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- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
board. Just as important as knowing where to cut research is knowing where not to cut. When marketers are creating fewer new ads and introducing fewer new products, it is doubly important to use rigorous pretesting to select the strongest... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
Schumpeter's thinking about capitalism. It moved him to a more historical and empirical approach that shaped nearly all his subsequent work. And second, much of the book constitutes a preview of modern, rigorous business history. This... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
study participant. "There's a [perception] that there's a tradeoff between serving the needs of the organizations and doing rigorous research," Beshears said. "But the organization you're working with doesn't know the answer, either. You... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
applications to be granted! Furthermore, the new orientation creates strong incentives for the patent office to process applications as quickly as possible, and at the lowest possible cost. As a result, there has been a widely perceived decline in the View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
leaders on the cutting edge of research. The driving force behind this gathering since its inception has been Ray Goldberg, the veritable father of agribusiness. Along with his then HBS colleague John H. Davis, Goldberg coined the word in 1957, and that year they... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
consistent assessment, this article provides a framework to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of compliance programs. I present empirical models that use data collected from compliance initiatives—including whistleblower hotlines,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
at one of the most rigorous extant methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
relationships help faculty translate our field's research into practice, we are able to live into our institutions' promise to shape managerial practice. These engaged relationships with firms help faculty and their business schools excel in both View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
reporting is simply common sense, says Ramanna. After all, for the past 30 years accounting scholars have put a lot of effort into building a rigorous set of frameworks and hypotheses to explain and predict financial reporting practice.... View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
strategy comes into question when students take the first standardized test aligned with the more rigorous Common Core State Standards. While the test results show that, on average, Uncommon’s students still perform well compared to their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
shareholders and owners. I first presented this concept (see chart below) at the Academy of Management in August 2001, shortly after I concluded my ten years as CEO of Medtronic. It is as valid today as it was then. This is the rigorous... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
Kahneman's diagnosis, but not his remedy Whether the decision is to be made by an individual, a team, or 'the bureaucracy', I would say that all would be well served by the discipline imposed by adherence to a rational process (which) requires the intellectual View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard system has cut a path in business as a more rigorous way to measure performance by quantifying what had been considered intangible assets, such as human capital, information, and culture. The system... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods By: Pomeranz, Dina Abstract—Recent years have seen a large expansion in the use of rigorous impact evaluation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
experimentation from permeating the company’s culture. Instead, organizations might learn from the travel site Booking.com, whose leaders have forged a rigorous testing culture that has guided the company to growth, Luca says. The company... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
funds consumer finance research. It's all part of a broader effort to legitimize this field as an important and rigorous area of research and teaching. Fortunately here at Harvard, we have faculty and students at the Law School, the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
should always be held to that high standard. Our work should be more than rigorous and relevant. It should give some measure of inspiration and aspiration to the world. Part of our work is providing the means to more effectively mobilize... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
sense of accountability. The expectation is that, by affixing his or her name to the document, the CEO will verify its accuracy by asking more rigorous questions: Do I trust the level of analysis? Am I getting the right advice from the... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
all contact with his or her organization—in other words, leave the BlackBerry at home. But participants soon recognize the value they are receiving at a crucial time in their careers, Simons says. The program includes rigorous dives into... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
opposite effects at the two extremes: it reduces the probability of very poor outcomes—because of more rigorous selection processes—while simultaneously increasing the probability of extremely successful outcomes—because of greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace