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  • 08 Nov 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School’s Armed Forces Alumni Association

willingness to help, whether that's through career advice, networking, or simply being a shoulder to lean on. It’s an ethos deeply ingrained in those who've served—to always... View Details
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

policy may reflect dividend-averse institutions gravitating towards low dividend paying firms or managers adapting their payout policies to the interests of their institutional shareholders. Evidence is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

those focused on innovation, and those focused on new venture startup. Since Cantillon's time, many arguments have persisted about the risk-bearing aspect of entrepreneurship. Many studies of entrepreneurs (including autobiographies) tend View Details
Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile
  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

with users. This makes sense when you think about it—users are the direct beneficiaries of better products. And it's users' willingness to pay for better products that makes... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 2018
  • Article

Knowledge about Tuberculosis and Infection Prevention Behavior: A Nine City Longitudinal Study from India

By: Sophie Huddart, Thomas Bossuroy, Vincent Pons, Siddhartha Baral, Madhukar Pai and Clara Delavallade
Background
Improving patients’ tuberculosis (TB) knowledge is a salient component of TB control strategies. Patient knowledge of TB may encourage infection prevention behaviors and improve treatment adherence. The purpose of this study is to examine how... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Knowledge Dissemination; Behavior; India
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  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

usage; however, customer-to-customer communications tended to increase personal-use engagement across latent states and in both data sets. The findings suggest that firms offering digital services should pay... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

Summing Up What Isn't Off Limits When it Comes to Transparency? The discussion of this month's column on corporate transparency to employees made it clear that we have reached a point at which disclosure of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

logistical challenges. Meanwhile, McMillon took the bold step in mid-March of paying $550 million in one-time bonuses to hourly employees to reward them for keeping shelves... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health
  • 29 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business

could also examine this change through the lens of marketing.  What customer segment most values breakfast all day? Are they willing to pay a premium for this breakfast food? Or maybe this is a strategic... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

employees and the organization. A 2016 study by Princeton’s Alex Mas and Harvard University’s Amanda Pallais offers some interesting insights. They found that the average applicant to a job at a large call center was willing View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 28 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

revenue, we asked senior staff to take a 50% pay reduction until we reopen. Our CEO took a 100% pay reduction.” On the positive side of the spectrum, CEOs report that their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 08 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

revenue, we asked senior staff to take a 50% pay reduction until we reopen. Our CEO took a 100% pay reduction.” On the positive side of the spectrum, CEOs report that their... View Details
  • 23 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best," says Harvard Business School's Daniel Malter, an assistant professor... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Mar 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

actually increase job openings through better service, higher sales, and more profits. Or it's a management that is sufficiently desperate for good headlines about its hiring and employment practices that it is willing to raise View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

  • 26 Oct 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

the seller can back out at any time between the signing and the closing by paying the buyer a "breakup fee," which might compensate the buyer for out-of-pocket expenses. The seller gets the ability View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 07 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?

most of their profit from fees paid by sellers; buyers don't pay fees. So although buyers are a necessary ingredient to the deal—no buyers, no sellers—their value is more difficult View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Web Services
  • 18 Nov 2016
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job

improves job performance in the long run. Related Reading: ARTICLES Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable Leaders rarely make a lasting impact on their organizations—even the really, really good ones. Then out of the blue comes a Churchill. Is it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

Corning's investment in fiber optics. The entire history of Corning is a history of really significant investments taking a while to pay out. Another really nice example is Walmart's investments in its IT... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

can cascade into large accidents. Moreover, practices that conflate competence with toughness lead workers to ignore precautionary measures and take unnecessary risks. Thus, the costs of men's masculine striving are high, and both... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities