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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Peru. Later, Lewis decided to pursue a career in business, prompting him to apply to HBS. LEWIS: I was expecting Harvard University to be a more racially diverse campus, but because the location of HBS was isolated from the undergraduate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
For me, that’s the ultimate compliment. They’ve created a product that’s so compelling and has marketing so far embedded in it that you can’t really isolate it. Do kooky campaigns like the Subservient Chicken for Burger King translate... View Details
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
in-person gatherings resume, Wu has one message for developers who are struggling with the all-important decision about what platform to adopt for their projects: go. “Software development can be an isolating activity,” he says. “There... View Details
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
across complements can offset horizontal competition between substitutes. In this paper, we isolate the offsetting price effects and show how they operate in large (as well as small) clusters. We argue that it is possible in principle for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
individuals from low employment districts to regions with better employment opportunities. We exploit a natural experiment within an Indian technology firm where the pre-existence of a computer generated talent allocation protocol allows us to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
however, should not be appended to the Scorecard via an isolated set of measures that managers must keep "in control." Their measures appear only when partnerships with suppliers and the community are critical to the success of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
“The fire is at this end. Why flood the room?” That’s what Sony Pictures did. When hackers broke into the movie studio’s network in 2014—inflicting a reported $35 million in IT damages—administrators at Sony just shut the whole network down. In Rothrock’s example, the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
to isolate exogenous shocks to local ethnic populations, and identify a causal link between local networks and firm trade links. Firms that exploit their local networks (strategic traders) see significant increases in future sales growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
combined with more sophisticated methods of analyzing it, provide managers with powerful tools to help them isolate the effects of various marketing instruments. The framework developed by Gupta and Steenburgh helps managers think through... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
"There is always a tendency in communities or in any social organization to have this boundary and say in or out," Lakhani says. "This might be happening in isolated places inside Wikipedia. The tension that they need to deal with is how... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Women, Work, and the "M" Word
and emotional changes, they predominantly feel isolated and too often, ashamed. They don’t feel comfortable in the workplace or supported by their employers. Elektra’s Menopause in the Workplace report found that 40% of women feel their... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
purchases―used to proxy for private information―are reduced following IFRS adoption. Similar results are derived across numerous subsamples and proxies used to isolate IFRS effects attributable to comparability. Together, the findings are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
knowledge of a technical system to gain strategic advantage. The strategy involves, first, identifying "bottlenecks" in the existing system, and then creating a new architecture that isolates the bottlenecks in modules. An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
644 geographically isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period. We find that customers defect at a higher rate from the incumbent following increased service quality (price) competition... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
imperialism, there is reason to believe that John Holt is not an isolated case of a company assuming this form. Holt and others function as intermediaries between global business, which rarely invests in small African markets and where... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
boards are reluctant to be intrusive into the day-to-day operations. And I think they are reluctant to be intrusive on the personnel management, beyond the top guy and maybe the heir apparent, if there's a change coming. And so they View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
laundry detergent). Teixeira isolated four variables that influence commercial avoidance: the presence of a brand in the frame, its size, how often it appears, and for how long. Pulsing Pauses Zapping Taken alone, brand presence... View Details
- Profile
Minal Mehta
building your company, it's easy to keep your head down and almost be isolated in your own world. Your classmates and community are some of the most brilliant people out there, and the more you talk to them, the more creative you can be... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Abstract—Conversation is a fundamental human experience, one that is necessary to pursue intrapersonal and interpersonal goals across myriad contexts, relationships, and modes of communication. In the current research, we isolate the role... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
unethical actions through inaction—by allowing others to cheat without blowing the whistle. “If you are promoting the value of loyalty, it may be that you need to promote other values at the same time, like fairness and integrity,” he says. As effective as loyalty can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding