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25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

stability benefits. Subordinated capital provides MMFs with loss absorption capacity, lowering the probability that an MMF suffers losses large enough to trigger a run and reduces incentives to take excessive risks. Other reform... View Details

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

Public Sector seminar series, which runs through May, is designed to induce lively conversation, build a community of scholars, and create a research agenda exploring the possible role of the private sector in shaping the institutions of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

should government strategy matter to business people? It seems many executives, particularly Americans, believe government is incompetent. Richard Vietor: Business people care in several ways—macroeconomic, microeconomic, and foreign investment. An American business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

hard. As he flagged down a cab, Mustafa's mind wandered back to the challenge that he had been grappling with for many months: how to find his replacement as COO at Ashdown Contracting. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 14

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-066 JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool By the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

online well before any regulatory filing disclosed his holdings in the company. These tactics may have been designed for drama, but the investment strategy and its scale are nothing unusual today. Activist shareholders and the hedge funds they View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

program management is critical is related to decisions that maximize the performance of the system as a whole, but involve trade-offs at the individual project level. For example, it is far more effective for an orbiter to relay signals from a Mars lander View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

me back to the apples, and leaders. As in all financial manias, the bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000 gave rise to swindles and frauds and the bad apples that commit them. We need to find out who they are and take appropriate... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at the School began with the arrival of Professor Alfred Chandler in 1970. Universally... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

Authors:Ruth Klendauer, Richard Gelvin, and Daniel J. Isenberg Abstract In recent studies, the success rate of software development projects has been found to be low (about 29%). The majority of the challenges can be traced back to the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

that hold back progress in resource mobilization research. We then propose a path ahead for future research guided by two overarching goals. First, we advocate for a process perspective, focusing attention on how an individual actor’s... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

has its own logistical limitations. Running an fMRI scanner costs researchers up to $1,000 per hour, and studies often use 20-30 subjects, Karmarkar says. And while EEG lets subjects move around during testing, fMRI requires them to lie... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

same method in your personal life Fortunately, the costs can be amortized by developing such habits in one’s personal life. The same bedrock postulates apply: pay “deep attention” to friends and family. And be judicious in allocating time while performing all the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

up with a new platform and trying to become the new dominant design." Other companies that have attempted mobile payments have run into similar problems. Google Wallet was limited by its compatibility with different types of phones... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Retail

09 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

fascinating. In fact, there is an automatic process that continues to work on your question in the back of your mind. We call that process "unconscious thought." Unconscious thought can do more than just help you remember facts.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

which has employed team acquisition as a successful growth strategy for many years. The Quaker-founded firm’s compensation policies, strategic planning, consensus-based decision making, and even office décor reflect its culture. This firm knows its culture, View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

writers who allowed the site to run ads on their blog pages received 50 percent of the revenue generated. The researchers analyzed blog posts by 4,200 participants in the program both before and after the program took effect (between May... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

the colonel! @kevinelop: OMG!! . . . The Double Down is back at KFC!!! @iamToddyTickles: KFC's #doubledowns for Breakfast. Mmmmm. Mmmmmm. Yummmmmmy. I'm full. Despite his precious Twitter handle, iamToddyTickles appears to be a fully... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

06 Jan 2011
What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

possible. Next time the target may not be Iran.) Getting back to my misstated question, none of you aimed your criticism at the technology, even lauding it, as Mark O'Connor did, as the "great equalizer." In Bev Stehn's words,... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

volunteer as poll workers. Facilitate political engagement. Look to online platforms that have simplified small contributions to political campaigns and increased the diversity of donors, as well as efforts to encourage employees and customers to View Details