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- 23 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
When Apple launched its latest iPad, experts and nonexperts alike expected it to be dubbed "iPad 3," a natural follow-on to the second-generation iPad 2. Instead, the company called the new iPad just that: "the new... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
forward to taking delayed vacations. HBS faculty members shared books they planned to read during their downtime, pulling from the worlds of technology, history, and science fiction. 4. How to Learn from the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
conditions are being met now, or could be met with low-cost policies.” Do ‘Ban the Box’ laws backfire? In recent years, 35 states and 150 cities and counties have adopted so-called “Ban the Box” laws that... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 28 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
What's a Boss Worth?
that person’s role for more people. That might create congestion effects,” he says. “You don’t want the boss overseeing 100 people if they can only spend 5 minutes a day with each person.” Overall, however, the effects of their study... View Details
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
organizational changes led to delayed identity crises. “It’s easy to mandate structural changes,” Raffaelli says. “But mandates for structural change don’t mean that behaviors will change among the individuals who sit within those... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
The Internet is running out of room. Experts predict that in two or three years we will run out of Web addresses, so-called IP addresses, that can be assigned to new Internet-based sites and services. Each site is assigned a unique number... View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
consumers aren’t buying it, the reason why the artists care about the vinyl is because it’s an extension of their craft and a medium that communicates the care that went into creating their art in the first place. Gazette: With such high... View Details
- Research Summary
The Panama Canal
The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy. It makes three general arguments. First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
Summing Up Pay for performance: Why do we assume so much and know so little? Pay for performance is an important element of good management, judging from responses to this month's column. The question of what kind of pay for what kind of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
new employer coming to town. Wouldn’t all these new employees cause traffic congestion and overwhelm the rickety subway lines that serve Long Island City? (It didn’t help that Amazon didn’t pledge to invest... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
Tactics, deal design, and set-up are three crucial components of the most effective negotiations. Yet many negotiators focus only on the tactical part, running the risk of undermining their own best interests. How can you negotiate more... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
time to get all of their people together, so the meetings kept getting delayed and delayed,” he says. “The intent of these processes is often good, but the results are not. You have to walk a fine line View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
take advantage of the accelerating commission schedule. However, making the sale right away, before the end of the year, could help the salesperson achieve special recognition as a member of the club. Thus, the salesperson faces a choice: View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
Competing arguments become difficult to judge, since advocates will suggest using those measures (net income, return on capital, market presence, share of mind, and so on) that favor their preferred alternative. Fuzzy thinking View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
their products and downplay risks, fearing that any negative sentiment might hurt demand. But research led by Ryan W. Buell, a professor in the HBS Technology and Operations Management Unit, View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
as one could with randomized deployment. "There is a perceived cost in doing a portion of the work in a randomized fashion," Toffel says. "But if you want to learn, it requires an investment and some patience. You have to be willing to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
suggest most accounting errors aren't the result of fraud. Rather, it is unconscious bias that is to blame. Here is a look at those biases, and how they can escalate from a small error of judgment to a big financial nightmare.Rooting out... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he resolved. He would save everyone hassle View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
Employees often feel stressed when their firms are bought by other companies, fearing they could face layoffs, demotions, or lousy working conditions. While it’s true that organizations tend to restructure their workforce following mergers View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert