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- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
In light of the outset of the war on terrorism, how does this affect what has been called the war for talent? A book by the same name 1 has recently characterized this as an "endless journey" to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business
things in the manner that is widely accepted and to adhering to industry norms and culture. What Legal Mistakes Should I Watch Out For In Starting A New Company? Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs The life View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
role that savings may play in a person’s decision to return to work, for instance. “It raises the question: What are the other things that are holding people back from employment?” Kluender says. “We're working on a number View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
highest. The course orientation fits with popular conceptions of the world of small business, offering visions of highly energized individuals passionate about doing their own... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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. These included issues View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Below, excerpts from an interview. Lagace: What is an example of an experiment you've conducted that looks at differences in how women and men negotiate? McGinn: One of the interesting first pieces View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
little value. We have a sample of firms that do hire translators, and the things that get lost in translation are actually greater. What is important is having someone who can translate but who also... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
example, the city of Cambridge has height restrictions on what people can build. Even when there’s clearly more than enough demand, developers aren’t allowed to build up. The same thing is happening in... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
explanations for the phenomenon and its success or failure. These included such things as the nature of the industry or product, the way such goals are implemented, and the size View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
and jerk of your carry-on up to the overhead. An inelegant flop into the middle seat completes the journey—until the passenger in front shoves her seat back, removing your kneecaps. But new research shows that—in addition to these... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment, released in May. The pair used a consumer durable goods business in India as a real-world laboratory for the research. "Running this kind of experiment is not the easiest View Details
- 20 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting
decipher from public filings. Their proposal, which will likely meet fierce opposition from accountants, lawyers, and managers, is a laudable first step in restoring sanity to U.S. corporate profit reporting. When the corporate tax was introduced, making the reporting... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
Increased financial disclosure standards on such issues as executive compensation should provide more useful information for investors, policy makers, and regulators. But do the companies themselves benefit? What researchers are now discovering is that increasing... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
politicians and the voters who elected them—fostering greater employment, say. SEC enforcement actions can be costly for companies, about a third of which go out of business after being targeted. Heese... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
the cost of investment in developing countries by at least 20 percent. And yet, companies are mostly silent on the subject. "The thing that struck me is how little information there is on corruption because... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
When Apple introduced the iPod, it had a simple but compelling tag line for music fans: "1,000 thousand songs in your pocket." The company sold 300 million of them. On the eve of debuting its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
manage Internet services. Seek external licenses. Through external licensing, projects that aren't being used internally might unlock additional revenues on the outside. Procter & Gamble follows this path as part View Details
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
Lean start-up strategies aren't just for start-ups anymore. That was the key message that Intuit cofounder Scott Cook (HBS MBA '76) shared in a small seminar with Harvard Business School faculty recently. Since its launch in 1983, the financial software company has... View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before
taking breaks help or hinder getting things done? The researchers also address questions you've likely never considered, such as how weather affects productivity and why collaboration may make you less able to solve problems. Hiding From... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
been watching the show long enough to notice a pattern in the self-doubt: The women tend to fret when they see the supposed man of their dreams bonding with women who are dissimilar to themselves. “One thing... View Details