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- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
attempt to do this at scale. I’ll be tweeting new insights as we add them to the microsite, and invite everyone interested to follow me @miketoffel on Twitter. About the Author Danielle View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
small-business owners trying to survive. Strict safety protocols haven’t been enough to get customers through the door for some small businesses, and many owners—crushed by inventory View Details
- 03 May 2017
- Book
The Clear Connection Between Slavery and American Capitalism
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Communication must be transparent and explicitly focus on building long-term value over and above short-term profits. Effective senior executives today should aspire to build better systems for the future to... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
financing a risky venture. Structured experimentation, popularized by Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup, has been widely embraced as the gold standard for how to approach the commercialization of radical new ideas. From Boston to Beijing to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?
value of the product is low and there aren’t too many undecided consumers, to offer the price match doesn’t give you much in terms of extra profits from the segment that comes to the store,” Ofek says. “By price discriminating across... View Details
- 04 Oct 2017
- Book
Five Leaders Forged in Crisis, and What We Can Learn From Them
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
and can lead to severe consequences. In the case of negotiations, which are information-dependent, deception can substantially change the outcome. Paltering differs from two other deceptive practices: Lying View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
industry lines as companies increasingly bring seemingly unrelated business lines together in unconventional ways. New research by Awada, Harvard Business School Professor Suraj Srinivasan, and doctoral... View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
running.” “By doing so, managers and customers alike stand to learn a lot about how well the company’s offerings fit with customers’ needs and preferences, so that better decisions can be made on both... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
indexes by 30 percent. The market swings likely prompted many brokerage customer to scrutinize their advisers’ investments, and some might not have liked what they saw. “There's a Warren Buffett quote: ‘Only... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
thought. However, that wasn’t that case, according to the study, Creating Exercise Habits Using Incentives: The Trade-off Between Flexibility and Routinization, published by the journal Management Science in... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research Event
Research Trends Discussed at India and South Asia Conference
the Business History Initiative. For a detailed summary of the conference, read The Business History of India and South Asia: Recent Trends in Research, written by organizers Jones View Details
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
if employees have the psychological safety to reflect on these close calls, says research by Amy C. Edmondson, Olivia Jung, and colleagues. 5. How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
Technology, on the working paper Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Programs, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in November. Danielle Kost: How... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
industry like taxicabs. It can fight hard to get the rules changed,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and chair and director... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
they forge relationships with user groups. Danielle Kost: How can companies engage user communities more effectively? What advantages can they provide a firm? Frank Nagle and Sonali K. Shah: User communities... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost