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12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

that once that need is accepted, and management commits to supporting the improvement effort and applying continual pressure, it will happen. We point out that while managers obviously need to accept the importance of internalizing the desire to improve, and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
News

Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

pandemic-related business shock is permanent versus temporary? For example, has the world moved to more of a takeout culture instead of one that eats in restaurants? Will fewer people travel? You have to always be careful when you’re... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

HBS faculty members with various perspectives on the issue provide some insights on these questions. A Sense of Purpose "I see the movement to incorporate more of a spiritual feeling in business as a reflection of people's age-old need to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

arrangement and a commitment contract that made the $30 payment conditional on both attending the provider visit and meeting an ART adherence threshold. Third, the passive control arm received routine care... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

lines that matched needs and trip-drivers with impulses and wants within their stores. If shoppers can get their primary purchases online, brick-and-mortar retailers can't sell them the rest. For example, if customers cease buying their... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

Hildreth. “We provided evidence suggesting loyalty can be a good thing, but there is a big caveat, which is beware when you tell people what their loyalty demands because that can have a strong blinding aspect to it.” In the case of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

community resource because it nourished the livestock that provided a foundation for the local agricultural economy. If the commons fell into disrepair—either through overuse or neglect—everyone suffered. Although taking View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

(2) Review prior research on behavioral decision making to identify ideas that may be relevant to the domain of psychological influence; (3) Provide a series of examples of how behavioral decision research can be leveraged to create... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

complex problem that was poorly conceived, inadequately reviewed, discriminatory, counterproductive, and fundamentally anti-American. Why do I say lazy? The ostensible purpose of the executive order is to provide “extreme vetting” for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

29 Apr 2025
News

Challenge Accepted

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

by using my "apples and barrel" metaphor. We have seen many attempts to explain what happened, and they fall into two broad classes. One puts primary responsibility on a few bad apples and sees the solution as catching them,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

a January 2, 2004, article in the Wall Street Journal, large corporations are increasingly unwilling to pay for expensive upgrades to software programs. This indicates that software providers are overserving increasing swaths of the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

Teresa Amabile argues that average folks deserve careful investigation, especially in the age of user innovation and crowdsourced problem-solving, when big ideas routinely come from the masses. The article appears in a forthcoming issue... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

Minds Matter provides two volunteer mentors, two summer academic experiences at colleges and abroad, SAT prep, and an extra day of “school” every Saturday. “Our students have talents and gifts,” Huebner notes, “but often need extra... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

three HBS faculty members with various perspectives on the issue provide some insights on these questions. A Sense Of Purpose "I see the movement to incorporate more of a spiritual feeling in business as a reflection of people's... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

Winshel (MBA 1985) Managing Director, Global Head of Social Impact, BlackRock An MBA from Harvard is a powerful, gender-neutral door opener. I went to HBS for credibility in the social sector, and it’s provided an outsized credential for... View Details

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

should be a blessing in negotiation, of course. But picking the best possible deal takes careful planning. The set of techniques outlined here will put you on the right path. Beyond Batnas According to basic negotiation theory, Jim's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

01 Dec 2020
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

Bertini (DBA 2006) and Oded Koenigsberg The MIT Press Would you rather pay for health care or for better health? For school or education? For groceries or nutrition? A car or transportation? A theater performance or entertainment? In The... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

What is welcome and all too rare? Leaders who care about building great institutions, not just profits. What sets these leaders apart in their practice and outlook? Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition:... View Details