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- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
yet. In addition to the Blue Origin case, Weinzierl and his research associate Angela Acocella have written and taught a second case: “Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth’s Orbital Commons.” That case... View Details
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
sector has lost money during this period, new research shows. What went wrong? Professor Gary Pisano provides answers in the new book Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech, in which he argues that the very... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
thrown around range from the federal government borrowing and investing that money directly to instead providing incentives such as tax credits to encourage private industry to participate. The method and the final amount will be debated.... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
within a state with a closely contested election during an election year. In the latter case, high employment firms were 25 percent less likely to be sanctioned than those in the bottom tier. These results suggest that while the reason for preferential treatment in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
take advantage of change in fundamental ways. In a presentation to an overflow crowd of HBS alumni, Kanter discussed the characteristics of companies that thrive with change and those that are swamped by it. She illustrated the talk with View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
benefits for his own research as well. "AMP participants are the perfect audience—they will really tell me when I'm on the money or when something is not quite right. I need that feedback from them." Participants have also... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
gravely ill, HBS professor Clayton Christensen finds its prognosis encouraging. These symptoms, he says, merely reflect inefficient delivery systems that market forces have already begun to reshape. Christensen's optimistic outlook stems from his extensive View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Schlesinger I have just begun Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case and Nobel Prize-winner Angus Deaton. This book represents a well- crafted effort of social science research applied... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
that people make in their everyday lives—from choosing yogurts to choosing religions to choosing spouses—research in judgment and decision making has taken many forms. We suggest, however, that much of this research has been conducted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
effect of boundary spanning contact on boundary spanners' negative attitudes toward their own jobs and organization (e.g., job attractiveness and confidence in the organization). Download the Paper: http://people.hbs.edu/lramarajan/Ramarajan%20et%20al%202010.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
more meaningful priorities at work and at home. As we begin the last quarter of 2024, Harvard Business School faculty experts provide research-based methods to deepen the quality of both working and personal lives. Their recommendations... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
taseffski When Stefan Thomke finished writing the Harvard Business School case study on A. Lange & Söhne, he sent it to the German watchmaker for feedback. The company’s response was a first for the 25-year Harvard Business School... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
commercial activities? And if so, how? Addressing this question is crucial at a time like now, when an increasing number of organizations engage in hybrid organizing.” Battilana pursues that big question in a new paper, Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
years, MacCormack has led FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), a hands-on experiential learning program that has arguably revolutionized education at HBS more than any development since the introduction of the case-study View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
"misbehavior," as the researchers term it, behavior that is largely unseen by the advertisers or even the affiliate networks themselves. Since they are only paid if a purchase is made, these websites use technology to convince—some... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
this volume of essays come about? What surprised you most in the array of research and insights you were able to assemble from your colleagues? Jones: The origins of the project lay with my current research... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
and I have researched and written about. In our work, we found that an “owner”—either a loyal employee or customer who takes responsibility for improving relationships, products, and processes as well as referring new employee candidates... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
inventory needs. Take, for example, a large American manufacturer of men's blazers. As part of our research into lean retailing, we tracked the demand for different sizes of a blue blazer. Far from a trendy fashion item, the blue blazer... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
at Harvard Business School, who wrote the article with Dan Ariely of Duke University. "But is creativity always good? We often hear of cases in which people use innovative behavior to create a sense that what they're doing is not... View Details