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02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

collaboration with Harvard Business School's Educational Technology Group. McGovern will be using the product in the Advanced Management Program "Managing for Senior Executives" program in June. The program has been made... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

users out of luck. Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner and his colleagues are studying how SSOs balance the interests of users against the interest of sponsors to gain widespread acceptance of new... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

three-part interview with Harvard Business School Marketing professors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss who is winning this revolution and which brands appear to be losing ground. Sean... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

more vehicles than they can sell and—unable to make money from new cars—turn to service and trade-ins to eke out margins. And at the bottom of the chain are customers trapped in high-pressure negotiations for a car that isn't the exact model they want. That's the grim... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

product's projected launch date next year). Will the Apple Watch reinvent wearables the way the iPhone did smartphones? What do those inside the watch industry think of it? For answers, we turned to Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2513490 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 615-023 Teaming at Disney Animation Jonathan Geibel, Director of Systems at Walt Disney Animation Studios, walked... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

(Image credit: Harvard Business School) Some years ago at Harvard Business School, on classroom and office walls we posted a motto: “We all teach, we all learn, for life.” It was intended for faculty as well... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

Harvard Business School on consumer-driven health care to discuss the topic. The conference was attended by CEOs and other leading thinkers. I have published and lectured on the topic since then. The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

School of Public Health and director of the Healthy Buildings program there. John Macomber is a senior lecturer in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses in real estate and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

of us to navigate the coronavirus crisis by conveying to employees, colleagues, friends, and family that “I’m here for you.” About the Authors Howard Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus of Harvard Business School. Eugene B. Kogan... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

space, or who are just smart business people that want to be part of a growing industry.” Related Reading: Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX) Leadership Lessons From Outer Space Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science This article... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

continue as the concentrated detergents were introduced across North America? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/613045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-119 Early Career LBOs Using the Search... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

21 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

Enron case should not be taken as a one-off judgment by a business school professor. Many years ago, at the dedication of the Harvard Business School campus on June 24, 1927,... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

12 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them

from the industry having trials that better represent the patient base.” “Pharmaceutical companies could benefit from the industry having trials that better represent the patient base,” says Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Pharmaceutical; Health

11 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

To improve any business, managers need to understand how much it costs to produce a profitable product. It seems a simple task, but the process of securing and analyzing the data can be incredibly complex and organizationally taxing. In Time-Driven Activity-Based... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

"Deep smarts," as Harvard Business School professor emerita Dorothy Leonard and collaborator Walter Swap see the term, is the intuition, judgement, and knowledge, both explicit and tacit, that is... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "In an organization, all the employees already have some of this, in varying degrees." “Altruistic capital is the idea that every individual has... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

problem lies not with the people who serve on boards, but rather the structure of boards themselves, argue Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch and consultant Colin B. Carter. In Back to the Drawing... View Details