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- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
caps, for instance—"that we never see. Many bottlers are in a supply chain of their own." Action Steps Despite these challenges, there are many ways that companies can take steps to battle HIV and AIDS, summarized Ruggie: Pay... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
service representatives to handle the majority of calls on their own, without transferring queries further down the line, it is evidence that the company places equal focus on its representatives (so-called "employee... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
no word for “privacy” in Japanese. Indeed, the language is often opaque, even for those who are fluent, but at the same time it’s very precise when it comes to technical and logistical details. Hierarchy and equality coexist. It’s... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
appointment if the consultant was removed from the McDonald’s account, and the deal was sealed. Easterbrook restructured the organization, increased the number of franchises, boosted pay for employees, and introduced all-day breakfast,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
sovereign lands on the ocean floor — at least the size of California and rich in resources — to add to the territory of the United States. In fact, after acceding to the treaty, and completing our mapping of the coastal United States, we anticipate adding to U.S.... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
the best market data. But not anymore, says Dubrowski. Overpricing, not overbuilding, is the market's biggest problem. Today, his twenty-two-person firm pays upward of $400,000 a year for subscription data services, the same services that... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
address this threat: trust, licensing, and paying agents to stay loyal. We show how the principal can influence the value of these options by modularizing the system and by hiring clans of agents, thus exploiting relationships among them.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
those traders’ companies were then paying $20,000 a month. Parker thought he could provide a better service for $500 a month. He was proposing to sell $100,000 worth of debentures and stock representing 10 percent of the company, giving... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Dansko's growth, "home schooling"—taking young energetic employees with little business experience and mentoring them—seemed ill-suited for the next phase of growth. Equally as precarious was the fact that with few exceptions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
revenue sources force governments to make deep cuts in staff and services. In contrast, the federal government can borrow to fund its operations. “The federal government can double their spending overnight,” Green says. “It doesn't have to worry about how to View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
expenses between his personal and business accounts. When I pay a bill today, I hear my father’s voice in my head, and it’s always a clear reminder of what is the right thing to do. I’m sure that graduates of Harvard’s School of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
being in second place, it’s a pretty good place to be.” Consumers end up paying more To study how pricing algorithms affect competition, MacKay and Brown collected detailed pricing data from five large, multicategory retailers selling the... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
For the last quarter century, many fought hard to overcome gender discrimination in the workplace by raising awareness, strengthening antidiscrimination policies, and encouraging more women to enter the corporate world. At first blush, that work appeared to View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
methodologies differ so much that “the best” school in one ranking can fall far behind in others. So while the rankings game is great for selling publications, it’s confusing for readers. Bloomberg Businessweek bases its ranking largely on “customer” satisfaction,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
that the subprime problem was the result of “greed, gullibility, and optimism.” Do those terms apply equally to borrowers and lenders? Oh yes. Borrowers overborrowed, lenders overloaned, and builders overbuilt. If you think about it, that... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
men is exacerbated by several other important factors. Women in business and financial industries tend to move up the managerial ladder at a slower pace, so they stay in lower paying positions much longer. Women often choose... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
services. Features that are not valued and therefore are not used. Decreasing price premiums for innovations that historically created value. An overserved customer will say, "Sure, I will take the next version of your product, I just won't View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
cases, films are produced independently and distributed by studios under revenue sharing agreements, which give studios 30% to 40% of the revenue stream. Under either regime, the studio determines and pays for the allocation of scarce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne