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20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

moves as they play these games and these moves interact. They also seek to shape the rules in advantageous ways, for example, by undertaking a merger, or entering a new market. 6 2. Value-net games and public interest games. We will focus... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

to be a bit cautious, however. When the level of public debt is high, investors demand for short-term safe securities is most likely satiated, meaning that there is not much the government can do to affect the relative prices of long- and short-term debt. The good... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

15 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

product categories on the Internet. An analysis by Harris Interactive ecommercePulse computed the ratio of dollars consumers spent offline as a result of online shopping to dollars spent online. The greater the ratio, the more likely that... View Details

Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

otherwise." In the cases of umpires and ministers, Parsons's work falls under the broader category of incentive research. "They are about what causes people to behave in predictable ways, and how that changes over time," he... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

14 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Understanding Users of Social Networks

networks," says Piskorski. They can address some basic search failures: "It's hard to know what my friends are up to, but online I can catch up with them quickly." But they can also fix bigger search shortcomings, such as those related to establishing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising; Publishing

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

ever-changing regulations and policies.” “Complexity was high,” especially early on, one CEO noted, adding: “It was not easy to keep up with [changing regulations and new policies].” Customer behavior also changed in response to the... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

When banks failed across the globe in 2008, the resulting financial crisis sent businesses into a tailspin. As lenders cut back dramatically, companies trying to recover had to scramble for financing required to generate new business and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

Watch out. Apple hopes to claim a new frontier on your wrist. The company announced its new Apple Watch on Tuesday, sending journalists and a bevy of other observers, online and off, into a flurry of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

entrepreneurial hustle, working with a friend to turn new German helmets into “war souvenirs” by painting them to look battle-worn. The rest is business lore: He never gave up on his cartoons, working relentlessly to improve them,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

Amazon.com saw a decrease. "Depending on your brand or category you might want to watch out and be careful in selecting the type of ad to run," counsels Teixeira. Finally, the researchers found that imagery-focused ads—those big... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Martha Lagace, he discusses what companies should bear in mind going forward.Lagace: People often equate globalization with the idea that globally standardized products are displacing local ones. In one of your View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

be done? It is also said that unconscious bias is rampant, as shown by immediate associations on word tests, say of men with work or women with children. But this is actually “statistical discrimination”–playing the odds about typical gender patterns. When sufficient... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

trust. Why is One Report important now? "The capital markets and our planet have simultaneously reached a fork in the road. One path continues the status quo. The other and new path is a commitment to a better society, stronger financial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

Here’s some bad news and some worse news for women who aspire to the executive suite. The bad news is that there’s a huge gender gap in top corporate positions, both in terms... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

with the opportunity to apply for an additional three-year extension. During this period, workers can request green cards and secure permanent residency status if they desire. The current annual cap for the "regular" H1-B category is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

of education. This is particularly true of those with "strong brands." Describing the new virtual schools as "intermediaries," Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli suggests that schools with highly regarded and recognized names (or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

Cases & Course MaterialsAnalyzing New Venture Opportunities Harvard Business School Note 809-163 The note describes a systematic process for framing and researching the issues that should be analyzed in the course of considering a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

preserve "deep smarts"? What do you think? Original Article Successful organizations, according to Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap in their new book, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom, rely on... View Details