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- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
enough, Datar and Garvin distilled more bad news from their research. "There's an escalating drumbeat of concerns from alums, from students, and from customers—the companies that recruit MBAs," Garvin explained in an interview.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
at risk? Alvarez: In the worst shape are the stores that said: I can fix that. Maybe it's not fixable—maybe 80 percent of your products are now going to be sold online or in a digital format, like books. Barnes & Noble and Staples are two View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Ostrovsky, and Schwarz. We prove that convergence occurs with probability 1, and we compute the expected time until convergence. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-056.pdf Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
with in the past. It is not as important that managers have succeeded with the problem as it is for them to have wrestled with it and developed the skills and intuition for how to meet the challenge successfully the next time around. One... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
little about why this sale surprised the auction community? Deepak Malhotra: Auctioneers are often able to predict selling prices pretty accurately. In this particular auction, actual prices were approximately seven times initial... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
arise primarily from the wave of mergers and acquisitions that continue to alter the balance of power among media firms. The Walt Disney Company, for instance, in addition to owning the American Broadcasting Company and ESPN through the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
down this job before they found someone dumb enough take it. The fact that the guy agreed to do it speaks unflattering volumes about his judgment. Yes, I realize Barton is an SMA board member. That he "knows the company"-at least as much as a bean counter can ever know... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
potential long-term consequences for a company that gets involved in international disputes? A: Absolutely. Disputes at the WTO take a long time to resolve, and managers must avoid the temptation to focus... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
him, he and his research team ended up with enough material for a three-part case. Part A opens in June 2007, when the newly appointed Carroll faced a spate of fatalities at the Rustenburg mines. (Anglo American Platinum, which runs the mine, is majority-owned by Anglo... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch
series of experiments in the HBS Computer Lab for Experimental Research. The results showed that the key to success in grabbing and holding the attention of viewers lies in evoking a carefully timed mixture of surprise and joy. (The... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
solo travelers or small groups. You step inside, press a button for your destination, the door closes, and off you go down a narrow track. Two minutes later—presto, the door opens again and you alight at your destination. You've arrived for your meeting on View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
responses interact with those of other actors, and how these individual and collective responses unfold over time to generate outcomes. Second, we call for stronger unification of theory within the entrepreneurial resource mobilization... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
values or investment decisions. In other words, financing structure does not matter. Yet much of the empirical research in the field of corporate finance over the last twenty-five years has attempted to show that financing structures do, indeed, matter. Creation of a... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
Maryland professor at the time of his death in 1998, Olson believed that big corporations and industry organizations wielded control over policy. Diffuse groups could not effect policy change because individuals within the group did not... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Adelphia the 11th largest bankruptcy case in history, and the third—after WorldCom and Enron—among those triggered by fraud. Set in 2005, when Adelphia is contemplating several options to emerge from bankruptcy, including a $17.6 billion cash-and-stock offer from View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Harvard Business Review Putting Sales at the Center of Strategy By: Cespedes, Frank Abstract—Research indicates that relatively few firms execute their strategies effectively, and, on average, companies deliver just 50% to 60% of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
messages sent to all employees. The result: Continental changed its culture, energized employees who felt, "We are all in this together," and achieved its goal within one month. The company then raised the bar on its goals year... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
Queda" (Mike Donahue). Among the many commenting on the Enron case, nearly all felt that change was warranted, but few believed that significant change would come from it. The general sense of these comments was that investors, by punishing View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett