Infrastructure As A Service - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

looking to do new deals. They’re just sitting on a ton of money.” During that period, global daily deaths had topped 9,000 for a second time as infection rates were soaring... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Financial Services

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

easier and faster being 'on call' 24/7 is now viewed by many as the norm." Phil Clark faulted leaders for failing to provide "healthy leadership" on this issue, saying "We have created a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

worse than the financial crisis,” says Mills, who led the United States Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. “Many small businesses will not survive more than a month.” Small businesses have been scaling down and temporarily... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Service

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

opportunities to do new things that would otherwise be impossible," he continued, "all the while providing organizations with the power to personalize their services and create communities in unprecedented fashion. "What's... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

02 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity

robust direct link between CSR and financial performance” It is true that in areas such as environmentally sustainable practices, customers have been willing to pay responsible producers a premium for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

variable analysis and use the differences in the likelihood of retirement driven by Social Security retirement incentives in the United States to find a sizable increase in purpose in life as an outcome of... View Details

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

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

but only by the firms that have employee longevity and a valued ... way of life." This may not mean retaining everyone, however, as Horacio Cavallero suggests in commenting that "I have always... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

operations are not well integrated across media. As a consequence, a frequent shopper may be given first-class treatment in the physical store but receive marginal View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

people in rural areas who don't yet have computers," he continues. "This company's service allows e-mail messages to be sent from anywhere in the world to a post office near the addressee's home,... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

the "comp," or complimentary benefit, which can include a free dinner at a hotel restaurant, reduced-priced tickets and good seats to a show, or even free lodging in deluxe... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

nature of cases is changing as well, with more cases focusing on international and global issues, as compared to single-country cases that are easier for a faculty member to do... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

over the next decade or so, where more and more things that are considered creative breakthroughs will be made by people whose names are never going to be known as famous individuals,” says Amabile, a Baker... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of funding for the federal government.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

02 Aug 2021
What Do You Think?

Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

Fifth Third’s employees back to the office he remarked that, “We can’t be a great company working remotely We can get the job done, but it’s tough to flourish.” The comment refers to Fifth Third’s management core. Like many View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

project was born from that feeling, and the belief that the school could convene and analyze and understand in ways we had not taken full advantage of. As Jan and I started looking at the data, a whole set... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

has indeed increased at certain workplaces, particularly ones dominated by white workers, as more minorities have been hired at these firms over time. But as Koning and Ferguson zoomed out and looked at... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

interactions, Frost and Norton are also exploring the social implications of people seeking relationships online and the possibility for technology to influence the initial tone and trajectory of relationships. One obstacle they noticed is that the main dating sites... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing

16 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

people with different backgrounds for a portion of their work. Giving people a common task, especially a meaningful one, so that they depend on one another to accomplish it, is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

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

factors like chauvinism. They mostly failed. But in failing to find a quantifiable explanation, they succeeded to challenge a commonly held notion that the corporate gender gap can be attributed to... View Details