economic development - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

independent developers to build new features. The cell phone has become a lucrative platform for more than handset makers—also in on the party are makers of digital cameras, music services, and organizer software. Not only are existing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

09 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

allowed by health authorities. Yet caries remained a significant threat to public health in many countries, both developing and developed. As Suzan Harrison, Colgate's president of Oral Care, prepared to launch CMCP+SAN in Brazil, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

required to support them. Further, government payment for sick people's health care expenses will diminish the massive venture capital investment needed for developing genomically-derived therapies. We stand at the brink of a revolution... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

little experience competing for resources and bucking inappropriate processes within a stable, efficiency-oriented operating culture. In order to be confident that managers have developed the skills required to succeed at a new... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

that economic tools of supply and demand can be applied to studying the phenomenon of corruption. On the demand side, it is true that corrupt government officials sometimes garner a degree of sympathy from the public, legitimizing their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

a generation. Once reviled as villains operating on the fringes of the market, they are now powerful forces at work in the mainstream of business. Activist investing gained legitimacy and influence thanks in part to the development of a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

08 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

establishing a mission—and then make sure it’s communicated in a way that is memorable, differentiable, credible, inspirational, aspirational, and simple. Is the organization well managed? “People who give significant gifts dive into that question pretty fiercely,”... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39382 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 913-041 SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America, must develop its... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

organizations known for their prowess in developing their employees have to bear? What do you think? Original Article Last March 25, Jake DeSantis, then an executive vice president with American International Group, published his... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

March 2024
Supplement

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)

By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

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09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

developed by the company’s marketers and strategists. “They want to react to changing demand and supply conditions,” says study author Alexander J. MacKay, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School who... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

behaviors associated with building social capital influence individuals' psychological experiences and work outcomes. August 2014 Child Development Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform By: Chaplin,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

San Diego—brings “significant and long-lasting” benefits, including greater economic growth, global talent, and even more invention to these regions, write William Kerr, the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

portions of its profits in the business—through research and development, market expansion, capital expenditures, and most importantly (and often forgotten) development of talented people and leaders. This virtuous circle creates value... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

$1,200 Testoni loafers?" Peter Vajda advises, "In our culture, the difference between 'have' and 'happy' is a most difficult lesson to learn indeed, and the psychological impact is great." As for producers, Richard Eckel suggests that "Manufacturers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

15 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

explored in this paper. Restructuring Within an Academic Health Center to Support Quality and Safety: The Development of the Center for Quality and Safety at the Massachusetts General Hospital Authors:Richard Bohmer, Jonathan David Bloom,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

2015 Journal of Financial Economics The Ownership and Trading of Debt Claims in Chapter 11 Restructurings By: Ivashina, Victoria, Benjamin Iverson, and David C. Smith Abstract—What is the ownership structure of bankrupt debt claims? How... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

MacIver, and Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World, with Colin B. Carter. (Read an excerpt from The Future of Boards.) Julia Hanna: You've been studying board dynamics since the 1980s. What is a trend that you've seen View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna