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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

default swap contracts. As confidence in the banks eroded, borrowing rates rose and home foreclosures continued to spike. Lawrence McDonald, author and a former vice-president at Lehman Brothers, reflects back on the devastating cost... View Details

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

location of choice and save money in cost of living, and the employer will see higher productivity and lower attrition, and save on real estate costs,” says Choudhury. Choudhury and his fellow researchers contrast pooled interdependence... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Feb 2012
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Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

When American companies move pieces of their operations overseas—often because manufacturing and labor costs are much cheaper—they run the risk of moving the expertise, innovation, and new growth View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

opportunity to engage in a virtual dialogue on these matters. Some major corporations are starting to take the lead in this effort, including United Technologies Corporation, Philips (the Dutch electronics and health care giant), the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Organize Care Around Med... Organize Care Around Medical Conditions To deliver more value, providers... View Details

13 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Intermediaries for the IP Market

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie

February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Cable Data Systems

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

Describes the operating challenges of Cable Data Systems (CDS), a minority-owned cable installation company with a dual mission of maximizing profits and providing employment opportunities to minorities in urban markets. Following the merger of two cable installation... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Employment; Forecasting and Prediction; Urban Scope; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Boston

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26 Sep 2023
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Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

knowledge that is in turn capable of explaining the new digital realities by leveraging existing strategy theories and tools and cultivating new ones. As such, our endeavor turns into a wonderful opportunity to encapsulate in one... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

order to get comfortable with the inevitable missteps and unconfirmed hypotheses of experimentation, leaders need a new attitude toward risk. Eschewing opportunities just to avoid failure is perhaps the riskiest position of all in the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

31 Mar 2022
Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

drive costs down and benefit from specialization because of its high volume of activities. "With growth, the way a firm is managed has to change, and that change is not easy." Among law firms, Wachtell Lipton maintains a premium market... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

search for high-potential small companies; provide training and mentoring to help those companies qualify as preferred suppliers or distributors; open access to domestic and international business opportunities; and help lower supplier View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

26 Aug 2002
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High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

into action. As Cyrus the Great once said, leaders must balance the need for "diversity in counsel, unity in command." To accomplish this, leaders must insure that each participant has a fair and equal opportunity to voice their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

Research Summary

Current Research

By: Leslie K. John

Professor John is a behavioral scientist who uses both laboratory and field experiments to investigate questions that are at the intersection of marketing, organizational behavior, and public policy.

Professor John’s work has been published in leading... View Details

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

digital-first incumbents struggle to make the necessary longer-term investments when their investors focus on shorter-term metrics, participants say. At the same time, companies must deliver value at speed. They’re cutting costs through... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

14 May 2018
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Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

co-written with James Barnett and Christine Snively. A tale of two cultures From the very start, Amazon made its name on being fast, cheap, and efficient—using data to drive its product mix and enforcing strict employee discipline to squeeze out View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

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Research - Managing the Future of Work

Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines Building From the Bottom Up By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman NOV 2024 Report The British Opportunity Index By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph... View Details

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Hire Talent Post a Job Hire Talent Post a Job Promote job opportunities to our extensive network of students and alumni at no cost on the HBS recruiting platform 12twenty . To attract a broad population of... View Details

September 2010
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How Firms Respond to Being Rated

By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel

While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate how these ratings also influence the companies being rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms... View Details

Keywords: System; Information; Decisions; Cost; Opportunities; Performance; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economics; Theory; System Shocks; Rank and Position