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- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
face a host of challenges in the years ahead. For some retailers, ecommerce threatens to digitize the products they sell and leave them without anything meaningful to stock in their stores. For others, hyper-competitive online retailers... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
learn. We propose that legitimacy building can comprise an advocacy trap that blocks meaningful learning vital to the success of a new firm. By suggesting a downside to legitimacy building and identifying a new barrier to learning, rooted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
coming years and also impact development and capital needs of the firm. Which was the right model to bring the device to market and have a meaningful impact? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/814050-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
eliminated poverty immediately but only got it to a hundred thousand people, we would have done nothing but win a small skirmish in the war. To really have a meaningful impact, you have to reach large numbers. Second, the impact has to be... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
couldn’t persuade his own executive team and board of directors that whatever package he ultimately agreed to with Moore was a reasonable one, even though an acquisition of Metasploit would come with no meaningful revenue and considerable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
workday events can make or break employees' inner work lives. But it's forward momentum in meaningful work—progress that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
time at worksites and offices, and developing processes for monitoring social media and conducting meaningful employee surveys, Paine suggests. They should also make sure the company has whistleblower hotlines that are closely monitored... View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
any other organism) to become more resilient, or it can have the opposite effect, wearing down and depleting their physical and mental resources. The outcome depends on many factors: Whether the stress was chosen or involuntary, View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
doctrine, this essay proposes a synthesizing principle: if the deal process involves an adequate market canvass, meaningful price discovery, and an arms-length negotiation, then there should be a strong presumption that the deal price... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
existing interpretations of what constitutes modernism—originality and an emphasis on the artist as an individual, for instance—which in turn were meaningful only in the context of the history of the art world. This indicated to us that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
other relevant variables, we find that grocery spending increases by $1.59 with the use of a $10-off coupon. In addition, even though the receipt of a $10-off coupon does not correspond to a meaningful increase in wealth, the extra... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
out the waste, and focus on how to differentiate yourself from your competitors in meaningful ways. But the tools available to—and the challenges facing—companies are so much greater now than before, that managers have to rethink many of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
governance regimes to meaningful transnational regulation. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2178540 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 415-015 Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
are meaningful consequences associated with it. The head of strategy for one consulting firm suggested: "Rather than thinking about it as a 'deliverable' we think about joint problem solving." In other words, sharing accountability for... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
gain more experience with online DVD rentals, the extent to which they hold should films longer than want films decreases. Our results suggest that present bias has a meaningful impact on choice in the field and that people may learn... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
person (who holds very little wealth) and at the median dollar (which is held by a rich person). Third, the survey is remarkably consistent across years, allowing meaningful comparisons between 2001 and 1989. Finally, the Federal Reserve... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
going to the restaurant they can be, first, part of a meaningful experience, but also part of a movement, something bigger that the brand stands for. Khaire: For me, it's the power of the idea as opposed to the power of the product. If... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
itself, can obscure meaningful variation in individual use patterns, we investigate how the concentration of use within a team (the extent to which use is limited to a few members versus more evenly distributed within the team) affects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Amidst the duality of success and distress in his life, Gossett forged a meaningful life path, marked by resilience and perseverance. In 2006, his desire to make an even greater impact led him to create the Eracism Foundation. Eracism was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne