landscape - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

record was relatively easy. The major labels used to own plants to ensure they had enough product to keep record store bins stocked. What does the landscape look like today? Kelleher: In North America, I estimate there are probably 20... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Music

28 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

liability standards, requiring plaintiffs such as institutional investors to prove that auditors knew, or should have known, their clients’ financial statements contained errors. In both decisions, Rule 10b-5 lost its bite. Investors are at a disadvantage. The Changing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

Academy, on Job-Hopping Toward Equity, published recently in the MIT Sloan Management Review. A changing labor landscape The difference in pay that comes from job-hopping only helps to shrink—not eliminate—a longstanding gender pay gap,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

degree, would help IT professionals boost salaries both in the top competitive areas and outside them needs further study, Greenstein says. Another factor to be studied is already starting to reshape the wage landscape for IT workers:... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

commutes on drivers’ work and personal lives. The work-from-anywhere world is changing the landscape of the American commute, as are potential advances in technology that could make cars smarter. The researchers sought to determine both... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

debilitating. In a series of experiments, Brooks has more fully examined the landscape of the anxious mind, looking at how it impedes performance in everything from business negotiations to karaoke singing, as well as some surprising ways... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

Thomas Friedman, author of "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century", opines that a number of events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the rise of the Internet have flattened the competitive View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

the 2018-19 shutdown) organizations. Some firms with seasonal business, such as landscaping companies, use furloughs regularly. Furloughed workers generally keep their benefits, such as health insurance, but are still eligible to file for... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

transparency,” says Cullen, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS. Meanwhile, the legal landscape has shifted in recent years toward transparency. Laws and policies that protect workers’ ability to discuss... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

e-book market. New regulations have shaken up the e-book landscape in China, intensifying competition and prompting writers to work harder, according to research by Harvard Business School Professor Feng Zhu. Book contracts that give... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

gravitas all around his work and reputation. But at the same time he was a scholar who reached a number of distinct groups of people. Yes, he established business history as important and relevant, but not just on the landscape of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

analyzes the landscape and discovers that there is substitution between care, then there is a real public policy issue that needs to be debated. Q: How are marketing strategies evolving? A: My observations are that medical tourism is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

as AOL (now AOL Time Warner) are defining the business models that are reshaping the global business landscape and redefining power.— Lynda M. Applegate The point within a value chain where maximum economies of scale and scope are created... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

environment for human purposes," Kirby said in a recent interview in his Morgan Hall office. "It is an infrastructure state for which there is no parallel, largely based on a belief that earth and landscape are to be transformed... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

equity investors (Gompers, Kaplan, and Mukharlyamov forthcoming). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51659 Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Vortex: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape By:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2015
Research Event

When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

the competitive landscape of platforms, Zhu delved into data from Amazon.com, which serves both as the biggest online retailer in the United States and as a platform on which third-party retailers can sell their wares directly to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

women. Companies should classify their CSR programs according to the ability to enhance and even transform the firm's business practices. How Do I Drive Csr Through My Organization? Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits Nonprofit boards and executives are confronted by a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

when the economy was growing and stable years following the global financial crisis at the turn of the decade, with conditions that mirrored the US small business landscape today, Kim notes. Researchers analyzed data for 3,169 small firms... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act

future. He also offers suggestions for avoiding the worst mistakes and gives advice for reviving your own company. For most companies, a big jolt in the industry landscape is a pretty rare event, Sull says. The travel industry, for... View Details