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- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
"It is difficult to conceive of a child as commerce," writes Harvard Business School professor Debora L. Spar in her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception. In fact, baby... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
Post article, a mindset shift has occurred among owners and general managers responsible for hiring coaches: They are starting to embrace innovative offensive tactics, and to empower head coaches who can implement them. “For years,”... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
was not able to exit but was generating positive cash flow. The deal structure can impact the attractiveness of an investment opportunity by addressing contextual or other factors. Challenges with the View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
highly reliable sources, are generally not believed unless they fit the company agenda." Others maintained that planning without prediction is impossible. After all, a plan is a prediction. As Vishu put it, "Managers should base... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
can access contents on an alleged terrorist’s iPhone has generated a vigorous debate with daily developments. As they say, this is a big deal. It raises critical questions. Apple argues that doing what the FBI demands would potentially... View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
mutations. As a general rule, the university alters itself only in thoughtful response to significant needs and opportunities. Entrepreneurism occurs within fixed bounds; there is rarely revolution of the type so often heralded in View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
of value and growth indices, and a more general investor, who also has access to Treasury bills and bonds. We find that the mean allocation of equity-only investors is heavily tilted towards value stocks at short horizons, but the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
business environment. General Electric has been able to continually reinvent itself to maintain its contextual relevance—and has done so for over 100 years. Q: What can managers of other View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
investors tend to hold local stocks and older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which seniors constitute a large... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
from the industry having trials that better represent the patient base.” “Pharmaceutical companies could benefit from the industry having trials that better represent the patient base,” says Harvard Business School associate professor... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
that "technology and knowledge advancement have again developed faster than the managers' and business owners' capabilities to leverage its usefulness in their decision making process." Philippe Gouamba reminded us that "perfection is but... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
to popular expectations, corporate headquarters in the U.S. are about twice the size of European counterparts. Headquarters there exert a higher level of functional influence and have larger staffs in certain key areas, such as IT and R&D. U.S. managers are View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
between the management scores of autonomous government schools and regular government schools is accounted for by differences in the principal's leadership and better governance. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/rsadun/Management_Schools_November2014.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
and written about Apple for the last decade, generating several case studies. His latest case, Apple Computer 2004, co-written with research associate Debbie Freier, was recently published by Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play. Zeenat Potia: Can you give some context around the downturn of the Indian economy... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
tax system can help us get there" On a recent and unexpectedly warm day for a New England fall, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge sat down to discuss tax policy in general and reform in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
Want to create a high-profit auction? One strategy is to create "auction fever" around your sale by generating lots of hype, having strict rather than flexible deadlines at the end of auctions, and making sure winners and losers... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
lifecycles. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2338575 June 22, 2015 Harvard Business Review Is Programmatic Advertising the Future of Marketing? By: Rayport, Jeffrey F. Abstract—No abstract available... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne