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  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

May 2017 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—We build on the analysis in Akcigit, Grigsby, and Nicholas (2017) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Winners and Losers at the Olympics

glory on the slopes or on the ice are looking for endorsement opportunities that will lead to a post-Olympics pot of gold. In short, the Olympic Games are big business. Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser has... View Details
Keywords: Re: Stephen A. Greyser; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports
  • August 1992 (Revised September 2002)
  • Case

Star Distributors, Inc. (A)

By: David A. Thomas
Depicts the conflict and organizational problems that emerged in a franchise operation owned by Paul Logan, an African American, and John Heyman, a white American. Provides the opportunity to examine the ways in which race influences managerial behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Performance Effectiveness; Franchise Ownership; Race; Management Style; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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  • 05 Jan 2011
  • News

Starbucks Unveils New Logo

  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

pharmaceutical companies in 1984, American Home Products ranked first in sales and twenty-eighth in R&D expenditures as a percentage of sales.23 As the historian Williams Haynes noted, by the end of the 1930s, American Home Products... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

embarked on a career as a successful venture capitalist. Then, in 1980, the role of entrepreneurship at HBS changed dramatically with the appointment of Dean John H. McArthur. In one of his first acts as Dean, McArthur elevated the status... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
    • November 2009 (Revised December 2009)
    • Case

    RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams

    By: David A. Garvin and Elizabeth Collins
    Key topics include team design, team management, job design, employee empowerment, implementing change, and high performance workforces. In 2004, John Amasi, the director of production for a manufacturer of plastic pipe, introduced the concept of self-directed teams... View Details
    Keywords: Work Force Management; Employee Empowerment; Motivation; Motivation and Incentives; Leading Change; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Texas
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    • May 1994 (Revised July 1995)
    • Case

    Taco Bell--1994

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
    Taco Bell CEO, John Martin, boldly proclaims a growth goal of 200,000 points of access by the year 2000 (the company had approximately 3,600 in 1991). To realize such growth, Martin embraces a philosophy of continual change. The implications for Taco Bell are dramatic... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Food; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Goals and Objectives; Change Management; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • 21 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

    frustration through contempt, whether it’s a dismissive eye-roll or a sarcastic jab, Brooks says. Research by relationship scholar John M. Gottman found that couples who expressed contempt were more likely... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
    • 16 Dec 2014
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    First Look: December 16

    benefits are at most partially realized. The same institutions and practices that facilitate efficient ad placement can also facilitate fraud. The networks that should be serving advertisers have decidedly mixed incentives, such as cost savings from cutting corners,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 02 Jun 2010
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    First Look: June 2

    Electrically Powered Vehicles in the U.S. Elie Ofek and Polly Ross RibattHarvard Business School Case 510-076 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510076-PDF-ENG Google in China (B) View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • May 1998 (Revised October 2001)
    • Case

    Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dave DeLong
    Details the actions of John Martin, newly named CEO, as he leads Taco Bell through a decade of incremental and radical changes. By the end of the case, total system sales within Taco Bell, a Mexican style fast-food restaurant chain and a division of PepsiCo, have grown... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Economic Growth; Food; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Mexico
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    • 26 May 2015
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    First Look: May 26

    manufacturing clusters. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49178 Business Models-Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron Abstract— This paper considers the nature of the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Aug 2010
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    First Look: August 24

    comparison of the various approaches, with examples, and their pros and cons. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810145-PDF-ENG One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A) Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Oct 2010
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    First Look: October 13, 2010

      PublicationsBuy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down Authors:John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Reviews for Beauty Imagined

    By: Geoffrey G. Jones

    “This illuminating account of the history of the beauty business, as well as its current challenges in the face of globalization, offers unique insights on the drivers of success and failure in an industry in which branding and marketing are at the heart of... View Details

    • 01 Sep 2012
    • News

    An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance

    Civilization (1933) and Roethlisberger’s Management and the Worker (1939) document. 1948 Research Center in Entrepreneurial History launched at HBS by Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole. 1953 More than 30... View Details
    Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 15 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

    transformation. Over the preceding two years, Davis and Gorowitz had grown Swagbucks from a relatively small venture staffed by people from Gorowitz’s personal and professional networks into a professionally... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 28 Apr 2015
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    First Look: April 28

      Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne