Knowledge Use and Leverage - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

an article that explores various uses of the corporate assessment tool that they developed for their research. They recently sat down with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss the origins of the project, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

other…Technology robs us of the close contact we seek, and are reinforced by, in the learning cycle." But respondents who telecommute don't see it that clearly. Alan Carswell points out that:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

ambiguity, if you bring men and women into the lab and you say either one of two things: "Work until you think you've earned the $10 we just gave you," or "Work View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

Excerpted with permission from "The Dual Edged Role of the Business Model in Leveraging Corporate Technology Investments," in Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives, and Investors... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

but is also necessary to use tie-breaking for schools whose capacity is sufficient to accommodate some but not all students of a given priority class. We analyze a model that encompasses one-sided and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

Strategy, published by Oxford University Press. Contributors to the book include Harvard Business School's Clayton M. Christensen, Walter Kuemmerle, and Thomas R. Eisenmann, as well as nine other scholars. Bower View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

Confronting Challenges for Innovation with a Modern Curriculum." The conference brought together 114 global faculty from schools of medicine, health care administration, public health, and business; leaders of the View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

this article, I outline an agenda for strengthening the links between key institutions. Leaders, I argue, should focus on four goals: 1) linking knowledge creation to venture creation to speed the conversion of ideas into market-ready... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

authors The I's Have It From Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations By Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Organizational conversation, in our View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

08 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

Imagine you are experiencing pain in your shoulder, and your doctor says you have torn a tendon. If the tear is big, she says, you will need surgery, whereas, if it’s slightly smaller, surgery is optional. Which size tear would you... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

when votes are most valuable. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/cmalloy/pdffiles/malco.pdf Decoding Inside Information Authors:Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy, and Lukasz Pomorski Abstract Using... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

FBC project should look like. Rather, NASA forced its managers and contractors to invent new processes and procedures by imposing a set of budget, time, and weight constraints... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Teradyne: Testing Opportunity In 1994, Teradyne, a leading provider of machines that test the quality of microprocessors and other integrated circuits as they come off the assembly line, saw an opportunity to create a more compact View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

Creativity" is scheduled to appear in the April 2001 issue. Asked by HBS Working Knowledge about her motivation for focusing on John Irving, Amabile replied, "I wanted to counteract a strong stereotype that people in business,... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

less than enthusiastic about these ideas. He remarked, “Let me see if I get this question right. We want to create a government position to oversee AI across all segments of the US economy. Great idea.” After citing a number of ways he... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

06 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

New Advanced Browse Feature

by" to further cull the results by Topic, Industry, and/or Region. Let us know what you think by clicking the "give us feedback" link at the top of our Advanced Browse pages. We encourage a... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

portfolio managers and we're going to have to leverage our local knowledge with our partners." Cash Not On Hand But financial partners are becoming increasingly difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

auditors. Building Capacity for Change Both studies—considering factors in countries where factories are located and at the makeup of the teams that audit them—may be helpful in arriving at an accurate depiction of factory performance... View Details