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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
average quality) or on its costs (lower quantity). Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-094.pdf Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India (revised) Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
travel and expense policies for a large consumer products company. Apps aren’t the only alternative Even if not ready to develop or deploy such technologically advanced solutions, companies can still make their ethics codes more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
call. Lastly, I had 15 interviews in eight weeks. Travel took an intense toll on my body. I got strep throat twice in the month after I finished, and without regular exercise, I imagine my body would have broken down sooner. Silverthorne:... View Details
- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
still had to feed your family. So you traveled to the closest city and tried to get a job. Of course, that put pressure on people who did have jobs. They were working for a dollar an hour, and you were willing to come and do the same job... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
what impact does ESG data have on the future institutionalization of sustainability? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411025-PDF-ENG Paradise Travel Advisory Service Paul W. Marshall, Charles Miller, and Collins... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Flying J. Flying J owned and operated hundreds of truck stops—which it called Travel Plazas—nationwide and was a growing multi-billion dollar business, but broader problems in the oil and credit markets in late 2008 forced it to declare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
more urgent. Health care workers from areas where there are fewer cases are already traveling to hotspots like Boston and New York to help, Trelstad says. Central to the case study is a decision Last Mile Health had to face early on in... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
industries, but especially in travel and hospitality. Increasingly, Macomber postulates, savvy business leaders and landlords will begin to leverage healthier indoor spaces as recruitment tools and sources of competitive advantage.... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
this may save travel time and costs, it might be preventing inspectors from doing their jobs more effectively. One possible remedy: Managers could impose a cap on the maximum number of inspections per day, and rearrange schedules to... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
million polar research ship. Johnson, the U.K. Government’s Science Minister responsible for, among other things, NERC, sought to get the effort off on the right inspirational foot by saying: “Can you imagine one of the world’s biggest research labs View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
the magnitude of their effects and broadening the circumstances in which they arise. We discuss applications to payment card systems, travel reservation systems, rebate services, and various other intermediaries. Download working paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
a personal point of view, it was remarkable to see tens of millions of people from all walks of life, rich and poor, gather together in what was literally a pop-up city and go about their daily and religious lives, inhabiting tents of one kind or another, View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
http://hbr.org/product/groupon-for-local-businesses/an/514047-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-071 Managing Online Reviews on TripAdvisor In 2013, TripAdvisor was the most visited online travel site in the world. It hosted a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to tackle important technological and business problems. Lakhani points to innovation contests that have solved a wide variety of major challenges from technology for civilian space View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
Harvard business and public health students called Consumers, Corporations and Public Health, says food safety is more challenging than ever for three reasons: The globalization of the food business: Food products and ingredients travel... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
scream of a brave new world and traveling salesmen hawking IPOs instead of snake oil. (The connection, of course, may not be that distant.) As on any good frontier, there are not a lot of rules or marshals in town, so justice is rough and... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
job's demands for constant travel. She may come to the conclusion that she cannot continue to use her marketing skills and experience and raise a family successfully. However, she could apply that same stock of marketing skills with a local or regional company,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, where they engaged with 10 global partners on a dozen different design projects. A renowned scholar of colonial-era African history, she isn’t the most obvious candidate for teaching modern business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
large-scale changes to business practices and legal reform. “Through the 1930s, she remained the only woman pictured in the all-male leadership council of the Fair Trade Committee,” Sawyer says. “She traveled throughout the states,... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
described below—has allowed CEMEX to increase its market share, charge a premium to time-conscious contractors, and reduce costs resulting from unused concrete. Scour The Globe For Good Ideas One distinctive aspect of the companies we studied was their eagerness to... View Details