Speed Of Adjustment - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

returns? Or must we suffer more severe adjustments that will ultimately reduce the pie for managers, employees, customers, and investors alike? What do you think? Original Article The current highly charged atmosphere View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Oct 2024
Blog Post

The Benefits of Living in a Dorm at HBS

On the HBS campus, six residence halls—Chase, Gallatin, Hamilton, McCulloch, Mellon, and Morris—offer a unique and vibrant community of single-occupancy spaces. Since 1927, residential living has been a core component View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

changed the way we work. But according to Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993), some of the core tenets of interpersonal communication that were important in the office remain just as important in our new digital... View Details

Keywords: Zoom

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

engineers, for example, brought in anthropologists to help them design copiers that were more user-friendly. And Genzyme leavened the impact of the lawyers on its regulatory team with a sprinkling of... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

development? A: There are over 3 billion Internet users today (up from 300 million just 15 years ago). Less than ten percent of them are from the United States. That is to say yes, internationalization is very, very important. Q: The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

21 Feb 2017
News

Wilson Claims Title of Fastest American Solo Sailor

IV, Wilson launched his 27,480-mile singlehanded trek from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 6, finishing with an elapsed time of 107 days 48 minutes 18 seconds, sailing at an average speed View Details

Keywords: Vendee Globe

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

did against precious metals? I argue that they do. By and large all cryptocurrencies possess all of our favorite qualities in an electronic currency: speed of transaction, ease... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

they were transitory. As Sudip Sen put it, "The 'export' of any activity, be it manufacturing or service outsourcing, is driven by pure economics. True, it has a social and political impact; but more often than not the latter View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Dec 2021
News

Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS

to speed on these topics? In what way will this digital transformation affect alumni interactions with the School? We should be able to give them a much more customized experience. For example, we might ask alumni: Given your life stage... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2018
News

Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

air speed and drag, and the plane will fly no problem. But the bad thing that happened is that as this fan blade detached, it hit another fan blade. And as it hit that second fan blade, it hit it at exactly the wrong angle View Details

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

technological innovations that improved the efficiency and speed of work in agriculture, manufacturing, communications, and transportation as well as advances in newly developing fields in science and... View Details

07 Sep 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

stiffer penalties for those found to create economic chaos and worse? Perhaps we would be willing to sacrifice some network speed in order to increase security. How can we reduce the threat that networks represent? What do you think?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

cost increases to consumers. This was no longer possible after deregulation. Most of the legacy carriers had a considerable amount of difficulty adjusting to the new... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

usefulness as the competitive environment changes, leaving the firms within the cluster susceptible to an environmental jolt. The findings from the study also contributes to our understanding of organizational inertia. Hannan and Freeman... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

25 May 2023
Blog Post

Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates

Are your organization’s interview processes inclusive and equitable? Or, are there more opportunities to counter bias in your interviews and welcome candidates with a variety of backgrounds and experiences? The following recommendations... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Jan 2018
News

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

techno-economic analysis which combined process modeling, engineering design, and economic valuation. Constructing the financial component of this model required a deep understanding of Nature’s Fynd’s... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

officials took steps to speed vaccine development last year, the United States and other countries could have paid to build manufacturing infrastructure and shore up the supply chain needed to produce vaccines at higher capacity. That... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

2019
Working Paper

Thinking Outside the Box (12): The Benefits of Increased Transparency in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for the 180 Million Insured

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman

Economists have long noted that the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) caused workers to purchase health plans that differ in price and other characteristics from those they would otherwise choose for themselves. We explore the short-term and long-term... View Details