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- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
financially distressed conditions of several U.S. central cities today. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54794 Harvard Business School Case 819-056 Endeavor Turns 20 No abstract available. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
views matter. And it can turn departing employees into corporate ambassadors for years to come. Unfortunately, too few leaders pay attention to this tool; their programs fail to either improve retention or produce useful information. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
archival research and in-depth interviews to examine the interaction between these institutional processes and formulate hypotheses that predict the ways in which bank acquisitions are constrained by banks' CRA ratings and the way states in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
accountability. But partners are not paid until after their work is complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Campbell Soup when it was in trouble and turned it around and sustained improvements over seven or more years. Q: Firms are economic organizations as well as social institutions, as you write. These days, most every company is hurting as... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
far more on fragrances and skin care than Americans, who in turn spend far more on color cosmetics than Europeans. The Asia-Pacific region is a modest market for fragrance, accounting for only 6 percent of the world fragrance market, but... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Business School Case 912-408 The case depicts a mission and values driven firm, how it was turned around, and its unique strategy of enabling others to succeed. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/912408-PDF-ENG The Agnellis and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
product of the GPP’s Substance Abuse Research Alliance (SARA), an affiliate group of 150 researchers, public officials, and practitioners all working to turn the rising tide of deaths from opioid overdose. Langford, here for the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
of future generations to meet their own needs," it is slowly becoming a part of the lexicon of business leaders around the world. Easy Being Green? "One of the problems with turning the idea of environmental sustainability into a viable... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
because vaccines have to be kept at a certain temperature and kept for quite a while. So, if we run out of dry ice, it turns out that we could have done everything else right along the chain, and yet if we don’t have the dry ice, we can’t... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
a book boosted sales, presumably by drawing the attention of consumers. Not so at colleges, where apparently bad news is not good for business. “Even when it’s a decision as big as college choice, decision makers have a limited amount of information they look at.... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
sensors in the units report when the cans are full, enabling cities to optimize pickup routes and save money. Even with initial growth, however, the company wondered why it wasn’t selling even more trash products to more customers. It View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
work." The survey's results on work/life balance—and the difficulty of achieving an egalitarian partnership with a male spouse—didn't surprise Anne Ristau (HBS MBA '05), who said she and her husband have taken turns over the years,... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
with better defining the board's role is also linked to their views on board involvement in shaping company strategy. Both questions turn on another matter: how well the board understands the company. Reprinted by permission of Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
appliances to turn on when rates were at their lowest. Plus smart meters, monitors, and sensors capable of two-way communication would allow for a more efficient reaction time if an outage was detected, rather than relying on field... View Details
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
searching for valuable information that is relevant to them. They also want to be entertained, and the 'hard sell' that turns them off can be at the level of simply presenting the brand's logo for more than a few seconds." Mystery... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
CEO must decide where to cut costs and how to convince creditors to give the company the time it needs to turn around. A bankruptcy reorganization is one option open to the company. Describes the audit recovery industry, the company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
was greatly inspired by his contact with Mother Teresa. He wrote, "One day, Mother Teresa, who at that point of time was convalescing in the intensive care unit of the hospital, saw me examining a 'blue baby.' After a few minutes of thought, she View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
settings where local firms, their competitors, are the most constrained. Finally, I'm most excited about turning toward questions of how outbound investment impacts domestic investment. There is a tremendous amount of ill-founded popular... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
kindness. With personal insights on how to turn getting older into life’s best chapter, the book provides useful and practical tips and guidance to embrace and celebrate the richness of life, one day at a time. Bringing Adam Smith into... View Details