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- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
profit. This much is clear and part of everyday commercial language. But interestingly, there is no common phrase for the spread between customer value and price. Economists call this "surplus," a word that suggests it is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
professional French-horn player, Brooks came to the subject of happiness by way of art. His early research focused on why people produce and consume art and beauty as well as the motives behind human generosity. He discovered that happiness was the View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
content. In 2022, Amazon introduced Amazon Clinic, a virtual health care service using AI to provide affordable treatment for common conditions. In October 2023, 10,000 clinicians and staff at the Permanente Medical Group started using AI... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
behavior of U.S. politicians. We exploit a unique database linking politicians to other politicians, and linking politicians to firms, and find both channels to be influential. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
Cappelli says the research is clear: “The evidence is unbelievably huge. Basically, older workers perform better on just about everything.” Specifically, they have lower absenteeism, less turnover, and superior interpersonal skills. Another View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
became common to describe the United States as a "business civilization." President Coolidge in 1925 said, "The chief business of the American people is business." More recently, historian Sven Beckert characterized Henry Ford's massive... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
ways, as are each of the 1,000 first year students seeking internship opportunities. However, Straughn-Turner also has something in common with the majority of his classmates: he’s a career switcher eager to bring his skills and... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
strategic blunder is when managers set their hurdles too high or limit the scope of their innovation efforts. Quaker Oats, for instance, was so busy in the 1990s making minor tweaks to its product formulas that it missed larger opportunities in distribution. A View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
CEOs have never had so many ways to communicate with their employees. But despite the availability of Slack, internal newsletters, and virtual town hall meetings, organizations can still go quiet. One of the most common culprits: Major... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
change in how they do their work, it's a lot to ask," Kanter says. “If you're requiring a radical change in how they do their work, it's a lot to ask” In a September blog post for Harvard Business Review, Kanter discusses 10 of the most View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
did not know where to start managing ESG performance and a knowledge gap with regards to ESG was common among senior leaders which meant ESG was not being managed like other business goals. “Many leaders... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
difficulty comparing targets that companies self-define, some common standards have emerged, including ISO 14064-1 for carbon neutrality and the Corporate Net Zero Standard by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). Science-based... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
reflecting on your company’s purpose Identify different types of harms most common in your industry 7-9 hrs Module 5 - 1 Week Reflective Leadership in a Digital World Discover how the scale, scope, and speed of business in Big Tech... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
inflexible or unpredictable work schedules, and employers’ failure to grasp how employees are struggling and to provide them with support, according to a new Harvard Business School report. That disregard harms both workers and companies. Care-related issues are the... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
common practice across school systems—is informed by a realistic view of the difficulty of that task. "If you think PELP will give you all the answers," she observes, "that's not what it's about." Sitting in a conference room across the... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
The cult of the CEO is complex and persistent—and usually not good for business, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Khurana recently fielded questions from HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace in an e-mail interview about his... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
are being caused by rapid technological changes on the one hand and tectonic shifts in customer preferences and societal behaviour on the other. Marketing knowledge and practices have to advance at a significantly higher pace to address... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
HBS Working Knowledge recently celebrated its tenth birthday, and we mark the occasion by looking back and looking forward. We've asked HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and a number of faculty to both remark on what they view as the most significant... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
even "victory speech" about why saying "yes" to the deal you want is smart and in the other side's interests; f) constructive actions at the bargaining table informed by knowledge of the other side's internal conflicts... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
studies have shown that these norms are not universally followed. Lack of openness and transparency means that scientific problem solving is constrained to a few scientists who work in secret and who typically fail to leverage the entire accumulation of scientific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace