Learning By Doing - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

influenced not just by the decisions it makes and the assets inside the company, but also by the surrounding business environment in the locations at which the company operates. The business environment... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2021
What Do You Think?

Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

idiosyncratic to one organization? All banks operating in a conventional format? All companies relying heavily on collaborative work? All companies with great cultures? Or is it applicable to all companies? Can a company managed from anywhere be great? What View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

carry over to technology strategy today. Finally, I look forward to learning more about the ultimate enigma of our time in Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. This... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

Roth discusses these and other markets in his reflective paper What Have We Learned from Market Design?, which draws from decades of his fieldwork. In the paper, published in 2008 and updated in September 2010, Roth discusses how issues... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

has more information on that dog than you do as a potential buyer or pet guardian, and that can lead to adverse situations,” Exley says. “The information asymmetry and search costs were what really motivated Wagaroo.” In his research on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

why the brain evolved to pay attention to other people.” The problem was that while the film's characters appeared astonishingly human in many ways, their eyes looked lifeless. Viewers were creeped out. Humans are often delighted by... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best

It's well understood that cash bonuses often motivate a sales force to step up its game, but they don't work in every scenario and in some cases can backfire, a new study from Harvard Business School has found. The key variable? Whether the sales rep had to View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

19 May 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective

Keywords: by Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth & John J. Siegfried

29 Jan 2015
Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

them by favoring reform based on central government control rather than the forces of competition, meritocracy, and individual accountability. Let me be clear about one thing: the previous government, as most previous governments, failed... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

16 May 2016
HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

four leading global food safety firms gives their testing a certain level of external validity that they may not enjoy by doing their own testing, although big companies such as Nestle remain strongly... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

know and control what is done with their information. Q: Do these services do better by focusing on the higher-end market, or is the resistance you describe pretty universal... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Fola Folowosele

developing a business skill set. Given my interest in utilizing business to drive social impact, HBS stood out to me because it is an institution that focuses on multiple bottom lines. I was also drawn to HBS because I knew that I would View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products

03 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Money Making Movies

Hollywood studios can determine the rules of the game. Another key difference concerns the extent to which markets are influenced by piracy. Piracy is a global problem, but I think it is particularly detrimental to box office grosses in... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's personal... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

18 Apr 2005
Lessons from the Classroom

NFL Players Touch Down at HBS

Jones. That's why he and twenty-nine fellow players from around the National Football League have exchanged play books for business books this spring at Harvard Business School, where they were immersed in a three-day program to learn... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

12 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?

its culture as an amalgam of “freedom and responsibility.” By freedom, the company doesn’t mean a free-for-all. Yes, workers have the freedom to express opposing viewpoints, and they also have wide leeway with their vacation and travel... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Air Transportation

25 Jul 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

The Evolution of Apple

constant," says Yoffie, noting that the case is used as part of the MBA required curriculum in the Strategy course and in numerous Executive Education programs. It can also be taught with a video presentation by John Sculley, Apple's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer; Technology

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

Social networks matter for more than just efficient Internet communication. They're also crucial for the strong performance of stock recommendations by analysts, according to researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

theoretical frameworks of international political economy (IPE) to date have not adequately recognized nationalism's real sway. (See sidebar, "Dueling Theories of IPE.") By analyzing the effects of nationalism on the three... View Details