HBS Interactive - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

up until the point (and even after) the company tumbled off a cliff. Indeed, HBS professor Mark Bradshaw and collaborators Scott Richardson and Richard Sloan found that pre-year 2000 forecasts and recommendations done by Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan , behavioral scientist and HBS Associate Professor Francesca Gino explores the unexpected forces that often keep people from following through with their plans. The book,... View Details

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally rewarded men for masculine... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

more than 3,000 American transnationals suggests that JVs are falling out of favor. Why? Increasing forces of globalization such as increasingly fragmented production processes make the decision not to collaborate pay off. That's one finding from work done by Mihir A.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

economic development, and time-invariant unobserved characteristics of origin and host countries. We further show that egalitarianism correlates in a conceptually compatible way with an array of organizational practices pertinent to firms' View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman Abstract—Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

important information gets easily lost amid a sea of irrelevant posts. Høylie must figure out how to improve the way employees interact with the platform. Or should REMA 1000 just abandon it? Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

war years; and innovator Herb Kelleher at Southwest near the end of the century. In this e-mail interview, Mayo, director of the HBS Leadership Initiative and the Thomas S. Murphy Distinguished Research Fellow, discusses how executives... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Many dismiss marketing as manipulative,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

consumers tend to value the product more." Mohan is an author of the paper Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency, written with HBS assistant professors Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John. Intimate Disclosure Since cost... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS professors recently gathered to review the current crisis. Is it a case of dé jà vu or an unprecedented, systemic... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

Held on the HBS campus in late February, the conference on "Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom" brought together scholars and practitioners for a thoughtful, forward-looking discussion about gender in... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

work, no matter where they are. "Let's face it," writes HBS Professor Leslie Perlow. "When that phone buzzes, few of us have the mental fortitude to ignore it." In her new book, Sleeping With Your Smartphone, Perlow... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

business leaders had to have demonstrated at least four consecutive years of top financial performance, and/or they had to have led a business or service that changed the way Americans lived, worked, or interacted in the twentieth... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

interactions of individuals, typically situated within small groups or teams. When these groups make appropriate changes in how they do their work—driven by both group and organizational goals—an organization maintains or enhances its... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

the journal Academy of Management Discoveries. She coauthored the research with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor Michaela Kerrissey and HBS doctoral student Derrick Bransby. Do employees feel safe to call out... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in the company has grown by 370... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

out of touch with the realities of the poor. They tend to come from the upper economic classes and primarily interact with people like themselves. Because of this difference in world view, corporate leaders may overlook crucial business... View Details