Complicity - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

expect much larger price increases experienced by American consumers." The conflict in Ukraine is obviously partly about Ukraine, but it’s also part of a much messier, more complicated geopolitical conflict between Russia and the West... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

complicated them: Cost-cutting and remote work mean that both the acquisition and bonding drives are harder to meet via traditional means such as raises and team outings. Uncertainty around the pandemic itself, and its effect on... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

increasingly important. In some ways it seems obvious, but verification requirements can be enormously complicated to implement and it can dramatically increase the cost of adoption. Q: How do self-regulation programs affect managers as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

your workforce to tap into their intrinsic motivation rather than coming up with complicated schemes for paying them based on certain performance measures,” Pany says. “People are social creatures. Support them so that people can be who... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

03 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed With Your New Boss

such as over how much information the boss wants (and you want to give) and how involved the boss wants to be (and you want him or her to be) in the details of what you are doing. Rather than allowing misunderstandings to complicate your... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

through. As companies and work groups become more diverse, these differences will appear more often. Finally, people may not comply because they're confused. The growing complexity of the workplace and more fluid organizational structures with multiple bosses and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Morgan Hall | About

extensive reconstruction from 1990 to 1992. The complicated undertaking modernized and significantly expanded the building’s capacity and created a physical environment that fosters intellectual collaboration among faculty from different... View Details

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

constraints, with the impact of that decision affecting everything from just their immediate team to billions of dollars of revenue globally. The beauty of the case method is that it breaks down the most complicated problems to small... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

global beauty powerhouse over the last two decades; and Shu Uemura, the Japanese makeup artist who created an exquisite, and now global, brand. A further complication in reaching a definitive answer to whether there are gender advantages... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

through me and my data science team,’” Datar says. “It was a bold decision because it was much costlier and more complicated to design flexible architecture that managers could easily interact with.” Take a calculated approach to using... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

TeachingInterests

Decision Making Under Uncertainty

By: David E. Bell

Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

people and groups that complicate the process of sustaining healthy working relationships. Any organization has design issues posed by the innate nature of its employees and also by the same innate nature of its customers, suppliers,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

delivery, and patient value: Access a network of health care institutions and facilities to enhance quality and coordination of care Leverage partnerships and implement outcome measurement strategies to improve care for complicated... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

the humanities,” he says, “the better foundation they will have to think critically in complicated situations and act in ways that will have a positive impact on the world. I believe that’s what the One Harvard theme is all about.” View Details

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

three-color printing processes. In general, color printing was more complicated and expensive than black and white, and its results less reliable and “realistic.” Trade journals essentially considered black and white “preferable to lurid... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

company to company, industry to industry, and between the public and private sectors, Nicholas says. “These are enormously complicated issues we’re dealing with,” he says. And, he is careful to note, his research isn’t claiming that... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

(MBA 2004) explains how you can integrate entrepreneurship into your career. Pitching to Venture Capitalists? Learn From an Expert Are you pitching--or getting ready to pitch--a new business idea? Sounds easy, but it is complicated and... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

productivity in your sales team after the crisis. To learn more, read Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business Frank V. Cespedes, MBA Class of 1973 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Tip: Determine if COVID View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

complicated by feelings on the death penalty in general. Partly like ideas around involuntary servitude, we think that prisoners volunteering for anything has to be scrutinized very carefully. Q: Why do economists see markets so... View Details