Scientific Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Aug 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

also extremely flattering to be studied. "To have a case written about us by Harvard," noted one executive at the conference, "is an added value to our brand." The process, of course, can also precipitate doubts, fears and anxieties as well. After... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

characteristics such as pollution levels, regulatory compliance, environmental management practices that affect operations (such as environmental auditing), and stakeholder engagement (such as environmental reporting). Where Rankings Go... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

04 May 2016
What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

When Should Control Over a Brand Be Ceded to the Public? The verdict is in. Our hardly scientific poll has endorsed the name of Boaty McBoatface for the new research vessel being commissioned by the UK’s National Environment Research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Press in 2000. Reinhardt evaluated current trends and tensions for managers, and outlined tactics that managers use to try to reconcile what at face value seem competing objectives: how to maximize shareholder value while at the same time... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

scientific field of trachoma control forward and now had the opportunity to "finish the job." That is, it could help to make operational its research in a way that directly improved the lives of disadvantaged people, the core... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

be seen from two angles—those supplying information and those demanding it. Who exactly are the players on the demand versus the supply side? A: The supply side includes management and those associated with reviewing and attesting to... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Leadership and Organizational Behavior. The key developments include the original teaching of scientific management by Frederick W. Taylor; the change in perspective from Taylorism to the Human Relations... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

$10 behind health care, there's a problem." Dr. Pride Chigwedere, an Oak Foundation Research Fellow at the Harvard AIDS Institute who worked as a physician in Zimbabwe, said the policy issues begin with difficulties designing prevention and treatment strategies... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

over 33 million reviews for local businesses, with some sporting more than 1,000 reviews each. How, then, does a consumer make sense of the spate of opinions, many of which contradict each other? New research suggests a scientific way to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

If customers were unhappy, they reasoned, the product should be changed. Militant demands displaced an environment of mutual respect and shared learning. Needless to say, the practice of telling students they were customers was quickly stopped. View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

able to solve these problems, it's many of the people in this room." Much of the conference comprised presentations of scientifically rigorous research papers that provided clear implications for leaders and organizations. Topics... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial and Service Management and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

environmental preservation organizations. NIMBYism—the "Not in My Backyard" syndrome—has fed an undercurrent of negative sentiment, too. Vietor explains in the case how Gordon, to buttress his proposal and allay fears and concerns, has spent at least $30 million on... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

for hundreds of years, according to the latest scientific understanding. The US, EU, and Japan are watching while the smoke swirls. They are rich enough to keep their CO2 emissions relatively flat, but China's CO2 emissions are soaring to... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

revenue for their companies. "For many firms, it's possible to act sustainably and make money at the same time," says Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University who has a joint appointment in the General View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized science labs that put few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

Boston has always been fueled by an Enlightenment belief in scientific progress and human perfectibility. It is home to America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and college, Harvard College (1636). After the American... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details