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- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
individuals, can borrow and adapt." That belief, they maintain, will require that some companies, in their own best interests, relinquish control over brands and "be more generous" with... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
At the HBS Executive Education program Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations (BCAO), executives charged with leading and building operations and manufacturing strategies enhance their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
50 percent share of the television sets turned on at any given night in that country. The Price Of Attention Attention is becoming a scarce resource. Due to consumer behaviors such as multitasking and shorter attention spans, the View Details
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
a gas station? If that is the case, why does it tick so rapidly when we use our PC? And what does this say about the future quality of work employing information technology? Or the patience of people engaged... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
Exley and Battles, establishing safety meant preventing unethical breeders from posing as families needing to rehome their dogs. Wagaroo deals with that issue by not allowing owners in the Family2Family... View Details
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
What if the way we work could be a catalyst for solving huge problems like inequality and climate change? In the new book Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, Harvard Business School Professor Julie Battilana View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
competitors. Are there limits to boundaryless behavior? If carried too far, can it result in loss of control over the quality of goods and services delivered by the supply chain? Can reliance on others for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
rental charge and a charge for the remote. Do partitioned prices help the consumer make an informed decision or just add to his or her confusion? Do partitioned prices increase demand? Is an online grocer better off presenting a customer... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
Olmsted Teisberg. Key Learnings 1. The U.S. health care system is a paradox in that it has competition yet fails to deliver improving value. Competition has been shown to be an incredibly powerful force in driving increased quality View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
sometimes die. AI, AVs, and saving lives With less emotion behind the wheel, Musk and Tesla argue that automation could address real-world safety problems. As the case... View Details
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
experimentation will improve performance over time. However, the benefits of experimentation vary. Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics Which managerial skills, traits, View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets
define corporate transparency as the quantity and quality of information a company provides its various constituents including shareholders and other capital providers,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
Gaurav Goel: "Analytics is a powerful weapon but we need prudent processes for data capture that ensure a consistent quality of data." The tone of responses suggested that there was little question that the analytics of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." Throughout a distinguished career that has included often-overlapping leadership roles in business, teaching, public service, View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
A recent study by HBS assistant professor Jordan Siegel tests whether foreign firms can leapfrog their countries' weak legal institutions by listing equities in New York and voluntarily abiding by U.S. securities law. The study, which... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
2017, well before the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work. “Two individuals have the same job and are doing the exact same kind of work. The only thing that changed is the temporal distance.” First, the team explored how being in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
level. While the wineries may not like these changes, and the small retail shops may find the competition daunting, many consumers seem to be benefiting from these changes. After all, they can purchase View Details
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
quality targets." "We assume that when we can see something, we understand it better," Bernstein says. "In this particular environment, and perhaps many others, what managers were seeing... View Details