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South Asia - Global
models, common in the literature, likely produce biased estimates. We propose an alternative procedure, using two-stage least squares. In settings without attrition, this approach obtains lower statistical power than self-reported yields;... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
said, the fallen advertising revenue has probably been more dramatic than anyone expected. The advertisers are right to at least take a pause here and think about whether they want to remain involved with Twitter. In the longer term, Musk... View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
failures, nor does it affect their perception of the person’s status. “Even after revealing their struggles or failures, high achievers still look good,” Brooks says. She cautioned that this effect works only for people who have reached at View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?
down from almost $18 billion to $17 billion. That comes out to sales of about $150 per square foot, which is probably in the lower third of department store sales, if not the lowest. In contrast, competitors like Macy's and Kohl's have... View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Kendall Square and, to his dismay, laying off hundreds of workers due to the post-war slump. "Everyone left at Polaroid knew that, at the present rate of decline, the business, the company, and their jobs might not survive 1947 or the... View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
appreciate as well." A Complementary Research Method Finally, some teams went the extra mile by making themselves extreme consumers. A group of students working on developing a new rice cooker conducted the usual surveys of consumers in Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
ISPs all offer IPv4 transit. Transition raises the question of who goes first. ISPs have hesitated to offer IPv6 service because there's not much demand. Users (and end-user networks like companies and universities) aren't demanding IPv6 because, at View Details
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
technology so that we can reach out in a low-cost, scalable way,” Mahajan explains. Rocket targets the least educated and most impoverished families in India. Many parents earn between one and two dollars a day doing construction or... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
workplace, at least to some extent. Organizations understand that they must become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive places, and that they must reach out to people as individuals of different backgrounds, engage with them on their... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
challenge, Lal says. Pricing It Right Retail pricing is a high art, and Johnson is starting from scratch at Penney, replacing frequent sales—the company had 590 of them in 2011—with "Fair and Square everyday pricing." When outlining the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
fund. A hedge fund investor must have at least $1.5 million in net worth to invest. The funds are regulated little and do not report their activities, trades, and balances. The smaller investor cannot play this game successfully. He or... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
It’s a drab gray morning in April, and real estate developer Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo (MBA 2008) is standing at the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun Streets in Baltimore’s historic Union Square district. Behind her, a chain-link... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
still works out with former and current world champions at least five days a week at one of the martial arts academies he owns in Singapore. Sityodtong launched Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 2009 as a response to an unanswered... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
competitiveness strategy needs to cover both export-oriented and local industries. And it needs to take into account that in the export-oriented sector policy choices have to be made with a much stronger view on policies in places in other locations. Competitiveness... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
environment its original owners never envisioned. As other independent booksellers before her had discovered, Brody realized that the store could never compete with its bigger rivals on price or—with just 1,000 square feet of space—on... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
innovation in ways that obviate its inherent disruptive energy. It takes an innovation from a circumstance in which its unique features are valuable to a circumstance in which its unique features are a liability. Cramming is like trying to stuff a View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate. Chandler placed the issue of managerial coordination View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading the way in times of crisis
inspiring to see ordinary people respond with courage and humanity,” recalls Lhota, who worked to get New York’s business community up and running. This battle-tested native New Yorker’s leadership experience also includes managing major... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
deprived them of their bargaining power, at least into April when the presidential order expired. There is, however, a better way - one that would permit the contending parties to fight it out while limiting the costs to themselves and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In the Driver's Seat
NASCAR racing is one of the more popular spectator sports in the country, but it's a tight little fraternity that's tough to join and expensive to belong to — maintaining a competitive team costs about $15 million per season. But die-hard racing buff Jeffrey Roe... View Details