent transactions and reduced the prospect of reform in these intervening years.... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

paid service arrangements." For City Year and Timberland, the transition occurred when a cofounder of City Year met with two top company executives to thank them for their donation. "The meeting was important," recalls Timberland... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

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