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- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
lawsuits against Blitz had followed. A former Blitz employee has testified that Blitz presented a revised gas can design to Walmart that would prevent the burn injuries by installing an "arrestor,"... View Details
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
The sun was setting and a light snow falling, creating a thin white blanket that covered the winding two-lane country road stretching in front of Joshua Margolis, when he... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16922 Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane Abstract This working paper surveys the business history of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
and services with innovative approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation, there is another important step. Pay attention to quality and safety. It takes just one electric vehicle catching on fire, wind turbine blade falling off at an... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
Prioritizing such goals would work against having taxes based on personal characteristics. Now, if the gain in terms of reduced total sacrifice were large enough from taxing height, we might do it despite... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Bridgit: Persevere or Pivot?
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
In late 2012, Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake, two young women in their final year of college, founded Bridgit, a technology startup that developed solutions to simplify vital but laborious processes within the construction industry. In the Fall of 2013, after months... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Co-founders; Women Executives; Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Research and Development; Competition; Construction Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Canada
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Bridgit: Persevere or Pivot?" Harvard Business School Case 824-118, November 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
process to protect against the chaos that would come if we brought it out in the open. I agree that it's not going to lead to a great outcome if we do it all just from one... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
hypothesize that shareholder actions and regulatory threats are likely to prime firms to adopt practices consistent with the aims of a broader social movement. We find empirical evidence of direct and spillover effects. In View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
viable product, in order to real-world test Gallop's "business of the future" concept while development was ongoing. IWRTW was conceived to bring together human good intentions with corporate good intentions, to activate both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
federal government reacted with the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires all projects licensed by the government to file an environmental impact... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 31 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?
expensing meals, however, one of your coworkers grabs fast food while working through lunches and dinners, but later buys a gift card at a grocery store to make up the difference. He argues the client has... View Details
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
is not for the fainthearted. Most of us know how to drive—we have the basics—but we recognize we are ill-prepared to race against world-class competitors. While data and... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
direction, Radiometer began an intensive program of process improvements using the Danaher Business System (DBS), an iterative tool system and company culture that sought to continuously improve the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
competing against nonconsumption, Sony set a very low technical hurdle for itself: The product just had to be better than nothing in order to find delighted consumers. The... View Details
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
was sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison. Level Three: Chameleon At the next level sits Chameleons. These are the "leaders" who bend with the View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
Markets," looks at a wide range of practices, legal and illegal, from dwarf tossing to slavery to California's ban on the human consumption of horse meat, and asks how economists can find a common language, if not a common point of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
people for whom that pattern of behavior made them a success, but there are a lot of people who have that same pattern of behavior who wind up as drunks in the alley." Success is a tough problem for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
don’t match the majority in the C-suite, but causing financial repercussions for businesses as well. “Investors may worry that executive teams are not hiring the best talent... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies manages to do both—and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost