Conflict of Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2019
What Do You Think?

Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?

How Will the Case Method Have to Evolve to Meet Future Needs? Like any good case discussion, this month’s column generated thoughtful comments centered around several issues concerning whether or not the case method has become outmoded. These included issues View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

and make decisions based on assumptions about the future. The problem: Most of these prophecies about what is to come are basically straight-line extrapolations of a few weeks View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

for public good is viewed with suspicion—in my view for very good reasons." Yet more than three dozen faculty and doctoral students from a variety of institutions gathered January 30 to give the idea serious consideration during the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

health what WAZE has done for traffic congestion, Macomber says. “There is going to be substantially more awareness and interest on the part of the public, in terms of the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

stumble. When answering questions off the cuff, they are more likely to use complex and convoluted speech that can be difficult for investors to decipher. "It is this real-time interaction that's the main barrier," Yu says. The prepared text is not View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

reporting, while strengthening vigorous enforcement of environmental laws. “This workshop was a gold mine of new contacts, information, and studies,” he says. One paper that Silberman found particularly... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

News about the Greek economy continues on the front page of every major newspaper, as the country continues its six-year struggle to reenergize its economy. On Friday, Eurozone finance ministers will decide whether to release emergency... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

stick with recyclable plastic due to a lack of viable alternatives, the company did its best to negotiate the interests of investors, end consumers, supermarkets, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

argued. On the one hand it pays to be green; it is in a company's best interests to be environmentally proactive. On the other there's no need to be green; after all, we have governments to provide these essential public services. The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

agenda of the discipline. Q: How does this new work differ from your previous research on multinationals? A: This new book reflects my longstanding interest in the diversity of... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

specializes in real-estate issues, having spent several years as CEO of a construction company. "These characteristics—good credit, interest in employee health, ability to do a sophisticated analysis View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

probably witness higher inflation. We also know that our entitlement policies are unsustainable, that our unfunded pension liabilities take their toll on millions of retired workers, and that those on fixed incomes are being clobbered by... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

produced. Asymmetries of motivation would be on its side if it used the innovation to reach nonconsumers in developing countries; its competitors were not interested in pursuing what seemed to them to be a... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

“what would I have done in that situation?” Interesting and diverse characters, great acting, and multiple story lines made for compelling viewing. Rosabeth Moss Kanter On my serious reading pile are books about American history and the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

business leaders you talk with offer opinions about what should be done to reverse the current downturn? A: There’s a lot of interest in finding ways to develop internal consumer consumption. Another big... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

that Al's research has moved from railroads to giant corporations and now to computers and consumer electronics underscores his eminent position as the historian of industries at the center of national View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

firms may exploit personal information to tap into complementary revenue streams, such as advertising. Personal information can be used to improve the targeting of ads, increasing advertisers' willingness to pay. In addition, firms may... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

economic and social value. The goal of the corporation is to add value to employees, customers, suppliers and other partners, and community/society. These CEOs and the companies they lead make decisions with the View Details