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- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility—the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them—on customer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
transformed life and work in the second half of the twentieth century. I chronicle the evolution of the new high-tech industries from their beginnings by the first-movers until the end of the twentieth century. I do this by focusing on... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Home Grown
on the planet. So we kind of use that for our own purposes, for sure. There is a transaction model because we have creators bringing their entertainment and their art on the lock screen. And they’re also selling on the lock [00:08:00] screen, you know, it’s a View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
office-but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
several rare genetic diseases. Early efforts were not wholly successful, but mRNA experiments had one consistent result: They triggered an immune response. Bancel, who joined the firm in 2011, and his partners saw opportunity in the... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
Center at the University of Michigan. I could help the company with their surveys, and at the same time they wanted to understand the experiences of the first women that were entering the salesforce. I got to talk to a lot of people,... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
extensions are discussed, including retail settings where firms carry multiple product categories, shipping and handling costs, and the role of store assistance in impacting consumer perceived benefits. The Short Life of Online Sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
experience suggests it may take several years. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-020.pdf Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: How Perturbation Sustains Exploration in Mature Organizations Authors:David James... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
increasing savings, reduce gas consumption) but does not want to make them. This intrasubjective tension between "multiple selves" has been referred to as a "want/should" conflict. In four experiments we show that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
challenges developing in the world. It was clear we needed to act. Our work has included articulating the values we think are central to leadership and learning—integrity, respect for other people, and personal accountability—and making them visible in our community... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
deep appreciation for education, one that took Ryan through his studies at Wayne State University and into the PhD program in engineering at Cornell. It was a path that ensured a secure future, but Ryan didn’t love the work. Rather than face a View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
the return of the Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) course after a two-year absence. In addition, the MBA program graduated the first class of students from the MS/MBA Biotechnology: View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
no market differentiation, no tailored, in-depth experience into China. So I thought, well, no one could access China better than I could, in a way, because I speak the language, I grew up there, and I could appreciate the Chinese culture... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
Organizations By: Lee, Julia J., and Francesca Gino Abstract—Competition for resources, recognition, and favorable outcomes are all facts of life in professional settings. When one falls short in comparison to colleagues or subordinates,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
experience in the for-profit sector? Mario Morino: My background was in the IT industry, working in systems management, which is fundamentally about tracking the performance and integrity of large computing platforms. What I experienced... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
a few male workers protested: Women worked in packaging, men in production. But why? Viana asked. That is how it had always been. “Maybe because I don’t have experience in the food industry, I’m thinking differently,” Viana says. When... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
direct lesson about economic policy from that period for a couple of reasons. For one thing, as the country has grown richer and our capacity to deal with some of these problems has increased, our tolerance for loss of life is lower—as it... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
being only one of three retailers to outperform Wal-Mart in both revenue and profit growth in that time. Life in a Dollar General store paints a vivid picture of the roots and historical focus of the company. Opportunistic buying has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace