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  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

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

business administration. STRATEGY Tip: Confront unknown unknowns in your strategic planning The term VUCA originated in the US War College to describe situations that are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this world,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

jokes appeal to people with a certain sense of humor. Using the database ratings, the algorithm will search for new jokes that are similar to the ones you liked, and dissimilar to the ones you did not like.” Participants who received the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

findings are particularly relevant at a time when the economy is clouded by recession concerns and companies in industries across the world are searching for ways to instill a spirit of innovation, with Google expecting employees to spend... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

profits when one side is subsidized in equilibrium. By contrast, if platforms make positive margins on both sides, the same investment has the regular, expected effects. Our analysis implies that the strategy space and the logic of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

isn't easy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/strategic-decisions-for-multisided-platforms/ January 2014 Harvard Business Review The New Patterns of Innovation By: Parmar, Rashik, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn, and David Gann Abstract—The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

search process of members, and raise awareness and support for the military among the members of the Harvard University community. In honor of Memorial Day weekend, we checked in with seven AFAA students from the US military. Below are... View Details
  • 04 Mar 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

users of its search engine. We know now (and probably knew then but chose to ignore it) that the products of our searches are not free. They provide the basis for identifying our interests, potential... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Geoffrey Jones A second major influence on the diversification strategies of the trading companies was the boom in commodity prices. Industrialization in Europe and the United States stimulated a worldwide View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • September 2023 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Honest Jobs: A Path to Redemption

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey Barkas
Founded by a formerly incarcerated job seeker, Honest Jobs' mission is to be the hub where people with criminal records come to build careers and employers come to find great talent. Honest Jobs faced early challenges as a two-sided platform for justice-involved job... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Recruitment; Entrepreneurial Finance; Selection and Staffing; Digital Platforms; Job Search; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Employment Industry; United States; Colorado; Ohio; Texas
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  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

marginal benefit of higher capital requirements related to this channel significantly exceeds the marginal cost, indicating that U.S. capital requirements have been sub-optimally low. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2576277 Design of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

forecasting processes, while also trying to prepare for unexpected urgent orders and natural disasters. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107018 Google Advertising Harvard Business School Case 507-038 In mid-2006, Google... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 31

Struggles and Standard Chartered Bank: Managing Global Key Accounts Robert G. Eccles and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 411-011 Daren Kemp, a partner at leadership consultancy and executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

because of these incentives as well.[75] Qcells is also searching for a site for their 9 gigawatt solar manufacturing facility thanks to IRA funding, which is projected to support about 4,000 construction jobs throughout its construction... View Details
  • 17 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

their work, so they’re searching for something to replace that work identity.” Over four years, the researchers conducted interviews and surveys of 120 professionals at three quite different companies located in different parts of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 08 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

When it comes to the job hunt, many of us have a traditional view of what it takes to find a new position: A worker searches for available openings, sends in a resume, and waits for an interview. Much of academic research assumes that’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

In 1994, the World Wide Web was not yet a household name. A new company called Yahoo! had just developed a way to look for sites on the Internet—the search engine. HotWired debuted as the first online magazine to carry advertisements.... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • Web

HBS Fund Council - Alumni

new strategies for raising alumni understanding of and giving to the HBS Fund, particularly at the Investors Society level. Members are nominated based on leadership support of the HBS Fund as well as a demonstrated experience in... View Details
  • 11 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

chain. However, companies that weren’t born as platform businesses rarely realize that they can—at least partially—turn their offerings into one, say the authors. And even if they do realize it, they often wander in the dark searching for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

you name Google’s closest competitor in search and search-related advertising? That’s market power” Now comes the “New Tech Big Four,” often characterized as Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Like their older cousin Microsoft, all are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services
  • Web

The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details