Judgment Of Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

environment where moral behavior is instilled as proper behavior rather than imposed. How moral orders are built and sustained in organizations is of particular fascination to Harvard Business School Associate Professor Michel Anteby. His... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

a broad view of the market and may be less optimistically biased than internal management, but on the other hand, they may not have the depth of knowledge to understand the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

(Ostrom, 1990). Here we extend this claim to the production of man-made artifacts. The design commons induced teachers to volunteer time and effort to communicate their practical knowledge but created... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

professor Robert Simons has been adding to that body of knowledge and practice through an extensive research agenda that has resulted in numerous books, articles, and case studies. Working View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

capturing and disseminating knowledge than had previously been the norm. For example, although NASA implemented a "lessons-learned" IT system in 1995, a 2001 survey found that only a quarter of its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

Let's face it: in most cases, the stock market knows what it's doing. With millions of people performing their homework and investing money in stocks they hope will pay off, it's hard for any one person to beat the market in a big way.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

and reach their espoused financial goals. And you can see why: strategic direction is essential for sales effectiveness, and sales knowledge of actual customer behavior is essential for ongoing strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

85 percent of consumers make a purchase after reading such online reviews. But in the world of doctors, nothing compares in assisting consumers to make decisions that are arguably more involved emotionally... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?

say Ebehi Iyoha and Jaya Wen, assistant professors at Harvard Business School. By one broad measure of products, about 16 percent of US exports from Vietnam—or $15.5 billion—were estimated to be rerouted... View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua; Manufacturing; Shipping

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

(Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Many elite companies already use their building’s efficiency or grandeur to send a signal to customers and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

February 2021
Case

Digital Manufacturing at Amgen

By: Shane Greenstein, Kyle R. Myers and Sarah Mehta

This case discusses efforts made by biotechnology (biotech) company Amgen to introduce digital technologies into its manufacturing processes. Doing so is complicated by the fact that the process for manufacturing biologics—or therapeutics made from living cells—is... View Details

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22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

credit market dynamics—and investor behavior. HBS Working Knowledge spoke with Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, about the role markets may play in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: Can "lean" productions methods improve service industries? How can a... View Details

26 Sep 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: How can I negotiate more skillfully and confidently? How can I negotiate in... View Details

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

form a holistic judgment of the Apple experience. Q: A paradox you mention with partitioned prices is that while consumers are presented with more information on which to make a purchase decision, they... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

planning by judgments about the fit between creative strategy and different types of media. Not surprisingly, we found price sensitivity to be relatively weak at this stage." The second step, however,... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

In an email interview, Harvard Business School professor James Austin spoke with HBS Working Knowledge managing editor Carla Tishler about his work on collaboration and his ongoing research.Tishler: You talk about companies transitioning... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

decade. Ten years ago our knowledge of the history of business was heavily concentrated on the cases of the United States, Japan, Britain,... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

life sciences. The initiative was started in 1997 at the behest of Dean Kim Clark. We asked professor Gary P. Pisano, who heads up the initiative, to give HBS Working Knowledge a peek into the work being... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

the next—take their findings with them, providing the wherewithal for startups to hit the ground running. Finally, he said, knowledge in fields such as IT is no longer primarily within the bailiwick of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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