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29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

29 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

more important than the physical aspect." “Companies don't fully exploit the latest ideas that their product has created” In a paper published last year in the Academy of Management Review called "The Second Face of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

early stages of entrepreneurial firms and new industries. Her new chapter builds on a huge research project she began several years ago with Ranjay Gulati, a professor of organizational behavior at the Kellogg Graduate School of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

thousands of public documents from the Department of the Interior that detailed bid price and profits from 1954 to 1975. He reported his findings in a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

from a script. Instead, have one piece of paper with an introductory sentence, brief notes on four or five points that you want to make, and a conclusion sentence. Q: You advise against doing too much career... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

Get More Interviews African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews. The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Attempting to overcome prejudice by ignoring race may... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2004
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Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

working, in parallel, on the governance aspects of the Balanced Scorecard. In the SFO book, we described the internal governance process by which the enterprise guides, monitors, and evaluates its strategic performance. We have a new case... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2024
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Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

need for global collaboration accelerates and companies recalibrate their remote and hybrid arrangements, Choudhury and colleagues present the first real-time data on how... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

right things. If they wanted to, they could then benchmark themselves against other firms of similar sizes and industries in a very pragmatic way. Q: How are you going to take these learnings further? What's next for you? A: We need to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 May 2004
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When Reputation Trumps Regulation

A recent study by HBS assistant professor Jordan Siegel tests whether foreign firms can leapfrog their countries' weak legal institutions by listing equities in New York and voluntarily abiding by U.S. securities law. The study, which... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

As a professor of decision making and negotiation, I often receive unsolicited phone calls from relatives, friends, and acquaintances seeking my advice on consumer matters such as negotiating for a house,... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

20 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

The Acquirers

debt?" The paper explores how the possibility of misvalued debt markets can both fuel merger activity and alter the balance between PE and strategic buyers. One approach... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

03 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)

conceptualize goal setting as a prescription-strength medication that requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals.” To learn... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin C. Esty, the author, with senior case researcher Aldo Sesia,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

05 Aug 2024
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Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

information about the risk of future economic crashes and deserve more scrutiny from policymakers, economists, and regulators. The paper emerges after years of persistent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

19 Aug 2013
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Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

far." Of course, it's possible that rising inequality simply doesn't exert any significant economic, social, or political effects. This would explain the lack of findings, he says. But it's far from the only explanation, and perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August, 2004. Using data from the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

very powerful and deep strategic alliances between businesses and nonprofits. Q: This Working Paper is No. 22 in the Social Enterprise Series. What's the overall aim of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

08 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

You Won't Make It If You Fake It

single drops from the finger. Holmes’ rapid rise to fame put her on a fast track to success, with high expectations and intense pressures. Yet she hadn’t had adequate leadership experience leading people through difficult View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

significant loss of benefits and spending,” says Kluender, who coauthored the recent working paper Early Withdrawal of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance: Effects on Employment View Details