Section 10(b) - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

World By: Ahmed, Faisal Z., and Eric D. Werker Abstract—The conflict following the Arab Spring is not the first wave of civil war in the Muslim world in recent time. From the mid-1980s to the end of the century, an average of one in 10... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2023
Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

16 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

insight into who has succeeded in their firms historically, enabling skills-based hiring. You Might Also Like: 10 Trends to Watch in 2024 Is AI Coming for Your Job? How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

10 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

Nov. 1, 2019 until May 1, 2021, which Cavallo notes was before supply chain issues intensified even further last summer in some areas, including the US, Canada, China, Japan, and sections of Europe. The goods examined cover 62 to 80... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

prior to incarceration, and when they did have jobs, their median earnings were a mere $6,250 per year. In addition, one in 10 boys born to families in the bottom 10 percent income bracket were incarcerated... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

12 May 2021
Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

subordinates, just by virtue of the hierarchy of organizations,” says Fubini, who led McKinsey’s Boston office for 10 years and also co-founded a global unit within the firm that aided mergers of some of the world’s top companies. To help... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

than Boss B for everyone.” Measuring boss quality To measure boss quality, the researchers looked at transaction times for the workers under them on any given day (due to confidentiality agreements, he can’t say what the transaction... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

"I am aware of how to use my cultural knowledge when interacting with people from other cultures," and "I adjust my cultural knowledge while interacting with people from a new or an unfamiliar culture." The team then surveyed up to 10... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

whether a person is fit for the job by falling victim to a “cloning bias.” “They’re interviewing and asking themselves what made them successful as salespeople, and they look to clone who they were six to eight years ago,” he says. “But what made you successful five to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

The following excerpt is taken from the "Lessons of Restructuring" section of Gilson's introduction to Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring. Although the case studies in this book span a wide range of companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

understand why some companies are much more profitable than others, a useful starting point is to identify the reasons why the middle section of the value stick—the firm’s margins—is slim for some companies and fat for others. Value... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

more effective negotiator, and motivating great work from others. Here are the Top 10 articles and Top 10 working papers that appeared in HBS Working Knowledge in 2010. Now turn your attention to 2011 and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

drivers,” she says. She now travels fewer than 10 minutes, yet even workers with a short drive may benefit from using that time to plan what they intend to accomplish when they arrive: “Think about the three most important goals or tasks... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

stores in a very precarious situation. Because of their intense focus, these retailing giants have many fewer degrees of freedom to respond to the threat of e-commerce. For many, the economics of a store can suddenly become negative when 5 to View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

Authors: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Barry Nalebuff, and David Yoffie Abstract In Cournot's model of complements, the producers of A and B are both monopolists. This paper extends Cournot's model to allow for competition between complements... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals

section affiliation, and so are easily spotted. (Each entering MBA cohort is divided into ten sections of approximately ninety students each, designated with a letter and their graduation year, for example,... View Details

Keywords: Education

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

citizens in the future. To change that trade-off significantly, I believe we need to get new dispatchable, zero-carbon technologies on the table within the next 10 years that can beat coal on price in India and China in order to change... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

and licensed to practice radiology in the United States. The data set included 2.7 million scans read by the radiologists for 1,431 customers over a 30-month period. Nearly 85 percent of the scans were CT; roughly 10 percent were... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

crisis hit the Western markets. The use of project finance has grown at a compound rate of 0% over the last five years, 4% over the past 10 years, and 12% over the past 15 years. This note focuses primarily on private sector investment in... View Details