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- 13 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
tier naturally followed them. LESSON THREE: SEQUENCING IS EVERYTHING Uber and Airbnb were also smart about how they chose to expand, picking the right cities at the right time to maximize their success. Since Uber’s main competition was... View Details
- 08 Dec 2022
- HBS Case
The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?
Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, faced a difficult choice last February as Russian tanks rolled across Ukraine, and the 24/7 news and social media cycle amplified the company’s every move. CEO Mark Schneider was... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
What would Aristotle think about self-driving cars? As the abilities of artificial intelligence systems to automate complex tasks accelerate, warnings about the dangers of outsourcing life-and-death... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
art is kept hidden on a broad scale, it has a ripple effect about which firms and IP experts should be concerned, Gross says. “Everybody in the system benefits from being able to access information about the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 26 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates
offers new insight into the fluid dynamics in the growing and important space of diversity, equity, and inclusion, known as DEI. “It can make you feel like it's objectifying the people who are involved or exploiting them. It can lead to View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
charismatic but controversial cofounder of WeWork, who quit as CEO in 2019 after a bungled initial public offering amid questions about his business practices. “The market values the experience they have and rewards them in terms of high... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
training-up to be 'as good as' men," says Ely. "They don't take the systemic gender biases in organizations into account when educating women about how to move into and exercise leadership." How People Become Leaders The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
ratings play an important role in the financial system, but investors and regulators who use ratings cannot easily verify their quality, and ratings are paid for by the firms whose bonds are rated. The provision of quality ratings is at least partially sustained by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
is concerned about maintaining oDesk's strong reputation and market positioning, and, as such, he wants to grow in a very focused manner. Should oDesk expand its customer focus to include large employers?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
"IVK extended case series," a fictitious but reality-based story about a newly appointed, not technically trained chief information officer (CIO) in his first year on the job. We designed the course around a narrative and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
basic material needs to concerns about the safety and quality of these products. When products did fail—as happened dramatically in the late 1950s with the antinausea drug Thalidomide—such cases became the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
speculates about whether Microsoft or Adobe would be better positioned to establish the dominant ebook standard. The possibility that the world’s biggest bookstore might eventually win that race hadn’t dawned on me. View Details
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
Customers demand more value and innovation than ever before, but they’re not always willing to pay more for that product or service. In fact, thanks to social media, dissatisfied customers can amplify their opinions View Details
- 01 Nov 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?
success or failure. The perceived complexity of the effort may deter some effort. An organization’s culture, among other things, touches every functional department, affects assumptions about the nature of needed controls, influences the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
- 27 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)
diversity data—even if it shows a disparity in the representation of employees of color—doesn’t hurt consumer attitudes toward a company. And, when the numbers show that a company’s workforce is relatively diverse, consumers feel even better View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
social media. Participants said that trying to be "authentic"—sharing more about themselves than they’re accustomed to, for example—to connect with remote employees has left them feeling vulnerable.... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
replace poor performers in the "producer" sales force, and cut wages and expenses. During a post-closing audit, Thomson discovers a $600k problem that wipes out his contingency funds. He is concerned View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number
public US-based companies between 1985 and 2012, looking at the price-per-share number of each offer. Based on what they already knew about the efficacy of precise numbers, they assumed that round-number bids would be in the minority. But... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2010
- Working Paper
Beyond Agency Theory: The Hidden and Heretofore Inaccessible Power of Integrity (PDF file of Keynote Slides)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard
There is far too much concern today about the conflicts of interest between people; for example, conflicts of interest between agents and owners—historically a favorite topic of Jensen—and not enough attention paid to the damage caused by an individual's conflict of... View Details