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- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
focused on reducing churn, but we contend the goal should be maximizing profits, rather than only reducing churn. People have been trying to refine and improve the method for the last 10 to 15 years, but... View Details
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
with his friend to define his role and establish an objective for his summer, ten-week term. In addition to participating in the overall marketing plan for the Mexican Tim Hortons, Felipe is responsible for... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
affected when the choice of contract is misaligned with the scope and objectives of the partnering relationship? Our study addresses these questions using data from 172 R&D projects that involve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various... View Details
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
Recent articles have looked at research into the history, efficacy, and social responsibility found at the intersection of business and the environment. Here is a sample of some of the latest work from the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club
and complement their skillsets. Additionally, the Club has the goal of educating the HBS community about Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition and promoting ETA as a viable... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 15 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review
unprecedented times, HBS is grateful that these students will lead us into a better future filled with possibility, inclusivity, innovation, and collaboration. Read more about the Harvard Business School Class of 2021’s interests, fears,... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
Whereas the for-profit capital markets provide transparent objective criteria for making early- and later-stage investment decisions, balance risks with return, and create a... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- Profile
Lindsay Steinmetz
differing contexts. I also knew a degree from HBS would give me a network and foundation for stability in the future. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
organizations and non-profits since I was child, and working in public service in New York City after college, my pivot to HBS was to dive into the hard skills and action-based... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-098.pdf On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, and Scholars Gone Wild Authors:Lisa D. Ordóñez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
that mercantilism of invention should be the goal of the United States, as great good can come from ideas and innovation elsewhere that diffuse and spread. But the gains from... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
international objectives are in jeopardy today. To the extent that business strategies are based on these same erroneous notions, they are also at great risk. Q: What can a business executive learn about leadership from your research? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
luck. Together, these results raise the possibility that the American public views the allocations of taxes and pre-tax outcomes as morally relevant, a judgment that is inconsistent with conventional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)
having the strength to update those principles when required—and an HBS MBA is the ultimate chance to do just that. Do you think you could have achieved your short-term goals without an MBA? Not a chance. The HBS network View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
a great business plan is a Harvard Business Review classic, and has just been reissued in book form. We asked Sahlman what he would change if he wrote the article, now a decade old, today. Most Popular Working Papers 2008-2011 View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS
leaders in their communities, successful financiers and strategists – and their career and personal goals inspiring. They were more open,... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
by: The leader's willingness to uphold organizational values especially when there is some perceived economic cost to doing so. (If values are violated when there is a perceived benefit in doing so, they are little more than guidelines View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
include differences in objectives of various work groups, a concentration on short-term goals, and a leadership gap. "Unionization will be achieved from increased interaction due to the ease of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
risk and uncertainty. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-127.pdf It Is Okay for Artists to Make Money...No, Really, It's Okay Authors:Robert D. Austin and Lee Devin Abstract In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace