Ideas - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

additional task—to discuss the idea of loyalty for 10 minutes with other members of their group and then take a “loyalty pledge” to the group. (The other participants just discussed a neutral topic for 10 minutes in their groups.) When... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

from large groups of people is exactly what nonprofits and political campaigns have been doing for more than a century. In today's world, though, the Internet has dramatically altered the ability for companies and independent entrepreneurs to get their View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

innovation process, but it is not the whole thing. Innovation is about moving the idea from concept to the customer's hands. For some highly complex products (flat-panel displays, PV cells, and biotechnology drugs, to name a few) the... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

defined by the requirements of their jobs. The idea of employees organizing to advocate was anathema. One white male executive said, "Does this mean that we can have a communist cell here? Are we going to have hundreds and hundreds... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

of new ideas in their intercultural ties but not intracultural ties. Study 3 required participants to work collaboratively with a non-acquaintance from another culture and found that higher metacognitive CQ engendered greater View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

be able to give a kidney to the person you want to give to," Roth says. Historically, those incompatible donors would be sent home, and their sick loved ones would wait for a deceased donor. But a few years ago Roth started studying the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

of where markets have failed, the idea of venture philanthropy clicking is a little hard for me to buy into. Venture philanthropy has to come of age and reorient itself by defining what measures of social return it is looking for. In some... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

18 Apr 2005
Lessons from the Classroom

NFL Players Touch Down at HBS

each other as well as with HBS faculty and MBA students. "Usually on the field you just want to knock the crap out of each other," said Je'Rod Cherry, defensive back for the New England Patriots. "But here I can talk to them, relate to them, bounce View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

01 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 1

associated with private money creation, the government should tilt its issuance more towards short maturities. The idea is that the government may have a comparative advantage relative to the private sector in bearing refinancing risk... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

inside. Q: You have studied boards of directors for a number of years. How would you like to see boards evolve in the next ten years or so? A: I'd like to see more boards paying attention to the ideas that we put forward in the book,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

history of practices that insulate companies from international competition. Small retailers have been protected from big retailers. The idea took hold that the Japanese approach [of restraining competition] was superior and that it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

what you have done, it is explicit. Tacit knowledge, on the other hand, is trickier. It is know-how that is carried around in the heads of people that hasn’t necessarily been written down, and combines skills, prior experiences, and ideas... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

Review 85, no. 6 (June 2007) Abstract This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Why do... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

investment treaties within the broader debate on the convergence of corporate governance protections. As such, several cases have provided the foundation for academic papers that have extended and reinforced the ideas from the cases.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

essentially looking for the kind of people who would have wanted to sign on with Columbus for his first voyage west. Sahlman: When I first proposed to teach a course in Entrepreneurial Finance, I was told it was the stupidest idea in the... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

organizational boundaries and organizational designs. We suggest that when critical tasks can be modularized and when problem-solving knowledge is widely distributed and available, open innovation complements traditional innovation logics. We induce these View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

with a similar educational background or other potential connection and ask for an introduction or advice about getting a job with the company. “One option to get someone’s attention is to pitch ideas to executives. ‘I noticed you are... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

ordinary citizens have the ability to shift the balance of power in positive ways that can encourage innovative ideas to be developed into practical goods and services. "Washington, DC does not have a monopoly on the best... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

08 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

an association, its structure presents many limitations and hurdles to overcome involving investing in technology platform updates and generating ideas and initiatives to monetize the use community. Purchase this case:... View Details