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- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
people into a more communal relationship, they have a higher willingness to pay” According to Shelle M. Santana, an assistant professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School, I may have been influenced by communal norms.... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to selected... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
performance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-011.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBuro Happold (Abridged) Robert G. Eccles and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 412-123 In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
the students, enrolled last fall in one of three sessions of Harvard Business School's elective "Entrepreneurial Finance" course, found the possibilities intriguing. They were having fun. But then Sahlman, who was having as much... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
burnout. Amid the uncertainty, Harvard Business School faculty share some research-backed insights for leaders, people managers, and job seekers. Sandra Sucher: Tech layoffs—It doesn’t have to be this way Tesla earned a Wall Street... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
a negotiation, are likely to use opening-up improvisations. If you've hammered out the child-care schedule with your spouse for a particularly busy week, you've probably practiced an opening-up improvisation. Relational, substantive, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
communicating both the business benefits (including the risk of not changing) (and for employees) ‘what’s in it for me.’” The predominant message of respondents was that culture change is a complex process often requiring years to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much harder to accurately evaluate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
Professorship of Business Administration, "HBS alumni were directly involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital,... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
competition.t Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708477 Databank in Africa Harvard Business School Case 708-478 This case tackles issues of regional strategy and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
of doing things" and shape its international organization structure and processes. Business historian Alfred Chandler has traced the influence of the cultural values and social structures on British management practice. For reasons... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
strictly an American phenomenon. “Voter turnout has been declining in many Western democracies over the past decades,” says Vincent Pons, assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Business, Government, and the International... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Author:Laura Alfaro Publication:World Scientific Publishing Company, in press Abstract All managers face a business environment in which international and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
organization, but was far from broken. "Women's progress has really leveled off, and has been stuck for at least 10 years," says Robin J. Ely, the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
signees crash and burn when it mattered most? It's a case study in the common but misguided business practice of recruiting superstars, says Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg, author of... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
suppliers; for example, easy tasks like determining whether the supplier is a bona fide business entity, or cross-checking the supplier's street address with its phone number and tax ID number. These very obvious and easy things haven't... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com Harvard Business School Case 309-060 Now into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
Corporate cutbacks could stall R&D and hinder innovation, argues Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner. In this Q&A, Lerner looks over the state of the venture capital industry and its relationship with innovation. Cullen:... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
increased immigration would help reverse current trends. As he put it, “Those folks tend to be younger, with growing families which require furniture, food, clothing. Our ‘native’ population is aging and doesn’t earn or spend as much.” The case for View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
department stores will once again redefine themselves." David Overton, vice president and director of strategic planning and research for JC Penney, said, "Our biggest competitors are no longer the other department stores."... View Details