Basic Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 14

collection of innovative research and management insights that build upon the foundations of the first book but takes the study of brand relationships outside of traditional realms by applying new theoretical frameworks and considering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

Are people who travel in town cars and on corporate jets different—on a psychological level—from you and me? Does the availability of luxury goods "prime" individuals to be less concerned about or considerate toward others? The answer from new View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

our story and gain feedback from an audience of potential investors,” Goble says. The victory also came with $75,000, a sizable sum for the young firm facing basic company-formation costs. The enterprise became part of the Harvard i-lab... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 29

Francois Brochet and Rakeen MabudHarvard Business School Note 110-070 This note explains the basic structure of the trading floor in a typical financial institution and how the front, middle and back offices interact to ensure a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

optimization problems. We argue that the classical RO paradigm need not produce solutions that possess the associated property of Pareto optimality and illustrate via examples how this could lead to inefficiencies and sub-optimal performance in practice. We provide a... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

to exit direct stockholding if their stock portfolios have performed well; but these relationships are much weaker for mutual funds, a pattern which is consistent with previous research on the disposition effect among direct stockholders... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2004
News

Marquis Jet Takes Off

uniquely positioned to broaden the customer base for private-jet travel to their former clients: young, highly paid athletes and performers. By contrast, their research showed that the typical private-jet customer was a highly successful... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

in rural Haiti. Using a costing system developed at Harvard Business School, researchers found that the cost of care varied dramatically from clinic to clinic. The research and the concerns it raises are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

Toyota model? A: Your question cuts right to a critical issue. We discussed earlier the basic problem that for complex systems, responsibility for design, testing, and improvement must be distributed broadly. We've observed that Toyota,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

Web

National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

(Grossman/Helpman, 1991). Exports, then, might not be beneficial per se, but only if they occur in the "right" activities. The empirical analyses tried to provide insights into the factual linkages between trade and growth. Many View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

will “criticize the fact that we don’t want transgenderism in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms.” Chapek went further, sending this message to Disney employees: “It is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

laws are not a cure-all. And the scope of industries considering adopted patent pools has also grown. While the patent pools have been well established in basic manufacturing and electronic industries for decades, they have been seen as a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

Fast Answer

VCPE Database Comparison

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18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

And so, there’s a lot of uncertainty around crypto; and in times of overall financial market uncertainty, people pull away from riskier assets. At the same time, a lot of the basic technology investment and entrepreneurship in crypto is... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

Owner/President Management Program, with plenty of lessons about branding and competitive strategy. Two Paths In Branding Yoga, cowritten with HBS Global Research Group associate director Kerry Herman and View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

Types. Field research shows that anyone with normal intelligence is capable of doing some degree of creative work. Creativity depends on a number of things: experience, including knowledge and technical skills; talent; an ability to think... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

said of their early meetings, "and about what research and course development efforts in this area—whether by Harvard or by other institutions—really needed to reflect." The basic macro environment... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

diplomacy, are not innate talents but can be learned. It lists problems that research has shown often occur in the process of seeking or giving advice, including being overconfident about one's own perspective, failing to seek advice from... View Details