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- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
When evaluating whether to invest in a new idea, senior executives often rely on experts. But these advisers often favor ideas that are easy to execute over tough-to-pull-off but potentially groundbreaking plans. The risk for companies: Brilliant innovations might wind... View Details
- April 2013
- Article
What Roger Fisher Got Profoundly Right: Five Enduring Lessons for Negotiators
Roger Fisher, who died in 2012, enjoyed a remarkable career that modeled one way that an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business, could make a significant, positive, and lasting difference in the world. Distinctive aspects of his career... View Details
Keywords: Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Dealmaking; Negotiation; Personal Development and Career; Conflict and Resolution
Sebenius, James K. "What Roger Fisher Got Profoundly Right: Five Enduring Lessons for Negotiators." Negotiation Journal 29, no. 2 (April 2013): 159–169.
- April 24, 2020
- Article
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
By: Sarah Abbott, Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg and Abhijit Naik
Abbott, Sarah, Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik. "Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (April 24, 2020).
- 2011
- Chapter
Macroprudential Policy and Monetary Policy: Some Lessons from the Euro Area
By: Domenico Giannone, Michele Lenza, Huw Pill and Lucrezia Reichlin
Giannone, Domenico, Michele Lenza, Huw Pill, and Lucrezia Reichlin. "Macroprudential Policy and Monetary Policy: Some Lessons from the Euro Area." Chap. 8 in Macroprudential Regulatory Policies: The New Road to Financial Stability? Vol. 17, by S. Claessens, D. Evanoff, G. Kaufman, and L.E. Kodres, 103–120. World Scientific Studies in International Economics. London: World Scientific, 2011.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals
By: Renée Adams, Matti Keloharju and Samuli Knüpfer
What makes a CEO? We merge data on the traits of more than one million Swedish males, measured at age 18 in a mandatory military enlistment test, with data on their service as a CEO of any Swedish company decades later. CEOs have higher cognitive and non-cognitive... View Details
Adams, Renée, Matti Keloharju, and Samuli Knüpfer. "Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-044, October 2015.
- 2009
- Chapter
Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues
By: Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda
Mexico is often cited as one of the world's most entrepreneurial countries in terms of the percentage of its population that has started or is in the process of starting a business venture. Yet Mexico does not seem to be very friendly to entrepreneurs, as confirmed by... View Details
Canales, Rodrigo, and Ramana Nanda. "Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues." In The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009, edited by Ricardo Hausmann, Emilio Austin, and Irene Mia. World Economic Forum, 2009.
- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
Walk into any local coffee shop, and you might see people using Amazon Kindles—but you’re not likely to spot anyone with a Sony Librie, even though Sony was the first company to make an e-reader in 2004. “It was probably a better product,” says Rebecca Karp, assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- June 2012
- Teaching Note
Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan (TN)
By: David F. Hawkins and Karthik Ramanna
- 2010
- Book
The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America
By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards and Ernesto Schargrodsky
Di Tella, Rafael, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds. The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- 1992
- Chapter
Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana." In Ghana's Development: Strategic Lessons from Asia, edited by Richard H. Goldman, Michael Roemer, Donald R. Snodgrass, and L. T. Wells Jr..Development Discussion Paper. Cambridge: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1992. (Also published as CAER Discussion Paper No. 11, March 1992. Also in Journal of Ghanaian Economic Society (1995))
- 17 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
- February 2025
- Technical Note
Lessons from the Magnificent Seven and Other Remarkable High Growth Companies
By: Hubert Joly and Kayti Stanley
Joly, Hubert, and Kayti Stanley. "Lessons from the Magnificent Seven and Other Remarkable High Growth Companies." Harvard Business School Technical Note 325-100, February 2025.
- spring 1995
- Article
Mark-to-Market Accounting for Banks and Thrifts: Lessons from the Danish Experience
By: Victor L Bernard, Robert C. Merton and Krishna G. Palepu
Bernard, Victor L., Robert C. Merton, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Mark-to-Market Accounting for Banks and Thrifts: Lessons from the Danish Experience." Journal of Accounting Research 33, no. 1 (spring 1995): 1–32.
- Winter 2020
- Article
Training Leaders to Win Wars and Forge Peace: Lessons from History
By: P. Tufano
Tufano, P. "Training Leaders to Win Wars and Forge Peace: Lessons from History." Business History Review 94, no. 4 (Winter 2020): 807–833.
- 1987
- Book
Chronicles of Corporate Change: Management Lessons from AT&T and Its Offspring
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Davis Dyer, Thomas Clough and Dianne Landau
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Davis Dyer, Thomas Clough, and Dianne Landau. Chronicles of Corporate Change: Management Lessons from AT&T and Its Offspring. Lexington Books, 1987.
- February 2010
- Article
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
By: David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Jonathan T. Kolstad
Prior studies suggest that, with elastically supplied inputs, free entry may lead to an inefficiently high number of firms in equilibrium. Under input scarcity, however, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free entry may increase use of high-quality... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Market Entry and Exit; Welfare; Health Industry; Pennsylvania
Cutler, David M., Robert S. Huckman, and Jonathan T. Kolstad. "Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2, no. 1 (February 2010): 51–76.
- December 2006
- Article
Reputation and Transparency: Lessons from a Painful Period in Public Disclosure
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Robert M. Grant and Cees B.M. van Riel
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., Robert M. Grant, and Cees B.M. van Riel. "Reputation and Transparency: Lessons from a Painful Period in Public Disclosure." Long Range Planning 39, no. 6 (December 2006): 353–359.
- Article
Republic N.Y.'s Bid for Green Point Holds Lessons on S&L Conversions
By: B. C. Esty
Esty, B. C. "Republic N.Y.'s Bid for Green Point Holds Lessons on S&L Conversions." American Banker (January 12, 1994), 6 and 17.