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- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
to 67.5% of standard. Customers who observed employees engaged in labor perceived greater effort, appreciated that effort, and valued the service more. Employees who observed customers felt more appreciated and, in turn, were more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50191 Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study By: Exley, Christine L., and Stephen J. Terry Abstract—Volunteers provide a large source of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
Management Review The Real Lessons From Kodak's Decline By: Shih, Willy C. Abstract—Eastman Kodak is often mischaracterized as a company whose managers didn't recognize soon enough that digital technology would decimate its traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
credit cards to the cost of a cheeseburger. Net Profit: How to Succeed in Digital Business by David Soskin (MBA ’79) (Wiley) Soskin, the former CEO of Cheapflights Media and current chairman of mySupermarket.co.uk, has solved the problems... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
money searching for the next blockbuster, why superstars are paid unimaginable sums, and how digital technologies are transforming the entertainment landscape. Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future by Boris Groysberg and Paul M.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
analytics, and digital impact.] "You also learn how to think and communicate," Howe says. "So much about business leadership is problem solving. You have to take something really complex and break it down into separate, solvable... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
The customer rewards cards that clutter wallets and clog key chains of many a shopper may soon be no more, as retailers move from physical to digital (read: mobile apps) forms of loyalty program member identification. It's a smart... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
Bryan Mezue (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Taylor Thompson (MBA 2013, Forum for Growth and Innovation), Alexis Lefort (HBS Forum for Growth and Innovation), Colin Maclay (HBS Digital Initiative), Emily Snyder (HBS Staff),... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
Oliver Ewald said his firm, Audax Group, has recently made deals on corporate carve-outs that include a digital x-ray manufacturer based in Switzerland and a cryogenic equipment manufacturer in the Czech Republic. As the European... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
for example? Are they talking about labor practices? Are they talking about cost? What are the issues on their minds? You can even use that minute-by-minute information to create a dynamic map. The caveat is that you might get a biased... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
of the company. The good news is that this is a problem that can be fixed. In Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, I demonstrate how firms that develop a shared pro-social purpose—and that embed it throughout the firm in empowered, high-commitment View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating on Yelp) but has no discernible impact for a 5-star restaurant (on a 1 to 5 star scale). Our analysis also highlights how digital data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
influence from those valued for non-social reasons. The Effects of a Central Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices Authors:Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth Publication:In Studies of Labor Market Intermediation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
long-term innovation output rather than for private benefits. Code Contingencies: Designing Monitoring Regimes to Promote Improvement in Supply Chain Working Conditions By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Worker rights advocates seeking... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
grasping the revolutionary potential of the new digital medium. As a result, corporations have failed to adapt to the true nature of their markets in the twenty-first century. Organizational change programs, visionary leadership, or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
latecomers, as we build a technological infrastructure, it will be the newest and most advanced," Sicupira explains. "That has happened in Brazil with our digital cable installation, which surpasses the analog cable that is the core of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
Image by Lincoln Agnew Image by Lincoln Agnew The facts of the ever-widening tech labor shortage are increasingly difficult to ignore: As many as 9 million tech jobs sit vacant across the United States, Europe, and China, says Przemyslaw... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
in 2015, Sounouvou had recently launched Exportunity, a secure digital marketplace that connects African suppliers with buyers around the world. Through the company’s platform, farmers in Benin can sell their produce to a manufacturer in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
participation to improve labor standards in global supply chains. Yet little is known about whether these structures are associated with improved working conditions, especially in organizations in which they compete with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
loves. The Disruptors' Feast: How to Avoid Being Devoured in Today's Rapidly Changing Global Economy by Frits van Paasschen (MBA 1988) (The Disruptors' Feast) Virtually everything about the way people live and do business is changing faster than ever before. View Details