Research Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity, joy, trust, and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

April 2008
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The Survey of Industrial R&D—Patent Database Link Project

By: William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu

This paper details the construction of a firm-year panel dataset combining the NBER Patent Dataset with the Survey of Industrial R&D conducted by the Census Bureau and National Science Foundation. The dataset constitutes a platform that offers an unprecedented view of... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Patents; Surveys; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Performance Productivity; Projects; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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07 Oct 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers

collection of research and readings about head-on collisions between corporations and consumers, how to think through potential problems in advance, and course-correcting when the inevitable disaster occurs. A Good Place to Start... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Air Transportation

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Site Credits - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY Harvard Business School and Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Happy Monday

if it were their own company, and I think that gave us confidence out of the gate with this,” Bernard reflects. The research backs them up. “Our studies show that people who work flexibly feel a stronger sense of connection to their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

27 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way

favorite customer research call began with a pointed, "Aren't you guys killing my business? Why should I even be taking this call right now?" He's now on our advisory board. Going through the HBS Start-up Bootcamp prepared me... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

C. Peter McColough

Working at Xerox for over three decades, McColough was instrumental in leveraging the company’s unique technology and product line. His sales and marketing efforts helped to establish the company as a worldwide leader in office equipment.... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

valuation we place on products we build ourselves. The researchers discuss the implications of the IKEA Effect for marketing managers and organizations more generally. Key concepts include: Successful... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

Recently featured on the cover of Forbes with Intel chairman Andrew Grove, Associate Professor Clayton M. Christensen is the author of The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. His research on "disruptive... View Details

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

one of Doriot's former students, chose Doriot to serve as lieutenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps. The Corps was responsible for research and development of new materials and products for combat... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

The following article is the ninth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The information technology (IT) industry, for which rapid change has been a constant for decades, has reached another... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Feb 2002
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Replicating Toyota's Success

years of on-site research at Toyota and its affiliates, in 1999 Spear and HBS professor H. Kent Bowen published a Harvard Business Review article titled "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System."... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2002
News

Ads Improve Consumer Decisions

Advertising can be good for you! Sounds fishy to the average consumer, but it's implied by conclusions from research by HBS associate professor Bharat Anand and his colleague, Ron Shachar, of Tel Aviv University. The pair began by... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

01 Feb 2000
News

Short Takes

of organizations were very productively linked and in which significant value was being created, both for the collaborating nonprofits and for the businesses." A 1997 ISE research forum at the School spurred... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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From the Director | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

rapidly changing. Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl’s new research explores the business opportunities hidden among the stars, particularly in data from and through space, but also in tourism, manufacturing,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

01 Dec 2007
News

Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial

School’s lead researcher at Hawthorne, Roethlisberger, through his summaries of the research conducted there (including the bestseller Management and the Worker), ensured that Mayo’s efforts enjoyed wide... View Details

Keywords: Elton Mayo; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Telecommunications; Information

Henry P. Kendall

Kendall was instrumental in advancing the textile industry. He emphasized basic product research and the application of scientific management to all phases of manufacturing, purchasing and sales. His company... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

strategies with tangible social benefits, is gaining widespread acceptance within the business and nonprofit communities. These are some tools and emerging research topics. Shared Value Measurement An approach to shared value measurement... View Details

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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

group. . . . The technical aspects and many of the business aspects are . . . part of the every day discussions, so people are living and breathing the whole darn thing." 37 Polaroid encouraged its employees to observe both production and... View Details

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