Filter Results:
(447)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(826)
- People (4)
- News (264)
- Research (447)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (77)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(826)
- People (4)
- News (264)
- Research (447)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (77)
Sort by
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
levels of poverty. One common challenge is that farmers only have access to one channel, often an auction, in which to sell their crops. Recently, e-intermediaries have emerged as alternate, technology-driven posted-price channels. We aim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
economists and other social scientists as they guide our most important personal and societal decisions. Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis of 2008 Authors:Victoria Ivashina and David S. Scharfstein Publication:Journal of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
the business through personal relationships with clients. A passionate entrepreneur, his approach to growth-secure customers first, figure out how to make money later-was remarkably successful, if sometimes chaotic. Facing an increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
competitiveness. To the contrary, that's an indicator that we have to choose between being able to sell our products to customers and paying our citizens well. "The ultimate goal of national policy has to be long-term productivity... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Fashionable Opportunity Harvard Business School Case 209-012 Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel is planning to purchase and renovate a nine-unit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
Tony Domit, vice president of a network business unit, began developing a method that used off-the-shelf components to perform the Xerox networked printer-controller functions. Domit's solution used an IBM personal computer, some special... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
personal interests (at the expense of public shareholders) and bail out Tesla. Concerns were raised over possible conflicts of interest, given that Musk owned over 20% of the stock, and sat on the board of directors of both companies. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
different sources (e.g., food versus fire safety). Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning Authors:Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack Wood, and Jennifer L. Petriglieri... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
of 2000. A customer entering the new center was immediately greeted at the door by a host—an idea borrowed from Wal-Mart and other retail stores. At freestanding kiosks, associates stood ready to help the customer open accounts, set up loans, retrieve copies of old... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
(B)." It is one of the failed ventures cited in those cases. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusiness.org/search/610027/ Intel NBI: Vivonic Harvard Business School Case 610-025 Vivonic was a start-up that was part of Intel's New Business Initiatives that sought... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing investments and production levels in the face of uncertainty about pollution permit prices. Students form groups of five, and throughout the exercise students may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
PublicationsWhat to Ask the Person in the Mirror: The Seven Tests of Highly Effective Leaders Authors:Robert Steven Kaplan Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, forthcoming Abstract Successful leaders know that leadership is less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
fraud than other kinds of advertising. An advertiser might think: "Faking that a person paid money is very hard. You need a credit card, and if I'm getting the order, how bad can it be?" In fact, fraud is not impossible. Maybe... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
Our observations of great service leaders reveal a greater emphasis on those skills demanded for intense personal interaction, engagement with employees at all levels of large people-intensive organizations, the ability to work with the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
Negotiation is a breeze if you're selling a unique product or service that others desperately need: Just sit back and let the bidding begin. Likewise, if you're a buyer in a buyer's market, getting a bargain is a snap. But what happens... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
insiders trade. We conclude managers do not fully disclose their private information and instead message to shareholders and analysts something of opposite sign. The data suggest they may be motivated in part by subsequent personal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
implemented theoretical flat taxes. Q: Slovakia introduced a flat tax in 2004 with a 19 percent rate on personal income, corporate income, and value added tax. What are some of the complexities of the Slovak situation that made you decide... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
with beautiful pictures, upbeat music, or dramatic lighting. Finally, emotion-focused ads do this by appealing to consumers' emotional attachment to the brand by personally connecting the product to how it will fit into their lives. (See... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
"It is difficult to conceive of a child as commerce," writes Harvard Business School professor Debora L. Spar in her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception. In fact, baby View Details