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- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
Governmental, academic, and cultural differences are hurting Europe's chances of creating more competitive pharmaceutical and biotech industries—and not much hope is on the horizon, according to a panel of experts at the 2003 HBS European... View Details
- 03 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
Photo by iStock Investors in global equity markets have traditionally hedged their bets, casting their investments far and wide across the world. That way, if the market in one country or region stagnated (think Japan in the 1990s or... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
Internet music piracy not only doesn't hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. Those were the counterintuitive findings released in March by Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and his... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
investment, and how do corporations keep their bearings in a bureaucratic maze of regulations? Does the promise of payoff exceed the challenges of doing business in countries that are in the midst of reform? Those questions were considered View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
Professor Mukti Khaire's challenge to management students is lofty, even by Harvard MBA standards. Don't just change the way people live, change the way they think. Change culture. In her new elective course, Creative High-Impact... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
are not unequivocally a club that one should strive to join," writes Werker in his April 2013 working paper, Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences, published by the International Growth Centre at the London School of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 08 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?
components of traditional newspaper companies—print subscription, print advertising, digital subscription, and digital advertising—finds that for companies with high circulations and large amounts of exclusive content, paywalls can increase overall sales, often View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
small-business owners trying to survive. Strict safety protocols haven’t been enough to get customers through the door for some small businesses, and many owners—crushed by inventory and overhead costs—are grappling with hard choices.... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
speculation—and then, hopefully, sell it? “One of the top questions screenwriters talk about in their online communities is whether to pitch or to spec,” says Luo. In her paper published by Management Science, When to Sell Your Idea:... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
are often shaped more by the political climate than by the actual climate. "The issue has become totally intertwined with political ideology," says Richard H.K. Vietor, the Paul Whiton Chertington Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
banks. The ideas are reflected in remarks by managers, whether or not the actual terms are used. In many respects, they have become generic, which I suppose is the ultimate mark of usefulness. In all fairness, they are the product of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
the firm's people was the most fulfilling of all. You need to know how to work with people, and that skill is largely experiential and driven by personality.—Kevin McCall Peter Palandjian (HBS MBA '93), chairman and CEO of... View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
by our unconscious mind” Both decision-making methods have strengths and weaknesses, says Harvard Business School postdoctoral fellow Maarten Bos. Our conscious mind is pretty good at following rules, but our unconscious mind—our ability... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
says Groceries $88, Delivery $8? In a recent working paper titled "The Framing Effect of Price Format," HBS Associate Professor Luc Wathieu and coauthor Marco Bertini of the London Business School attempt to understand the consumer... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
day." Greg Lipstein, an MBA student at HBS who is also co-founder of DrivenData, agreed during a summit session called "Innovating With the Crowd" that it's important to maintain a healthy dialogue with the community to build credibility... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
less and less innovative." “Success is a powerful thing It tends to make companies stupid" Scott Cook, Intuit Avoiding innovation stagnation is the reason that Cook believes established companies need a lean start-up model—maybe even more than start-ups do.... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood about the area's development was... View Details
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
cubicles—is often treated as an afterthought at immature IT organizations, says HBS professor Robert Austin. Yet this attitude is unwise, because the sooner bugs are caught, the easier and cheaper they are to correct. But who is best... View Details