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05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

Swiss Mechanical Watchmaking, 1970-2008 By: Raffaelli, Ryan Abstract—In 1983, 14 years after the introduction of the battery-powered quartz watch, mechanical watches and the Swiss watchmakers who built them were predicted to be obsolete... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

like it will be in a state of siege for the next 15 to 20 years, it doesn't take much for your stock to drop 10 percent. Compare it to people in a theater watching a good horror movie. They're already a little edgy. Then someone says boo,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’

payrolls as they negotiate with superstars and journeymen. Or if you're in sports, pay attention to the foreign news and watch how diplomats forge alliances. Look especially for examples of other people using provocative competence to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

them on those dimensions while making purchase decisions. We found that one factor—American values—didn't matter much to consumers, although many companies have assumed it is critical. Quality Signal. Consumers watch the fierce battles... View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

course? Michael Luca: A deeper appreciation of the ways in which small—and sometimes subtle—changes in the way a process or product is structured can make a difference. Our intuition about these effects can also be off, which is why experimental testing is important as... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

whether Japan should take on competition-oriented policies, or the more traditional policies that protect the strong social traditions of Japanese big business. He recommended watching the reformation of the Japanese telecom monopoly,... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

five-year-old Jeff Bezos, who watched Neil Armstrong take humankind’s first steps on the moon, an experience Bezos said “deeply imprinted” him. It fostered his interest in and admiration for the space sector and the work NASA was doing... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

footballs should be.” “I don’t think this is about football at all. I think this is about human nature and organizations and performance” As Iansiti watched the AFC title game in January 2015, and the ensuing uproar, he was hooked. As an... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

sound like beginners. After playing for a minute, all the expert guitarists watched a YouTube video clip of a true beginner, who struggled to play a series of chords. They each wrote a few sentences of advice for the beginner, and then... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine! By: Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman Abstract—Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their investors, lenders, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

for them to start making great products again? A: I would guess so. I'm not a car person, but yes. I think that's probably what appealed to them about Mulally because everybody was singing the praises of Airbus and then, five years later, Boeing has recaptured its... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

terms of compensation levels, but in the choice of performance measures consistent with a firm strategy, goal setting, time horizon, etc." Like all interested observers, Ferri will be watching to see how compensation practices change... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

or not on my watch anyhow." (Jamal Barghouti). A dominant theme concerned the bias in the market toward addressing short-term challenges, caused in large part by what Robin Chacko described as the "impatient" investor. As... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

University of Verona and the University of Amsterdam, Daniel Houser of George Mason University, and Marco Piovesan, a research fellow at Harvard Business School. Key concepts include: Experimental research finds that subjects who were told to resist the temptation of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

Technology, on the working paper Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Programs, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in November. Danielle Kost: How should people interpret your research as they watch the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

your smartphone to how to earn a seat on a corporate board and make socially responsible investments. They gathered Thursday evening to watch a screening of a new documentary on the history of women at HBS, "A Woman's Place."... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

experiments, we show that participants rated sharks more negatively and less positively after viewing a 60-second video clip of swimming sharks set to ominous background music, compared to participants who watched the same video clip set... View Details