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  • 02 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable

“easy to document” violations compared to more complicated financial misconduct, Heese says. “An accounting fraud or a tax fraud, which we would classify as a financial violation, is maybe more difficult for citizens on social media to... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Technology
  • October 2013
  • Article

Corporate Venturing

By: Josh Lerner
For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention
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Lerner, Josh. "Corporate Venturing." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 86–94.
  • 12 Apr 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

tendency to save the worst for last was another factor: When a queue included both easy and difficult cases, the radiologists were more likely to avoid the first-in-first-out policy, presumably so they could get the shorter cases out of the way before tackling the more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

company can divest a subsidiary through a tax-free spin-off, management must first decide how corporate overhead will be allocated between the subsidiary and the parent. The allocation decision can be complicated by management's... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

2016 Scientists Making a Difference: One Hundred Eminent Behavioral and Brain Scientists Talk about Their Most Important Contributions The Motivation for Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Scientists Making a Difference is a fascinating collection of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters

Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Minyuan Zhao
  • 29 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Do Outlet Stores Exist?

says both about companies' selling strategy and about their customers' buying preferences. His latest research explores grocery stores—a much more complicated and competitive environment than apparel. "I want to see what happens, for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Retail
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

the problem is that people usually focus on an entrepreneurial ‘personality’ rather than identifying the unique skills and behaviors of entrepreneurs who launch and grow their own firms.” Complicating this understanding are the many types... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
  • 22 Jan 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space

Keywords: by Joseph P. Davin, Sunil Gupta & Mikołaj Jan Piskorski
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

things in a few words. General Electric's Jack Welch is a good example. He is astonishingly articulate and able to convey complicated concepts in just a few phrases." Of course, knowing your audience is also essential. "Great... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young
  • 16 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

companies to become more aware of the complicated legacy of today's business practices and the origins of some their day-to-day management practices. "I got into this because I followed my sources," Rosenthal says. "I... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

of having the council and board update each other periodically on their important objectives, having an annual joint planning session, or having a board member sit on the council or vice versa. Again, I opt for the least complicated... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

professor Meg Rithmire describes in a recent book, Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia. Complicating matters, the 80 or so existing autocracies come in all shapes and sizes, and are often described as either... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

results will help retailers work through the complicated pricing puzzle and pinpoint the best fit for their businesses. In deciding whether to self-match, companies should start by determining whether their competitors are already doing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

benchmark somebody's performance for pay? If the benchmark keeps changing, it complicates several things. So there’s a simple advantage that comes from using standard frameworks. Awada: I take a much more practical view. In the last five... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

we now see an industry back on its heels, massively disrupted by an external force so unprecedented it is almost unfathomable. The severity of this business interruption will continue to endure and be further complicated by the mandate of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

complicated them: Cost-cutting and remote work mean that both the acquisition and bonding drives are harder to meet via traditional means such as raises and team outings. Uncertainty around the pandemic itself, and its effect on... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 14 Dec 2007
  • Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

profitable customers) to extract maximum scale economies in procurement, manufacturing, and distribution. 4. If you aren't the low cost producer, complicate your pricing structures so customers can't easily make side-by-side comparisons,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 11 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

are many cases when what needs to be done is pretty clear, and with a little work and some assertion of authority you can say, "This needs to be done." My book tends to focus on cases where somebody is really pulled in different directions. You refer to the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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