New Product Adoption - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

Ojomo said, adding that the company now grosses $1 billion per year and employs thousands of local citizens. Macomber summarized the key takeaway of this example: The infrastructure wasn’t built ahead of time in hopes of attracting new... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

new job. In other words, is there a self-selection bias in studies of the effects of job on a person's chemical makeup? As Stephanie Smith put it, "Perhaps it's a case of either the hormones and natural adaptability of the person... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

companies like Frazier and Merck got from the President. Their companies have products dependent on government approvals and major regulatory issues before Congress and the administration. Given these issues, what does it take for a CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

competitive global economy, US manufacturing can thrive only if it is at the leading edge of knowledge. History provides some guidelines for making sure the NNMI lives up to its potential: Have a broad agenda: Government-funded research is most View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

participate in the equity markets unless they had a lot of money. In 2001, however, a law requiring net assets per share to remain above 50,000 yen was repealed, clearing the way for firms to split to lower prices, and thus attract retail investors. When a stock split... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

very clear, very passionate about it, "We have all kinds of information from iPhones about you. We would never look at it. And anyone who does look at it is terminated." So a whole different point of view that Apple has. Now, you could argue Apple is selling... View Details

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

pizza delivery to what he termed technologically-intensive ones, such as CD metallization and products for cell phones. All twenty-nine sites are closely linked to their country context. They also represent a variety of deal structures... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

work in your lab and expecting her to spend her career there, you now hire more mid-career professionals who bring a deeper, richer human and social capital to your firm. It changes the question of how do I make my R&D lab more View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

12 Nov 2024
HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

different, with unemployment at 27 percent unemployment and recidivism at almost 77 percent in 2022. Some $88 billion was spent per year to run the sprawling prison system in the United States, with the New York University Center for... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

doing business in countries around the world, including those where they have paid bribes in the past. "Both companies acknowledge that there is clean business and dirty business in every country," says Healy. "Given their new tough... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

limit the success of these programs. Q: The news site Quartz published a chart showing the fastest-growing areas of startup investment since 2012: Bitcoin, photo sharing, storage, space travel, transportation, hospitality. What does that... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

their espoused strategy and management principles. Beer and Eisenstat began implementing the process ten years ago at Becton Dickinson and Company, a medical products and diagnostic systems supplier. "Ray Gilmartin, who was CEO at... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

extent that taxes do not limit where companies keep their cash holdings and that companies have better uses for their cash here in the US than abroad, this can also have a positive effect on stock valuations. A third effect comes from the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

from investment opportunities in developed countries. Nari Kannan suggests that it is a product of "thoughtless consumerism ... (the thirst for cheap Chinese goods) ... and dependence on foreign oil," particularly in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

The deadline on an important work project is looming, but you keep getting distracted by news stories and silly cat videos online. Even though installing an Internet-blocking app might help you stay focused, you resist the idea, telling... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

say. Here's the good news: There are reasons why leaders fail to prevent predictable surprises and there are ways to identify trouble while there is still time to stop it. As authors of a new book from Harvard Business School Press,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

company's level of productivity (number of barrels), efficiency (cost per barrel), and reliability (production "up" time) came to exceed the industry's previous benchmark. Two of the company's newer platforms had been designed... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

of tension, and with globalization, these tensions are becoming even more pronounced. So I'm looking for ideas that may help us think about the management of differences in new and more productive ways. Part... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

challenge lies in attempting to heal a nation that is bitterly divided. We asked members of Harvard Business School's faculty two questions: First, how do you expect Biden’s presidency to impact businesses? And second, what leadership advice do you have for the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

fascinated by the old British style of operation. And advertising was seen as a glamorous thing” Kapur discusses his years as a developing ad man and eventual executive chairman of O&M India in a new interview with Sunil Gupta, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

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