Five Forces - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

in-person pitch meetings has stymied an industry used to schmoozing. “Informal networking is so critical to deal flow,” Gompers says. “And of course, less time is being spent on networking because you’re not physically together.” The pandemic might also delay initial... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107061 Understanding Industry Structure Harvard Business School Note 707-493 Examines the structural determinants of industry attractiveness (the Five View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

is still thriving—while dramatically reinventing it? How do you envision a change in your current business model before a crisis forces you to abandon it? Innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan expands the leader's innovation tool kit with a... View Details

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. His multidisciplinary research, published in twenty five books and numerous articles, has dealt with the human aspects of management,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

in my retirement, or 2) It is money I put in now to pay people who are already retired. I prefer the first view ... ." There was support for forced savings programs. Bill Bittner said, "[Without one] I am afraid a large portion... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

staff to create New Path: Setting New Professional Directions. In this interview, Hart explains the program and her hopes that future sessions can be expanded. Mallory Stark: Could you give some background on how New Path originated? Myra Hart: For a period of View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

where you stand. You also need to prevent competitors from imitating your methods. A second strategy is to up the ante on a competitive level within your industry by raising your own costs in order to provide an environmental good, but also figuring out a way to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations

in a relationship where the all-powerful employer insists on a one-sided result. The results came from an experiment that simulated a second-round job interview. Some 124 undergraduates from five schools in the northeast United States... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

in productivity in the U.S. in recent years. In fact, a recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute has found that five of the top seven industries that have led productivity growth in the period of 2000 to 2003 are service industries... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

and forcing it into bankruptcy. Other unions at the airline decided not to support the strike in view of past differences they had had with the mechanics. As a result, the airline continued to operate with replacement labor. It is perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

issues facing financial institutions in the Internet age. "Banks have often been slow to adopt technology and to change what they do," she observes. "But the competition that the online banks are sparking is forcing traditional banks to... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Das Narayandas, and Dongkyu Chang Abstract— This study investigates the comprehensive and multidimensional effects of quota frequency on sales force performance. We develop a theory of salespeople’s behavior with regard to the effect of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 30

happiness-if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Money-Science-Smarter-Spending/dp/1451665067/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0/181-7319636-0911428 The Role of Organizational Scope and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

such period on record. Significant financial failures returned to the marketplace in the late 1980s with the savings and loan crisis, followed by a rash of bank failures in the early 1990s that forced the government to recapitalize the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

LaGuardia is number 15 for takeoff. I miss Air Force One!! And here's one from film director Lee Unkrich: Just in case you think all this has gone to my head, within 36 hours of winning the Oscar, I was back home plunging a clogged... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

has supply chain management become such a hot topic in recent years? Shapiro: Changes in five factors are largely responsible for the increased attention. I'll quickly list them and then talk about each. Information technology Visibility... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

officers (CEOs), we use linguistic features extracted from conferences calls and statistical learning techniques to develop a measure of CEO personality in terms of the Big Five traits: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion,... View Details