Grounded Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2016
News

On Credit

19th-century America that exists nowhere else,” says Special Collections Librarian Timothy Mahoney. “That’s why researchers come from far and wide to use it.” A scholar might research women-owned boarding... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

despite rates comparable to or better than those offered in this country. Deighton and Barwise also warn that interacting digitally with marketers may not remain a favorite use of consumers' scarce leisure time, especially after the novelty is no longer part of the... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

don't share the same perspectives on everything, but we found a lot of common ground through listening and sharing a common goal of making things better for the next generation." What are your full-times jobs? Reggie: "I work as a View Details

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

company," he said. "It was such a time-consuming process, however, that by the time they were finished, the product was out of date." Find Your Spot On The Spectrum Holding the middle ground of Upton's continuum are two... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

"The best creative environment is a safe one in which participants can freely express their opinions," according to Leonard and Swap. "Dissent must be tolerated and protected by the leader. In addition, a set of basic View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

surgeons, and Vanya hoping to solve the final puzzles of Einstein's elusive theory of relativity, can they bear to leave the homeland that has given them so much? Grounded in real history—and inspired by the solar eclipse of 1914—A Bend... View Details

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

up,” says Benjamin G. Edelman, an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on consumer protection related to online businesses. “It’s not because regulators... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

01 Sep 2024
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Alumni Books

urban center of downtown New York 23 years later. Of particular interest to researchers, students, and practitioners of urban development and planning, 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding contributes to current research on the urban development... View Details

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

opposite: in today’s world, capital is mobile. If American companies cannot employ the best talent in the United States, they have two choices: risk becoming less competitive in an intensively competitive world; or locate your capital investments and your View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

& Sciences and the Harvard Medical School. It initiated new faculty research initiatives on issues like US Competitiveness and the Future of Work. It marked the 50th year anniversaries of women being admitted to the MBA program and the... View Details

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

or any other competitive or aggressive physical activity. This aligns with the fact that half of the sample considered daily meditation or prayer a crucial grounding element of their self-care. Connecting socially, safely. Nearly all CEOs... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

18 Oct 2024
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My Worst Job

Hi, I'm David Chellgren, and I'm class of 2004. The worst job I ever had was making rubberized asphalt as a summer job. My dad was a paving contractor and he had a little side business where they would blend crumb rubber from ground up... View Details

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

quantitative and qualitative research to explain how we can turn cash into contentment. The key lies in changing our spending habits and adhering to five key principles: Buy Experiences (research shows that material purchases are less... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

come through understanding differences and finding common ground on resource allocation, particularly in areas affecting work-life balance and career advancement. Financial equality emerged as a crucial theme throughout the summit, with... View Details

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

the company has been on ground zero since day one. Founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin (MBA 1969), and chaired by Murat Özyeğin (MBA 2003), FIBA has so far allocated $18 million for immediate and long-term relief efforts. "FIBA Group and the Özyeğin... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of cultural disruptions with research that examines... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

parent's strategic focus." The Xerox Corporation originated as a photography-paper business called the Haloid Company. 3 The Haloid Company's entrance into what would later become its principal business came in 1947, when it and the Battelle Memorial Institute, a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

01 Sep 2004
News

Promise & Perils

champion of Asian studies since that first visit to China, noted in his welcoming remarks that HBS opened its Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong in 1999, creating a launching pad for case writing and View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Texas to Lithuania's West Virginia) and in economic might (second only to Russia in the region) has tried to tread—apparently with ambivalence—a middle ground between Russia and the West. As Abdelal points out, the choices of these... View Details