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01 Apr 2024
In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

your budget on electricity, or you bought a new car in the last couple of years, you must have experienced significant price hikes, very likely way above the publicly announced inflation numbers. Similarly, if you live in Miami or... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

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United Fruit Company Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

countries of Central and South America and the West Indies. Loading bananas from tram car to Railroad car, Puerto Castilla, Honduras, Nov. 29, 1926 This collection of 75 albums holds approximately 10,400 photographs, dating from 1891 to... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

The Imposter Among Us

the wheel of a Rolls-Royce he’d shipped across the Atlantic for the occasion. Wallner was stunned. “I thought, ‘Why on earth would you bring a bloody motor car here?’ ” In the friendship that followed, Wallner learned that Gaines-Cooper... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Japan - Global

Fremont Assembly plant, and Toyota agreed to manage it. The plant had a tumultuous history, with numerous wildcat strikes and constant bickering between GM management and the United Autoworkers. The quality of vehicles produced there was the worst in GM. Costs were... View Details

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

Publications 2006 Emotion Review The Power of the Cognition/Emotion Distinction for Morality By: Bazerman, Max H., Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/ 2006... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

19 Apr 2016
First Look

April 19, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand’s Social Network on Marketing Outcomes By: John, Leslie K., Oliver Emrich, Sunil Gupta, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Does “liking” a brand on Facebook cause a person... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

PublicationsJoining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know Authors:Marc J. Epstein and F. Warren McFarlan Publication:Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

Deming—Nissan and Toyota made cheaper, better cars than the Americans did, eventually causing the big three U.S. automakers to follow suit. William and Victor Fung are interested in being business consultants, teaching others how to do... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

related to value-bsaed health car from 1990 to 2018, with an accelleration in growth appearing after 2010. With this tremendous explosion of the application of value-based care in real world situations, there has been increasing... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details

22 May 2024
HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

car is the design and the lines of it,” Ghosh says. “As opposed to ‘I'm a car buff who likes to look at racing.’ And you might like the Ferrari, but you also might like it because you have a sensibility for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

SpaceX and Tesla and his other businesses. While it isn’t quite building electric cars or going to Mars, the situation that Musk is stepping into at Twitter is challenging and might call for a leader who is willing to take some risks here... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

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Yaoxin Ding

manager for a self-driving car Fiat was developing in collaboration with Waymo, Alphabet’s auto subsidiary. “But I felt that as the industry matures,” Yaoxin says, “the next steps involve bigger business challenges: building public... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

pause to ask you how you are doing. Subway cars don’t stop to help you on the side of the road. Airplanes don’t take time to look you in the eye. Life gets messy—which is both bad and good. Parents have more severe medical issues, some... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)

transmission on a car works great. Lying by omission involves holding back relevant information—for example, by failing to mention any information about a faulty transmission. The researchers conducted two pilot studies and six... View Details