New Product Diffusion - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

For more details, see Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes For Better Democracy by John Quelch and Katherine Jocz (Harvard Business Press 2008). Choice sells, in politics and in the supermarket. Distinct choices on the shelf attract our attention to a View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

limit the success of these programs. Q: The news site Quartz published a chart showing the fastest-growing areas of startup investment since 2012: Bitcoin, photo sharing, storage, space travel, transportation, hospitality. What does that... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

their espoused strategy and management principles. Beer and Eisenstat began implementing the process ten years ago at Becton Dickinson and Company, a medical products and diagnostic systems supplier. "Ray Gilmartin, who was CEO at... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

Forward in 1958 triggered a famine that killed 40 million people, and in 1966, Mao’s Cultural Revolution shut down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost generation. Q: Did you get a sense of people’s outlook toward the... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

[implicit federal guarantees] by that very process. Third, you're assuming that we can know in advance every institution that's systemically risky, but I don't think that's possible. Finally, why do we assume that it's just institutions? Sometimes rapidly growing View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

extent that taxes do not limit where companies keep their cash holdings and that companies have better uses for their cash here in the US than abroad, this can also have a positive effect on stock valuations. A third effect comes from the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

Remote work is giving companies new opportunities to tap additional markets and talent pools. However, a global workforce also brings a challenge: As some employees are getting up in the morning, others are winding down their workday.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

an important customer demands a change, or a software vendor releases a new patch—the list can go on and on. But no matter the reasons, it's crucial to document every modification. That way, if your computers are breached, you'll have... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

expanding involvement of households—both as savers and as borrowers—has had an enormous effect on the range of products and services offered. Important changes taking place at all of these levels—in household economic planning, in the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

donor and grateful recipient, toward deeper, strategic alliances. These changes are already under way, and the changing alliance landscape is rich in variety, with businesses and nonprofits from Boston to Seattle finding new ways to work... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

us to the question of whether the U.S. automobile industry should qualify for help. Where should we draw the line? Is it now time for ideology to take over? What do you think? Original Article In view of world financial events, which take View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

"outsiders," such as Elizabeth Arden, created their own road to success, overcoming significant odds. The new book Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership explores the demographics of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

case in China, adequate investment had been put into roads, bridges, and power plants, I suspect that a much larger fraction of the money coming into India would have been productively deployed into longer-term fixed assets, securing it... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

from investment opportunities in developed countries. Nari Kannan suggests that it is a product of "thoughtless consumerism ... (the thirst for cheap Chinese goods) ... and dependence on foreign oil," particularly in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

The deadline on an important work project is looming, but you keep getting distracted by news stories and silly cat videos online. Even though installing an Internet-blocking app might help you stay focused, you resist the idea, telling... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

say. Here's the good news: There are reasons why leaders fail to prevent predictable surprises and there are ways to identify trouble while there is still time to stop it. As authors of a new book from Harvard Business School Press,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

are experts at diagnosing and solving a variety of issues for their clients, are struggling to apply their own management principles internally.” To regain equilibrium, over the past two years, some major consulting firms have meaningfully slowed recruiting and have... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’

photo; shared or liked a Coca-Cola-related deal; or wrote a product recommendation. Related Article An Interview With The Author Read The Interview Indeed, many firms began to compete with each other over who can have most Facebook fans... View Details

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

almost all other products and services. This was a match of ambition with capability that can be replicated in other fast growing, semi-informal cities in the developing world. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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