Rents From New Technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806153 L. Londell McMillan 805-084 On the plane back to New York City, L. Londell McMillan focused on the music on his headphones, the latest offering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

Competition keeps you hungry. It forces you to continually find new and more cost-effective solutions to business problems. Although there's nothing new in this insight, recent research suggests some... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

today's managers need to harness technological advances, manage and lead a dispersed and diverse workforce, anticipate and react to constant competitive and geopolitical change and uncertainty, compete on a global scale, and operate in a... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

largely from Mexican readers—not surprising in view of the central role that Vicente Fox, the president-elect of Mexico, is expected to play in upcoming discussions of NAFTA 2.0. There was little argument among respondents about the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

Editor's note: As traditional hierarchical organizations flatten, new ways of thinking about internal communications must be developed—news no longer flows just from top to bottom. In Talk, Inc.: How Trusted... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

the technology brands such as Intel or Microsoft, which are likely to escape the new mood. The second group is the cultural icons such as Coca-Cola, Disney, Marlboro, and McDonald's. These brands depend on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

platform might be too good to be true. The company was crowdsourcing creative work, inviting people to both pitch ideas and create marketing videos — and promising to pay anywhere from a few hundred for the best concepts to several... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

transistor — emanated from groups of people with complementary skills," say the authors. Furthermore, they argue, creativity doesn't have to come in visionary leaps. Incremental steps count, too, and figuring out how to implement a... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

28 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

practices in management education. "Overall, we were delighted to see the impact that PCMPCL is having in the area and on these leading schools of business," Wheelwright says. Report: Q: What general advice would you give our readers who either do business in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

local managers’ recognition that a cardiac pacemaker from the US was simply too expensive. They imagined how far cheaper technology could accomplish the task. That was the basis for a decision to invest in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

joint venture between three television broadcasters, perhaps signal that other industries have learned from the music industry. Q: What are you working on now? A: I am working on a number of research projects that look at the impact of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

of two new products from Pepsico, Doritos Blaze snacks and Mountain Dew Ice soda. Each had an attention-getting star—Peter Dinklage of “Game of Thrones” fame and Morgan Freeman, respectively. Each had... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

much of our attention on material consumption. More recently, Benjamin Barber, in his 2007 book Consumed, claims that marketing is "sucking up the air from every other domain to sustain the sector devoted to consumption." He is... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. She is the author of Fintech, Small Business & The American Dream: How Technology is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 May 2012
What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

ability to learn from "repeated failure" (Shadreck Saili), "a quest for integrity" (Adriano Pianesi), a combination of ego control and "ambition for the institution" (Bruno Coelho), communicating "where... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

number of additional analyses we conducted confirm that our findings are most likely driven by changes in individuals’ opportunity costs of starting new ventures as a result of worsening labor market conditions and not by changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

new achievement are further escalated by the glamorized treatment they receive in today's media-centric world. The elements of celebrity—spectacle, "bests," charisma, and any form of novelty from... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

advice to businesses using affiliate marketing programs. His new working paper, written with Wesley Brandi, is titled Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing. The paper offers ways to help companies make better choices... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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