Firm Level Data - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

people spend less time at work by empowering them to take decisions without 2- or 3- levels up approvals ." Tema Frank said that "we need to move to a system where people are compensated based on results achieved rather than... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

advertisers. Nor are they the World Cup—the quadrennial single-sport, multi-week championship of professional soccer that commands vast attention in much of the world, but limited interest in the United States. Rather, the Olympics both encompass sport at its highest... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

agent-based simulation model of network emergence. Using data on technology partnerships from 1983 to 1999 among firms in the automotive, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, microelectronics, new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

companies tend to look out for the welfare of their employees in such an effective fashion. The impact of this at the national level can be seen from the Japanese people's response to previous crises, including the earthquake in Kobe in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those that helped them succeed in the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

contact. While some businesses have boomed amid demand for videoconferencing and collaborative technology, the CEOs of other firms will likely face difficult decisions, if they haven’t already. On a personal level, CEOs faced many of the... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

firms, and furthermore, that firms that combine market orientation with alternative orientations are likely to perform even better than firms adopting only market orientation. Also, the nature of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

marketing and field service expenses. With low penetration and high capital and operating expenses, cable operators experienced significant losses in most urban systems. Hence, in 1975, the industry was not very profitable. Based on financial View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Sep 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

sets up a theoretical framework for examining today's norms. Right now in the marketplace, the lines between open science, public knowledge, and proprietary knowledge and research are becoming blurred. A lot of firms are publishing... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

productivity that counts. Don't work harder, work smarter." With a turnover ratio only a third of that in the United States, Europe has some catching up to do. The fault, however, is not with the continent's level of liquidity,... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

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

What the paper points out is the level of sophistication of this knowledge embodiment has increased dramatically, making it easy to make things that have long been very difficult or even impossible to produce otherwise. All you need is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

what we find using data from the online platform we study, but we also confirmed this result in a nationally representative survey of consumers. At the market level, we find that more stringent occupational licensing regulation actually... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

offerings that people truly want to buy, firms instead need to home in on the job the customer is trying to get done. Some jobs are little (pass the time); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). When we buy a product, we... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards—as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

27 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 27

public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits while achieving excellent educational outcomes. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813113-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

Consistent with Lerner-Tirole (2004), we find (a) a negative relationship between the extent to which an SSO is oriented to technology sponsors and the concession level required of sponsors and (b) a positive correlation between the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

outlines concrete steps that managers at all levels can take to spark positive conflict and make sure that all views get a fair hearing, and he outlines as well a fair and open process for making more effective decisions. "Keeping... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

fuel were borne by those who use them —if, in other words, we imposed a realistic price for carbon emissions that reflected our best estimates of the real cost of dumping them into the atmosphere — then I suspect we would see unprecedented View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

accountability vary by level in most organizations—in general, they are wider at the top of a company and narrower at the bottom. The CEO of McDonald's has a wide span of accountability that encompasses stock price, earnings per share,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

31 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

to assess the fairness of the division of returns. And before making assumptions about the future, "we still need to get a firm handle on just how much productivity increased before we take actions based upon assumptions of increased... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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