TIPS - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

You've held your own while negotiating dozens of successful deals. Even so, you want to take your game to the next level. What's the next step? There are plenty of guides that offer tips on negotiation strategies. As useful as these are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

tipping point may be reached where the jokes progress to someone making highly inappropriate comments about how a woman is dressed, or to leering at or inappropriately touching a woman, behavior that clearly crosses the line. And just... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

are doing creative things or learned from mistakes and are willing to share tips and tricks to avoid pitfalls as you scale. While it may make you feel vulnerable, asking your investors for guidance around your own personal development... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

at HBS. Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Steven L. Manchel is a Boston-area attorney and author of I Hereby Resign. [Image: iStockphoto/chaiyon021] What do companies need to do to retain... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

29 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

people who work in this field, and they develop such knowledge of these companies that they start to get a sense of something that's not right and then they follow up. In over a third of these situations it appears that the press did the legwork, whether through... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

his latest collection available to the broader entrepreneur community. Divided into 13 areas of focus, the book's contributors explore the metrics you need to run your startup, discuss lean prototyping techniques for hardware, identify costly outsourcing mistakes,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 28

When the firm operates above this threshold, managing earnings smoothes revenue and cash flow with few long-term consequences. Below it, managing earnings can tip the firm into a vicious cycle of accelerating decline. Our results have... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

high commitment and broad responsibilities, the leadership intended to provide a level of client service that would justify premium rates. However, the system is not working. Issues include: tips are lower than expected, reducing expected... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

strengths and limitations of this method, and address two misconceptions about ABMs: reductionism and “you get out what you put in.” We also offer maxims for good and bad ABMs, give practical tips for beginner modelers, and include a list... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

business models. This tumultuous 25-year history might provide Blackley and his colleagues with some useful tips on how best to enter the market. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707501... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

property and casualty insurance business. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209004 The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (A) Harvard Business School... View Details