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- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
Advertisers pay millions of dollars to air TV ads that, by some estimates, more than a third of viewers skip over with digital VCRs or by switching channels or tuning out altogether. New research by HBS professor Thales S. Teixeira offers... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS
Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
taking the subject as given, they explore it as politically constituted. If “the market” is neither a discrete phenomenon nor marginal to human experience, then basic structures of governance become important. Rather than assuming that... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
innovation." In a forthcoming book to be published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in association with the University of Chicago Press, Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors, Henderson and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
Insurance technology can enable cash-strapped drivers to access shorter and more affordable durations of coverage. My research finds that many low-income drivers jump at the opportunity to buy coverage when they’re offered the ability to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
solid waste is managed in the Big Apple. “I think you have with her a very creative and innovative public servant,” says Steven A. Cohen, an authority on waste management in New York City who is the former director of the Research Program... View Details
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
well-grounded research on how improvements can be brought to services through some of these lean concepts." Not all lean manufacturing ideas translate from factory floor to office cubicle. For example, tools such as the andon cord, a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?
chip industry? There would be complaints from US manufacturers protected by current tariffs. But reliance on tariffs for protection is a questionable strategy for long-term success. In the US, we have been notoriously unsuccessful in restoring manufacturing jobs in... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
and software to meet a wide range of needs from basic scientific research in the biological and medical sciences to clinical applications, materials science, and industrial sectors. Modularity also provided... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
thread," Land biographer Victor McElheny maintains. "There is a huge probability of failure to hit on a new technology that will make a market." 13 As he moved from the laboratory to the factory, from basic to applied research, Land... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 19 May 2016
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving
In their book, Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads, Professors Srikant Datar and David Garvin and researcher Patrick Cullen identified creative and innovative thinking as an essential skill for managers operating in a world of rapidly evolving... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Malloy, and Felicia Marston Abstract Comparing two snapshots of the historical I/B/E/S database of research analyst stock recommendations, taken in 2002 and 2004 but each covering the same time period 1993-2002, we identify 54,729 ex-post... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Gender Changes the Negotiation
The last few months have been trying for Maureen Park, the managing director of a small portfolio management firm. The firm's parent company, a large financial services concern, was performing below forecasts, and morale among Park's understaffed, overworked team of... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
said, "I'd rather use the word fulfillment. Success is a metric; you never have enough. But only you can define fulfillment. We as individuals are the only judges." HBS senior research fellow Laura Nash moderated the session.... View Details
- Web
Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
have a considerable journey ahead, usually with obstacles and challenges unique to their ideas, industries, and market contexts. But regardless of the specific path, they will need to prepare for their journeys by researching the... View Details
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
from HBS in 1992, and wrote the case study with HBS researchers Olivia Hull and Amy Klopfenstein. With a combination of savvy planning and creative thinking, US Foods managed to weather staff shortages while simultaneously growing its... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
masks. We recently asked Harvard Business School professors whose research and expertise traverse topics related to remote work what advice they would offer managers and executives actively seeking to navigate these points of friction.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Fast Answer
What are the best finance interview prep resources?
href="https://inside.hbs.edu/Departments/mba/prematric/default.aspx?page=prematric-wall-street-prep">Wall Street Prep on the HBS Career and Professional Development site Equity research Data and background information for stock... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
behavior as less ethical when it led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw that behavior as acceptable before they knew its consequences. Implications for both research and practice are discussed. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace