Intensive - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

committed to strategic issues. We don't advocate abandoning an intense focus on operations and their improvement. But we do advocate planning strategy, not just describing it as important. The senior management team needs to have regular,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

from suppliers to procure a new product or service, it may be most effective to cast a wide net at first, but then bound the competition to a smaller bake-off to spur the most original results. “In a procurement setting, you want to manage the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

this moment for introspection, an opportunity for intense personal growth. To learn more, read Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research Arthur C. Brooks, Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow. Tip: Attend to your physical and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

they are “a good fit.” But that approach does a disservice to both the employee and the business, Frei and Gino say. The pair recently taught a short, intensive course for MBA students, “Anatomy of a Badass,” about learning to be... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

Intense preparation helped Hillary Clinton command the podium in her first debate with Donald Trump in September 2016—the most-watched presidential debate in US history. In one of the debate’s most memorable moments, Clinton called out... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

family members to manage—and negotiate over—in a family business system. Issues such as dividends and reinvestment, nepotism and professionalism, loyalty to stakeholders, and organizational change are ever present; they can be tripwires that spark View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

contact with the CEO, we spent a great deal of time ensuring that the key analyst bought into the deal. When intensive negotiations finally began with the CEO, the groundwork had been laid. The CEO turned to his CFO, who turned to his key... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

to an intensive study of a defining moment in the history of an iconic brand: when Porsche launched its first sport-utility vehicle, dubbed the Cayenne, after a long history of creating sports cars. Porsches are culturally associated with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

Research Summary

Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

work and its intensity as well as career concerns, social considerations, and the attractiveness of other job opportunities. Value Capture Companies create value by increasing WTP and decreasing WTS. They capture value by setting prices... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

Others identified factors accounting for too much focus. Yadeed Lobo said: "I think focus in organizations might have its roots in competitive strategy, intense focus on differentiation or cost consciousness." Edward Hare put it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

tree. Johnson (HBS MBA'84) comes to Penney after more than a decade of leading Apple's retail effort, where his innovations included the Genius Bar. Johnson is also credited with making Target chic. This makes his launching of the new Penney one of the most View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Foreign investment introduced capital and provided jobs for people previously occupied in agriculture. At an aggregate level, capital intensity rose, productivity grew, and prosperity improved, and poverty levels dropped dramatically.... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

attempts to avoid bed shortages by sharing capacity have generally failed, in part, because of the persistence of an independent hospital culture. As COVID-19 surged in 2020, capacity varied widely even among hospitals in the same city, according to data from 189... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

through a new course for MBA students, Why You Should Care: Creating the Conditions for Excellence, co-taught with Senior Lecturer and venture capital guru Amy Schulman. Together, they created a course unlike any other at the school, both profoundly practical and View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

approach." To estimate a patent’s value, the authors looked at how a company’s stock price fluctuated after receiving approval, comparing filings within the same technology class and year. The most science intensive patents were valued 26... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

name, Bikram's Yoga College of India. In 1994, he began offering intensive courses, training 200 teachers per year, according to the case. Worried that competitors were copying his teachings and techniques, Bikram decided in 2002 to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

do, measure how well we execute, and create options for doing even better—including improving DBS itself.” Cost cutting is inevitable in dire times, but the current crisis is an opportunity for an intense questioning of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

Research Summary

Current Research

Information Dissemination in Capital Markets

Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

School Working Paper, Between Home and Work: Commuting as an Opportunity for Role Transitions. People with high levels of “work-family conflict": Workers often feel intense pressure from both their home and work roles, with the two roles... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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