Conflict of Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business

mistakes should I watch out for in starting a new company? Should I Keep Control Of My Company? Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want? It's a fundamental tension many entrepreneurs face, the conflict between... View Details

21 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

U.S. companies spent a staggering $285 billion on advertising in 2006, according to Advertising Age. That's a lot of dollars and expectations being handed to advertising managers to generate returns. But do marketing managers allocate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

How can you negotiate when the rules suddenly change, and no one knows whether your particular market is headed up or down? Regrouping from the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to failed labor negotiations, National Hockey League... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports

12 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

working on next? A: My research interests are at the intersection of accounting, economics, and politics. I am working on several projects on how political forces shape accounting standards. One project,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

published dozens of cases on energy policy. Of late, he's taken a keen interest in how the shifting energy market is influencing geopolitics, particularly as the shale... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

world views somewhere under the surface. A lot of times they're very obvious, but a lot of times they're just slightly under the surface. And there's a kind of humility in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

the workplace. Professor Bernstein took time below to talk about the genesis of this intriguing research and its implications for the office architecture of the future. Christian Camerota: How did your View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

two that would lead to better results. You may think you're sticking your neck out, but if the conflict is there and neither of you addresses it, you are probably not long for that job anyway. Q: You take... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

Why are so many businesses—though seemingly intent on fostering innovation—unable to get new products through their organizations and into the marketplace? Ed Ludwig faced such circumstances as the new president of New Jersey-based Becton... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

be displayed. Making Niche Profitable Zhu's interest in how different revenue models affect content, consumers, and companies generates a number of interesting "what... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

of incumbents so there can be better investments and so we can learn about broader economic phenomena. This is particularly true and interesting in developing economies because they are making big... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

achieve their goals. I've been especially interested in the pattern of succession in many entrepreneurial firms—specifically, that many founders are replaced by "professional" CEOs early in the... View Details

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

difficulties may lead to separation acts that can cause conflicts to spiral. The parties are likely to recognize these spirals and use working-together acts to reduce conflict. Substantive acts begin with an initial agreement on the... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

There's a classic cartoon plot device that represents a struggle with temptation. A tiny angel pops up on the conflicted character's left shoulder, urging him to follow the path of righteousness. A tiny... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

charging issuers of securities being rated. While the "investor pays" business model allows a wide sharing of ratings to investors for free, it has raised concerns about View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

efficiency. I'll first consider a range of examples, from slavery and indentured servitude (which once were not as repugnant as they now are) to lending money for interest (which used to be widely repugnant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

interest to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, be they a movie legend or a third baseman. She wrote the Sharapova case with Margarita Golod (HBS MBA '07) to study and frame classroom discussions on a favorite field View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

deal in two ways: In the first description, they stressed that the shop offered great coffee with great value and efficient service, setting up an exchange norm. In the second, they emphasized that the servers always offered a warm greeting, took an active personal... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

11 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

should begin sharing a broader personal narrative with employees to stem the female stereotyping and backlash that followed her controversial announcement. Some of the negative reaction is based on expectations View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services

05 May 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

equally interesting question of whether it is more important to obtain the thinking of a few potential customers or to focus on dissatisfied current users View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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