Channels Of Distribution - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

the security bulletin? Because there was a problem in the distribution process. Toyota has found that the answers to the final questions almost always have to do with inadequacies in the design of a process,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

to do with those who are in charge of marketing communications. As a result, the various channels of communication are out of alignment, and the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

HBS professor emeritus George C. Lodge's idea of a World Development Corporation has been percolating for years—he wrote a seminal article on the proposal in Foreign Affairs in 2002 (reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge). The WDC would be a... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

everywhere, and distributed computing. Think how these are starting to apply, for instance, in mass transit. The old model is a centralized bus and light rail system, serving fixed routes at high cost, with little adaptation to schedule... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

we've always tried to do and should do. It's also trying to deal with a corporate tax that's out of whack with the rest of the world. Then finally, it appears to be trying to address some View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

(iStockphoto/Sanja Radin) Increasingly, I hear and read about questions such as: Why are my best tech people leaving our great company to work on something called crypto and Web3? What are the strategic implications for my organization of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

for PPP eligibility). The survey was distributed on June 20 to Alignable’s US-based members and responses were collected through June 27. Many business owners answering the survey prioritized providing health insurance for their employees... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

agreements through manufacturers, wholesale and retail distribution channels, content providers, ISPs, and alliance partners abroad—and ultimately sold his young but thriving business to Microsoft for $425 million. The Logic View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

Talk of the recent financial crisis often falls into a simplistic narrative of villainous banks, marketing toxic financial products to innocent customers who did not understand their risks. Among the storied... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

and make decisions based on assumptions about the future. The problem: Most of these prophecies about what is to come are basically straight-line extrapolations of a few weeks View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

12 May 2015
Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

information. They then distributed a set of three project successes and three failures to a group of individuals that had previously judged for organizations like the NEA and... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

if not the competence, of the workers in that facility. Are such efforts appropriate, even in situations in which disclosure can exacerbate the very problem for which a solution is sought? When should the takeover happen: (1) immediately,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

contributed 50 percent to 70 percent of distributions in the industry in the past ten to fifteen years. With so much global liquidity, he added, it will become even more difficult to earn a respectable rate... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

by looking out that far. When you start with a blank page more than a decade hence, you need to analyze how the next Allahabad Kumbh Mela city will be laid out. Will all of the elements be in the same or different locations, depending on... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

background (or theirs). These are invaluable opportunities to build a connection with your team. Unstructured time is simply ensuring you’re not tied up in meetings all day and have blocks of open time to walk around the office or pop... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

other research examines the design of performance measurement systems and incentive contracts for rewarding teams and channel partners. In short, this research explores the idea that career concerns,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

Forest Reinhardt Since brewing is a marketing-driven business, finding ways to differentiate a beverage from its competition is crucial. Heineken’s chief marketing officer took a novel approach: take the complicated processes of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

is not distributed evenly; the median dollar of wealth is held by a rich person, who can afford better financial advice than the median consumer gets. I think that people are becoming increasingly aware... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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