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  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of each economy, and upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. To better determine when a firm will be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

organizational purpose or social responsibility—reduce the overall bump paid to college-educated workers by about 5 percent, finds the study, which Zhang wrote with Nathan Wilmers, an associate professor at... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 07 Aug 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

in an earlier column, "nudge") to what extent and how should we employ incentives? For example, Curtis Craig suggested, "Let's incentivize quality of health care and deincentivize unhealthy or inefficient practices."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • 14 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

leaders need to start preparing clear answers. After all, the number of religious discrimination complaints has increased by more than 50 percent in the past 15 years, and settlement amounts have more than doubled, according to data... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories
  • 09 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

price decreases segmented by customer and channel. Another hallmark of stressful situations is that they can lead to paralysis and inaction, what Nathan Furr calls “unproductive uncertainty.” He recommends... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Icahn Enterprises, a publicly traded limited partnership founded and operated by famed activist investor Carl Icahn, had earned above market returns for over a decade. Between 2018 and early 2023, it had a compound annual return of 31%. Icahn invested in undervalued... View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Investment Return; Business Model; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
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  • 13 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

levels of thinking. Purchase this book: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=2115&referral=2342 Do Buy-Side Analysts Earnings Forecasts Out-Perform Those of the Sell-Side? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • August 2016
  • Supplement

Videojet (B)

By: Raffaella Sadun, Bharat Anand and Eric Van den Steen
In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high tech printer just launched in the market. The new product exemplified the first real instance in which the Videojet... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Processes; Conglomerates; Diversification; Relational Contracts; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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  • August 2016 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

Videojet (A)

By: Raffaella Sadun, Bharat Anand and Eric Van den Steen
In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high-tech printer just launched in the market. The new product exemplified the first real instance in which the Videojet... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Processes; Conglomerates; Relational Contracts; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Diversification; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

improvements in impoverished countries. Lodge advanced the ideas in a January 2006 two-part piece in YaleGlobal coauthored with economist Craig Wilson. The authors also have a book due in May, A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 10 Mar 2011
  • What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

(people who experience no hormonal change and cannot adapt) leave or are forced out." While ignoring the question of chemical change, dependencies that were posed by several respondents may suggest opportunities for future research.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Knowledge Flows, Stanton investigates the barriers to see which is stronger and how companies can overcome them. The study—conducted with the University of Utah’s Jason Sandvik and Nathan Seegert; and the University of Michigan’s Richard... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 06 Dec 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

a company for doing the best job they can and succeed?” Others argued that market definition is changing in ways that render United States anti-trust policy outdated in an increasingly global economy. As Craig Parietti & Partners put... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms and processes by... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San Francisco International, one is struck by how small the region is.... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 11 Mar 2024
  • News

In Harmony

brought him to this place. [music] Skydeck is the Harvard Business School alumni podcast featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
  • 18 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

really don't want to be bothered. On social media, an ad can involve a lot more play than seen in traditional advertising—in some cases to the point where the consumer isn't sure what, exactly, is being advertised. Comedian Nathan Fielder... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

individuals displaced by natural disasters could surge to 1.2 billion by 2050, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace. Beyond the United States and France, the world witnessed the United... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • 23 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

about. Craig Brandman has a company called Medilinq that provides medical discounts for people with low incomes or who are unemployed; he predicts that participation will grow six-fold by year-end. Peter... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace