Restriction - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

the creation of false accounts for added products without existing customers’ knowledge. Just as egregious was leadership’s claim it did not know of the practice. The result was the imposition of huge fines on the company, the departure of two successive CEOs,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories of COVID-19 lockdowns are still... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

executives who failed to speak plainly in a way investors could understand faced various market consequences, including lower trading volume, restricted price movement, and inconsistent analyst forecasts—all after controlling for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

are likely to play important roles in the post-2000 leveling off. The first is recent U.S. immigration restrictions following 9/11 and the reduction in the number of H1-B visas available for temporary, high-skilled workers. Second, both... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

in restricting the ability of firms to locate where it makes sense for them to be, but rather to create tax reform that makes US firms more competitive. Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Hatch, and Members of the Committee, it is a pleasure... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

08 Jan 2007
What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

restrict the validity of findings for some time to come." Biju Dominic offered the opinion that "I strongly believe that fMRI-led research into the brain is a top-down, far-too-simplistic approach . But a bottom-up approach that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

consumers will determine which are successful and which are not." But just how is "less" achieved? As Martin Reveli points out, "To artificially restrict choice eliminates some elements of competition. . . . Long live... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

job, he stays until he reaches retirement age. If the directors think otherwise, sooner or later he leaves. In PSFs, the situation is strikingly different. The CEO serves at the pleasure of the partner-owners. Many firms require that he be reelected and/or View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

choose the platform with a restricted number of candidates. This is because those agents value the higher rate of acceptance more than access to more candidates. Agents with higher outside options choose the market with a larger number of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

with the wrong kind of competition, on the wrong things. Instead, we have a zero-sum competition to restrict services, assemble bargaining power, shift the cost to others, or grab more of the revenue versus other actors in the system.... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

Book Excerpt A Social Strategy: How We Profit From Social Media Mikolaj Jan Piskorski Read An Excerpt "LinkedIn alleviates the offline normative restriction by giving us plausible deniability," Piskorski says. Even though the boss might... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

confrontation on potentially sensitive issues. Although, as Phil Clark put it, there are times when information must be held confidential, "What I have seen is the restriction of information to cover a multitude of power decisions or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

developed countries. Large emerging economies with little inward FDI include India and Turkey, despite the relaxation over the last two decades of the restrictions imposed on foreign firms between 1950 and 1980. This working paper... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

at-home services or take-home medications under the close supervision of a treatment professional. Many are taking advantage of the easing of telehealth restrictions to expand access and deliver services more efficiently. Still, many... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

make "vapes" attractive to children. Some states and cities responded with restrictions on sales and advertising, and, in April, the Financial Times reported that the World Health Organization will call for e-cigarettes to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

restrict the religious groups' acreage and make the roads even wider to control foot traffic—and land disputes-even more? What about expanding the festival site northward, thereby creating the equivalent of urban sprawl? Or will you... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

Devices By: Exley, Christine L., and Jeffrey K. Naecker Abstract—Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

social restrictions and reopen businesses? Other questions depend on the answers to the medical questions. Will government funds for the disadvantaged people and businesses be sustainable? What will happen to inflation? Will food supplies... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

members to use it." To remove the stigma, employers need to educate workers about mental illness and distinguish it from normal levels of stress. At the same time, managers must learn the legal restrictions about asking about mental... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

knowledge inside an organization." Chesbrough then presented "snapshots" of three major corporations whose research policies have led them down different paths: "Although IBM continues to invest substantial sums in internal research," he said,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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