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- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
his father, a military man, telling him that his job is like being the captain of a ship. "I think that's the way everyone else felt, too," says Kang. "A sense of loyalty to the hotel, a sense of responsibility to the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50066 Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital By: Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—We study adaptation by financial intermediaries as a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
Avery details these methods in her working paper Saving Face by Making Meaning: Consumers' Self-Serving Response to Brand Extensions. Method #1—The "Not Us" Strategy: Derogating the legitimacy of the brand extension's users. In... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
engage them? How should firms adjust? What is clear in the COVID-deaccession is that this change in customer behavior is pushing firms into a new “directional reality.” Firms need to adapt to shifting customer wants by engaging a more customer-centric philosophy.... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
particular field your venture intends to address, you may need a cofounder with domain specific expertise. Having domain expertise will not only inform the product strategy, but will also help the venture gain credibility in the market and potentially open doors on the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
responsibility for formulating the energy strategy-and thus the Russia policy-for essentially all of Europe? The resolutions of these two puzzles are, I show, interlinked; they also demand theoretical innovation. With several case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 05 Jul 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?
distribution channel. Fluctuating demand at the retail level would generate exaggerated fluctuations—a “whipsaw” effect—in expected demand and inventory planning at the back end, or manufacturing level, in an effort to meet possible... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'
Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
components of expected inflation, and the covariance between nominal variables and the real economy. The last of these state variables enables the model to fit the changing covariance of bond and stock returns. Log nominal bond yields and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009
- Research Summary
Research Thrust
By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
not just to the company, but also to people around the globe. At the same time, managers at other global brands were similarly considering their brands’ response to the COVID-19 crisis. Nike chose to twist its consumers’ athletic... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 31 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do
“they really dragged their feet as they got closer to the end of the task.” Brodsky and Amabile dubbed that phenomenon the “deadtime effect,” in contrast to the oft-observed “deadline effect” that sees workers’ productivity increase in View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
far short of the budget. In April 1995, McCool led a meeting at headquarters to review the first quarter's results. People entered the room trembling, as they knew that financial performance would be below expectations and that, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
potentially lowering wage inequality in the labor markets.” The findings come at a time that communities expect more from companies and HR departments wrestle with the vexing combination of economic concerns and labor shortages. While the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
to the CEO. In many cases, the chief legal officer should be a member of the top management team who is expected to weigh in on all issues, not just represent the legal function. Q: What managerial levels are we talking about here? A:... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
which publishes in November, can provide important lessons for business people in an era where consumers expects companies to behave responsibly more than ever. Enabling unethical behavior In the case of... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert