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- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Getty Images for... View Details
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
the family that unity in the family is priceless, and work to achieve it. By taking this advice seriously, you won't necessarily avoid needing to buy out relatives, but you will be able to meet this challenge in a responsible way. View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
Publications August 2014 Management Science Smart People Ask for (My) Advice: Seeking Advice Boosts Perceptions of Competence By: Brooks, A.W., F. Gino, and M.E. Schweitzer Abstract—Although individuals can derive substantial benefits... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
accepted advice is that wealth and growth will come to countries that open their borders to foreign direct investment. "The historical evidence shows clearly that this is an article of faith rather than proven by the historical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
have nobody else show up,” he says. “Developers want to identify and join fashionable platforms that other developers are joining as well.” Some hackathon advice Given the size of the effects they identified, Wu concludes companies could... View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
caught the attention of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who sought her advice about online advertising, later offering her a position as Microsoft’s consulting chief economist, where she worked on the search advertising platform and a host... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
New advice for online retailers suggests bargain items should not be too easy for shoppers to find. (Matjaz Slanic) Retailers have long known where to put the bargain bin—in the back of the store, where customers have to work a little bit... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
believes will be useful to them, and allow him to live with himself. They include advice to aspiring leaders and those who would help develop them to, among other things: Stop relying on examples that describe what should be rather than... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
says. “Suddenly entrepreneurship is not about who can build a better mousetrap, but who can better ignore the law and develop a corporate advantage for ignoring the law. So what advice do we give students, friends, and entrepreneurs about... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
local partner. Of course, one final example of where local owners are useful is in countries where local knowledge is especially useful in navigating political considerations. Q: What's your advice for managers considering a joint... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
As a professor of decision making and negotiation, I often receive unsolicited phone calls from relatives, friends, and acquaintances seeking my advice on consumer matters such as negotiating for a house, bidding on eBay, and investing in... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
consumers in more-developed markets. There are few government bodies or independent publications, like Consumer Reports in the United States, that provide expert advice on the features and quality of products. Because of a lack of... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
advisory body to the CEO: selected by the CEO, working for the CEO, doing a certain amount of rubber-stamping of the CEO's actions, giving a bit of advice if things were going well—for most practical purposes, acting no different than a... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
frameworks to decide exactly what they're going to do, what decisions they're going to make, what things they want to monitor and oversee, and also the areas in which they want to offer advice and counsel to their CEO. So given that fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
Anywhere, which publishes March 30. The book acts as a “blueprint” for long-term workplace transformations, providing evidence-based advice for navigating the virtual work world, including dos and don'ts from companies that have embraced... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
There is a mismatch between what many scholars assume is the purpose of taxes and what most people believe for themselves. That mismatch means that the advice experts offer to policymakers and citizens debating American tax policy can... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
are the most and least value-added board activities?"; "How do you manage the board?"; "How does board composition change over time?"; "What were your biggest surprises about boards?"; and "What View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
systems were in need of an update, and since GLBG last made heavy IT investments in the late 1990s, the technology had changed considerably. GLBG sought Rechtin’s advice on whether or not it should build a new data center, pursue a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
company examples such as eBay, Lending Club, and Airbnb to offer practical advice for avoiding those hazards. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50940 April 2016 Harvard Business Review Culture Is Not the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
the labor market but do not result in weaker political preferences for redistribution. August 2013 Harvard Business Review 15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne