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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
opportunities for MBA graduates. “It became clear that innovation was no longer taking place only in the United States, and that there were different kinds of innovations in different places,” says Palepu. Beginning in the late 1980s, Japanese innovations in product... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
talent and player quality as a result of expansion; the threat of player unrest over salaries; and over- saturation of the consumer with both live and televised sports product and programming. Wait 'til Next Year Will things get better?... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
advertised as “The Soap of the Beautiful Woman.” Just as soap was transformed from being about hygiene to being about beauty, so toothpaste brands increasingly emphasized their ability to make their users more attractive with whiter teeth and fresher breath. These... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
market failure. We find that deposit insurance should be funded not by banks or depositors but out of general taxation. The optimal level of deposit insurance varies inversely with the quality of the banking system. Hence, when the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
in different modes of transportation since my first visit as a kid to the Boeing factory and have spent my time at HBS learning about advances in this field. Along these lines, I am exploring concepts for utilizing cutting-edge technologies to improve View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
bias. Nine studies document this effect and provide insight into its psychological underpinnings. In Study 1, MBA students perceived their revised resumes to be of higher quality the more they differed from their original versions, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
Customers who came in to buy from the “value offerings” were buying from the breakfast menu. Average checks and quality scores were up. It was even getting more of the millennial market to come into its restaurants. “It was kind of a... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
Business School Case 711-415 At a time when ever-rising smartphone sales are driven as much by demand for devices that run must-have third-party "apps" as by the quality of traditional voice and data services, there is a myriad... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 608-070 Reading Rehab Hospital has experimented with a popular concept in health care—patient-focused care—intended to increase quality and reduce costs by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
surprised by the speed with which IAS/IFRS was overhauled once the EU decided to adopt the standards. I truly did not think the board would be able to pull it off. They really should be commended for the speed with which they created a high View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
welfare issues. In part this can be attributed to the rising influence of basic social scientific disciplines, which improved the quality of research but also oriented researchers toward making contributions to theory in economics,... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
others. Result: Carnegie Steel became the low cost, high quality producer of a commodity vital to the creation of the modern world. Carnegie sold his company to J.P. Morgan, who used it as the fulcrum for United States Steel, in 1901.... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- Web
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
renewal Examine the benefit of informal communication networks to shape your change efforts Revise your integrated action plan based on peer feedback Free E-Book How to Become a More Effective Leader Learn about the difference between leadership and management, uncover... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
gamble. So there are different ways to get into the game.” In addition to offering close personal attention and care, Clay limits the size of a stallion’s “book,” selecting a limited number of quality mares from those that have applied... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
redeploying anesthesiologists to duties that are more appropriate and reducing their unnecessary duties by 30%. Furthermore, the change in epidural placement location alone in 80% of cases reduced costs by 18%. These changes did not compromise View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Business School Case 817-088 Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria Fola Laoye is the Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, a Nigerian healthcare insurer and provider, and she is deciding on the optimal strategy to grow the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne