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- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
of the French firms which initially dominated the cinema industry. By the 1920s the industry, now concentrated in Southern California, was able to benefit from the size of its home market and its control of... View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
concentrated market structure and the high profits of the firms that would be among the several operating there, I think it's not surprising that we should see investments into already successful companies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
engineering, and mathematics) labor market trends. And in geographic regions where competition is fiercest for IT talent, superstar performers do not earn the same high premium they once did over their average-performing peers. In short,... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
analysis of tort laws. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54284 forthcoming Management Science Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure By: Grewal, Jody, Edward J. Riedl, and George Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Today, let... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
leader in this: In 1913, Harvard's Bureau of Business Research published its first bulletin, which concentrated on the selling of shoes.) By the 1920s, sales management had "arrived." American businesses recognized salesmanship... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
predictions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54314 January–February 2019 Harvard Business Review Cracking Frontier Markets By: Christensen, Clayton M., Efosa Ojomo, and Karen Dillon Abstract— With... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
positive earnings surprises and positive analyst revisions in the months following passage of the bill, as well as significantly higher future sales and profitability. We show that the more complex the legislation, the more difficulty the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
decentralized banks are also more responsive to their own competitive environment. They are more likely to expand credit when faced with competition but also cherry pick customers and restrict credit when they have market power. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales,” “a parasitic economic logic,” “a rogue mutation of capitalism marked by concentrations of wealth,” “as significant a threat to human... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
The Absence Of Strategy Many of the pioneers of Internet business, both dot coms and established companies, have competed in ways that violate nearly every precept of good strategy. Rather than focus on profits, they have sought to maximize revenue and View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
PublicationsEmotion-induced Engagement in Internet Video Ads Authors:Thales S. Teixeira, Michel Wedel, and Rik Pieters Publication:Journal of Marketing Research (forthcoming) Abstract This study shows how advertisers can leverage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2021
- Op-Ed
How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback
that may be unhelpful and detrimental to their careers. In the meantime, here are three ideas every woman can implement. Focus on learning In an interview, Bozoma Saint John, Netflix’s chief marketing officer, told me that she had never... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
Mclean concentrated on his trucking business, and by the early 1950s, with 1,776 trucks and thirty-seven transport terminals along the eastern seaboard, he had built his operation into the largest trucking fleet in the South and the... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History? Authors:Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner Publication:Business History Abstract For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of financial markets and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing and strengthening her leadership team—but held firm to... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
transparent communication. Embracing a program that is Unrelenting and iterative. Setting Concentrated and focused steps to serve as a guiding set of goals. Driving Action by accepting uncertainty as the new normal. Embracing Agility and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?
dynamics in the workplace? Workers have more power today than they did 18 months ago, partly because the pandemic has made all of us aware of how critically important essential workers are to the continuity of our society. Workers also have more power on the job View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
economics, and market design, was that the right was structured as what he terms a Before and After Right of First Refusal (BA-ROFR). The right holder is offered an initial deal by the asset owner—the landlord offers to sell the flat to... View Details
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
members of the investment team are at par and make investment decisions together, instead of having someone who ultimately makes the investing calls. This is possible when teams are designed to avoid the trap of group thinking,” Viceira says. Brown’s funds View Details