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- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
revolution. The facts are undeniable. Watch an old movie in which people remove the telephone receiver from the wall, type (either manually or electronically), and even begin to email (as in "You've Got Mail!"). It's always good... View Details
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
innovated as much on how we deliver the theory in these readings. In particular, I worry that my students will forget these readings very quickly as the readings, unlike cases, are not very experiential or interactive." Watching his... View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
the largest corporate donors to principal candidates in closely watched congressional races manage earnings downwards in the two quarters immediately preceding the 2004 election. We find no evidence of such downwards earnings management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
sample of 82 ads for 30 brands in their homes or workplaces. The research relied on webcams that track visible changes on a person's face as they watch an ad, responding to funny, or amusing content. The software detects the slightest... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
able to deliver just what consumers want. Ten years ago, however, Philip Cook and Robert Frank’s The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us argued exactly the opposite. Why would you watch... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
meet the challenges presented by new, disruptive insurgents. In this case, figuring out that model while others are building new ones to attack it under the glare of incredibly high investor expectations should make for a lot of interesting times ahead. My colleagues... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
that it was a knockoff. But they were divided, just as India's courts have been, about whether what they watched was plagiarism. The words used in Bollywood films are different, and India's theatergoers perceive the movie's dialogue... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
Then hand over the technical work to them (that way nobody inside has to learn anything new) but refuse to take their advice about how the site should look (after all, you're the industry experts). Use more than one vendor—so you can have the fun of View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
the process of decoupling. Decoupling is the separation of two or more activities ordinarily done in conjunction by consumers-think of watching TV shows and sitting through the ads. These new digital disruptors allow consumers to benefit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
The idea seemed feasible because Mends had once met Winfrey through a personal connection at college. "I thought it was a fabulous possibility for several reasons," Koehn explained. "One, based on intuition, was that there's something very powerful about... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
authors discuss how these new digital disruptors allow consumers to benefit from one activity (e.g., watching shows) without incurring the cost of the other (e.g., watching ads) and offer strategies for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Struggle is an experience we instinctively avoid, looking for any way to minimize the hard work and pain involved in getting what we want. And yet—nearly every book we read and movie we watch involves someone struggling mightily to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
business there? What should they watch out for? What opportunities are ripe for exploration? A: In all areas of greater China, understanding the local systems, the role of government regulation, and the behavior of suppliers, customers,... View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
costs of inefficient institutions more transparent; at the same time, globalization means that the foregone benefits are even greater in those markets that do not provide or enforce protections for international investors. As the students read the case series, they... View Details
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
their policy platforms, to appeal to suburban voters. Why demographics are not destiny in politics We are economists, and we study markets. Politics is a competitive one. Just as auto manufacturers don’t sit and idly watch market... View Details
- 02 Sep 2016
- Op-Ed
The Twitter Election
don't know what Twitter is. In 2015, the average American spent more than one-third of her media interaction time online and around one-third watching television, 10 percent reading magazines and newspapers, and 10 percent listening to... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
productivity. “What managers were seeing wasn't real. It was a show being put on for an audience” What's more, in a curious phenomenon dubbed the Transparency Paradox, he finds that watching your employees less closely at work might yield... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
for ad revenue. Instead, the research findings contradict this notion, offering validation that the press is keeping vigilant watch and is exercising the fundamental rights assigned to them by the US Constitution. “I was surprised to see... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is expected to attract the attention of 3.2 billion people worldwide. During one month, 32 teams will vie for the trophy of best football (a.k.a. soccer) team in the world. With 64 matches and assuming that 3.2 billion people View Details