Grounded Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

celebrate during a victory parade in Boston after winning Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. Despite such steps, inadvertent head blows and hard contact with the ground remain inevitable. Newly emerging research... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

brand-name multinationals that contract out the work. “In a sense, global supply chains are serving a regulatory function, with companies imposing an additional layer of rules and investing resources to enforce them,” says Harvard Business School Professor Michael W.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Privacy Statement (English) - Global

PRIVACY POLICY OF HBS ERC 1. INTRODUCTION This is the privacy policy of Centre de Recherche Européen de la Harvard Business School (HBS Europe Research Center), located at 62 rue François 1er, 75008 Paris, registration number SIRET 443... View Details

12 May 2015
News

A Flash of Insight

debris toward Brooklyn. The smell of smoke remained in the air for weeks as charred pieces of office documents and personal effects drifted down onto his rooftop garden. “I remember spending long moments staring out of our windows toward the plumes that continued to... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

05 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology

ground stations across the globe. My goal on our software team was to figure out when, where and for how long we could connect down to earth in order to minimize data loss and optimize the connectivity time. How has HBS helped you shape... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Apr 1999
News

An Eye to the East

new phase," said Clark at the opening dinner, which was attended by Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa and over two hundred alumni and friends of the School. "Our research and teaching are fundamentally View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

levity given the seriousness of the topic at hand. Some of the schools represented had already implemented major MBA program reforms. Others were considering them. But everyone had one thing in common: Each had assisted HBS professors Srikant Datar and David Garvin in... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

that quickly ferry from one to four passengers with no waiting to a number of possible destinations. PRT is an innovative approach to short-distance transportation, continues Edelman, whose other research interests include the design of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

her academic career studying the coffee economy of southern Mexico in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While her geographical focus is narrow, her research yields insights into export economies—and broad lessons for anyone... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

management; in global research and scholarship; and in its commitment to values and leadership as core elements of its curriculum and mission. Clark also oversaw a significant expansion of the faculty, an extensive refurbishing of the... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

Travel Date: May 2006 Location Visited: Cairo Purpose: Research on three global companies with Egyptian operations. Report: Sean Silverthorne: What was the nature of your visit? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: I traveled to Cairo in May 2006 with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

wild cheer when the scene settled to reveal a safe landing. “It was one of the most memorable and electric moments I have ever experienced,” Cornell says. READ MORE Maiden Voyage UAE’s ambitious, alumni-led space program gets off the View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

research on organizational learning, human resource management and operations management are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-002.pdf Lean Principles, Learning, and Software Production: Evidence from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

reading in a trade publication about Benihana's innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer turnaround times, Professor Earl Sasser produced the Benihana case in 1972 with research associate... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

things,” Benihana ads promised). Illustration by PJ Loughran After reading in a trade publication about Benihana’s innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer turnaround times, Professor Earl Sasser produced the Benihana case... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

the newest member of the Service Management unit, joined the faculty last year. In research that covers human resources and operations management, she has studied the impact of processes on organizations. Gittell is currently using the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
News

Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development

programs, which are expected to increase in both scope and number," Crane observed. "At HBS, Executive Education provides a training ground for new faculty, opens research possibilities for existing faculty,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

inventors, including knowledge spillovers and agglomeration and the concentration of spinoffs. This work investigates a possible antecedent of inventor mobility: regional variation in the enforcement of postemployment non-compete covenants. While previous View Details