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- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to do for me?" says Solmssen,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
How Will the Case Method Have to Evolve to Meet Future Needs? Like any good case discussion, this month’s column generated thoughtful comments centered around several issues concerning whether or not the case method has become outmoded.... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish norm violators,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
because luck prevails. Piketty (1995) had shown that a similar pattern could arise from standard preferences if initial beliefs about the relative importance of effort and luck in generating income differed across the two societies, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
“Walmart is losing several hundred dollars per month in sales at least from us.” Ituk Uppoo was more concerned about inconvenience. As he said, “I give him a C. So they don’t carry ammo anymore, so what? I simply now will have to go to my... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
a dealer's back lot, it will nonetheless embody a defining moment in a global race for supremacy. Manufactured by Toyota, this is the car that will propel the Japanese company ahead of General Motors as the world's largest automaker, a... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? argues that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a new View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
profits and managerial problems in the United States between the 1950s and the 1980s. It seemed important to ascertain whether this was a problem unique to one firm, or part of a more general pattern. The upshot was a conference organised... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
a business opportunity. Walson charged two dollars a month for this service, and by the middle of 1948 had 727 customers. He and other entrepreneurs soon began setting up similar "Community Antenna Television" systems in rural... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
new research about how scheduling affects worker behavior. The potential result: Americans could avoid 19 million foodborne illnesses, nearly 51,000 hospitalizations, and billions of dollars of related medical costs. Government health... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
period that progress to trial from 1995–2014. In terms of magnitude, the increase is sizable: targeted local advertising increases by 23% (t=4.39) following the suit. Moreover, firms concentrate these strategic increases in locations where the returns on their... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.
in the twisted web of Washington fundraising and lobbying that can definitively prove dollar x bought result y. Perhaps that's why there has been such little empirical research among economists on the issue. "The whole perspective of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
history of creativity studies. Indeed, an examination of these seminal papers helps the new generation of creativity and innovation researchers to be mindful of the past and unafraid to explore it. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
components. In essence, a small number of components generate a large proportion of system costs. However, we find major differences in the potential benefits available from refactoring these systems, related to their differing designs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
also discussed. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607081 Dollar General Going Private Harvard Business School Case 108-015 Intended to improve students'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
technology-driven efforts to sway their votes, and from as far away as Russia, according to US government claims. Social media in general and Facebook specifically were the primary weapons of choice. It worked so well that spending by US... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
obvious and most important is the job-creation machine. For decades, America has been unique among large advanced countries in generating large numbers of jobs steadily over time: roughly 2 percent job growth per year [on a rolling... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
Baldwin, and Christopher L. Magee Abstract Hierarchy is a generic structure in which levels are asymmetrically ordered. In an industry setting, classic supply chains display strict hierarchy, whereas clusters of firms have linkages going... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pseudo-Set Framing By: Barasz, Kate, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace