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- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
strategies adopted to date. What we are experiencing in California and elsewhere may be a massive "on-the-job training" exercise that will lead to better-informed efforts to implement deregulation in the future. What do you... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
business strategy 101 for most entrepreneurs, so why have so many mobile money service offerings failed? It’s a question being studied by Rajiv Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. “You would think... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
Business Administration at HBS, called luxury goods "a changing space, a space with extraordinary zip and excitement…Things are kicking along vigorously." "Simultaneous with that, there's all kinds of change," Koehn said, noting "the... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
not just relying on the printed word—why can we not do research by referring to video, sound, and the like? There is so much mathematics devoted today to extraction of quantitative data from all sorts of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
Restoring American Competitiveness, which lays out their views in detail. Despite their dire analysis, Pisano and Shih remain cautiously optimistic that the United States can regain its competitive footing. Roger Thompson: When it comes to manufacturing, View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
interviews, I walked away deeply impressed by the managerial capacity in emerging markets. The domestic firms are very, very capable. Yes, they operate under particular constraints—we do not see the many... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
premiere of the documentary Freakonomics, however, by far the most typical ticket price paid was a penny. "It got me thinking, why are these situations so different," says Santana. Borrowing from social psychology literature,... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
What are the first things you should do in your new post? In this e-mail Q&A, Michael Watkins offers strategies that he researched while preparing his new book, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Why do we pay more for an orange with a Sunkist sticker?... View Details
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
research had not, it's not our idea, it is Emerson's original idea. Q: I thought that the methodology that you used was interesting. We wondered why you chose a job interview negotiation to test the hypotheses. A: We have found in lots of research that if you're going... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
from a high-end watchmaker that will do just one thing—tell time—but do it in style. "Features…don't always get you there," Tyneski said. Several panelists argued that the cell phone of today... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
retailers struggle to match supply with demand. Many e-retailers are urging consumers to “buy early” this holiday season, citing concerns about postal services and shipping. Given capacity constraints placed upon retail stores by many... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
at speeds reaching more than 2,000 miles per hour. By the time it glided to a landing two hours later the ship had won the coveted Ansari X PRIZE, a $10 million award for the first privately funded manned spacecraft to break through the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
Ahuja makes distinctions between two types of value: "primary appropriability," or a company's' ability to exploit the opportunity of an invention by turning it into a product, and "generative appropriability," a... View Details
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
aspects of developing globally competitive businesses. Much of their growth is driven by a wealth of smart, hard working, well-educated individuals. In other words, great human capital. However, they do not... View Details
- 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 "deep indicators" would be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
"and we have no experience in how to handle it. The old economy has to adapt, has to change. I think we are doing that." Stefan Muennighoff (HBS MBA '99), co-founder and CEO of GloMediX, said entrepreneurs can draw on the... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
the risks are no longer connected to individuals who possess the incentive, power and capability to take action and manage the risks." Stephen Basikoti agreed, noting that "creditors have already shown themselves incapable of making better decisions View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
"Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications," amid deals-in-the-making. (The most notable of these, Vivendi's acquisition of Canada-based Seagram, was officially announced just after the conference.) But both media chiefs were ably seconded View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
know which ventures will be the winners and losers in new nuclear’s race with fossil fuels. I do know that action-oriented private investors are fueling this race today. Governments that really need power have begun to follow the lead of... View Details