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- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media sectors, running long (long,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
Easterbrook. As he put it, “The board would not reward Easterbrook with a full severance package due to the evidence and very real tangible and PR harm and likely civil suits to endure Of course, the relationship could not continue.”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
That’s not helpful to companies, consumers, or economies. Related Reading: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership? The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
disability expenses, (2) Health insurance affects health status positively, (3) Layoffs are harmful to everything from mental and physical well-being to work behavior, (4) Work schedules and length of hours affect physical well-being and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
Great Conversation In the virtual classroom, Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to the current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern inequities and if such... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
the Boston area. [Image: BalkansCat ] Related Reading How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms What do great... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Moss Kanter: Silos, Cronies, and the Business Monarchy When organizations are structured into narrow territories that reinforce “silos” or “cells,” that can be harmful in several ways. Under such conditions, individuals in the... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
online advertisers, these are poor substitutes.4 The harm to advertisers will be particularly acute for those advertisers that currently advertise on Yahoo for average to obscure search terms—e.g., small businesses selling unusual... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
significantly more so at work. It’s become too much. It’s a major distraction. It saps our energy.” Al Romig added, “Being ‘woke’ or ‘unwoke’ publicly may be equally harmful to the enterprise.” Dennis Waterman was more blunt: “Unless they... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
describes a growing experimental literature that suggests how perceived ethics surrounding transactions with multiple partners can encourage misbehavior. It is noted that causing harm indirectly through another can protect View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
for harms caused by defective products may also affect innovation incentives. This paper examines this issue, exploiting a major quasi-exogenous increase in liability risk faced by U.S. suppliers of polymers used to manufacture medical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
the weapon, if the only intention for making the purchase was to do harm within a certain period of time. “The most plausible explanation as to why waiting periods work is this: People have visceral states, such as anger or suicidal... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
too often still result in decisions that take scant account of public health and whether the health of individual citizens is being advanced. When worker safety is jeopardized by unenforced building codes or exposure to harmful industrial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
There was quite a bit of research on this, but it was inconsistent about whether it helps or harms donations. So my coauthor, Dale Miller, and I looked at whether different framings of that situation can impact people’s willingness to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
Pisano and Shih: It’s naive to believe that manufacturing can be shipped abroad without harm to U.S. competitiveness. Related Links Why Manufacturing Matters - HBS Working Knowledge Making Their Way James McNerney Jr. After decades of... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
exploring the determinants of policy change as well,” they write. “We find that even random and infrequent events that account for a relatively small portion of total societal harm in a domain might nonetheless be crucial levers for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
sequestered in subzero conditions. Next to the freezer sits a vacuum seal machine used to rid books and documents of bug infestations. The airless environment inside a sealed plastic bag asphyxiates the paper-munching invaders without View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
problematic stereotypes. Instead of shelving the titles, Cohen says Disney decided to address the harm done, look into how it happened, and make it a part of their conversations around DEI and the role of stories in our culture. A handful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
company to still lose money, Byrnes explains how managers can rethink their business for maximum profit. Along the way, he punctures such harmful myths as revenues are good, costs are bad; all customers should get the same great service;... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
challenging goals can powerfully drive behavior and boost performance. Advocates of goal setting have had a substantial impact on research, management education, and management practice. In this article, we argue that the beneficial effects of goal setting have been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace