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  • 22 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

very tough intellectual problem, because for every story of success, there is one of failure," she says. "In some ways, it's the users who win—the phenomenon makes us all richer in terms of the innovation capacity of our society." View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • September 2013 (Revised August 2024)
  • Exercise

Process Analytics Simulation: Solutions

By: Robert S. Huckman, Aizan Radzi, Willy Shih, Roy D. Shapiro and Michael W. Toffel
A set of exercises and instructions to be used with the Process Simulator software made by Pro Model. These exercises allow students to investigate the impact of variable processing times on the performance of simple in-line processes. Includes color exhibits. View Details
Keywords: Operations; Business Processes; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
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  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

involves two key premises: Luxury is intrinsically linked to self-interest, and exposure to luxury can activate related mental representations affecting cognition and decision-making. HBS professor Roy Y.J. Chua and Xi Zou show that... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 04 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 4

health concerns can communicate with physicians online or by phone and receive advice or even a diagnosis without having to visit the physician's office. American Well's co-founders, Ido Schoenberg and Roy Schoenberg, believe this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2017
  • News

The Business of Lego Batman

proposition? How are they going to make money? How are they going to get an adequate ROI on this? How much investment is it? And how quickly can they recoup that investment? In the same token, I've got to talk to the rights holder, in... View Details
Keywords: LEGO; Lego
  • 14 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 14

return on investment (ROI). Wall Street was a data-driven place to work, and if they wanted to create something that would survive beyond the tenure of the firm's existing leadership, they had to prove that the time, money, and energy invested by the firm was worth it.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2021
  • News

A Playbook for Progress

tokenism, of one and done is over, but look for potential, not perfection. And we ask inclusive leaders to be humble, courageous, and curious. Seek those who are not like you. Talent will be the differentiator in 2021 and beyond. Imagine the View Details
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

about the role of marketplace institutions and the timing of transactions. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16556   Cases & Course MaterialsCDG: Managing in China's Economic Transformation Roy Y.J. Chua, Shaohui... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

sending some customers charity vouchers and others more standard product discounts (15% off your next purchase)—will allow companies to compare directly the ROI on charitable actions versus more traditional marketing actions - and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

Disney animation department was not the company’s only problem. Disney was under pressure: the company had recently delivered poor financial results; ratings at the ABC network had fallen below competitors; Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

Battilana and T. D'Aunno Publication:In Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations, edited by Thomas B. Lawrence, Roy Suddaby, and Bernard Leca. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2009... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

experiment? Conducting the experiment is just the beginning. Use the data to assess which components of a new initiative might have the highest ROI or the markets where it is most likely to be successful. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

appreciation of the role of the chief risk officer, and of leadership in general, in risk management. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110031-PDF-ENG IFP, Indonesia Roy D. ShapiroHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

In the Blood

Derby and the Preakness on his first try parallels that of Seabiscuit, the Depression-era Thoroughbred memorialized in Laura Hillenbrand's best-seller and a 2003 movie. Bred by Roy and Pat Chapman on a $10,000 stud fee, Smarty Jones... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

Partners: Evidence from China Authors:Crystal X. Jiang, Roy Y.J. Chua, Masaaki Kotabe, and Janet Y. Murray Publication:Journal of International Business Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate trust relationships between senior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

the redirection of existing inventive activity. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-118.pdf Finding the Right Mix: How the Composition of Self-managing Multicultural Teams' Cultural Value Orientation Influences Performance Over Time Authors:Chi-Ying... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

goods, and protecting the environment. Baker illustrates how these realities further corrode the commonwealth, with specific, pragmatic measures to reset capitalism so that it once again contributes to shared prosperity and sustained democracy. Have a Good Job? Why You... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

organizations is circumscribed by their impact on financial results. The social impact of organizations essentially took a back seat. This tendency concerns us for two reasons. First, as many critics of leadership have argued, the ability of individual leaders to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Starting Up and Starting Over

enterprise. In some cases, to accommodate the sheer grandeur of their vision, other entrepreneurs shaped new business and organizational models. Consider the role of Roy L. Ash (MBA 6/'47) in the emergence of the modern American... View Details
  • 23 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

We Rise

to do,” she says. “But there’s also an ROI case here. It’s good business across the board when you have diverse representation throughout the ecosystem.” Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk This article was originally published on... View Details