Business Model Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities

You can see the subtle changes when a neighborhood is on its way up—streets get cleaner, building facades improve, new businesses start moving in. Across an entire city, however, it’s harder to track such changes, to understand in real... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Real Estate

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

"Talent and Time" program, which was designed to match employee interests and talents with community needs. And many other Cleveland-headquartered firms have a similar commitment to employee volunteering. Q: Do you think it is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 May 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”

Jain (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2002) is a fact in many organizations today. It can be summed up by the question, "What's new?" Karl Hansen commented, "New Marketing is just another way to help people try to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

As many entrepreneurs and business leaders can testify, a great conversation or brainstorm can turn an inkling of an idea into a gamechanger. A research paper goes inside those conversations and the people having them to learn the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

And yet when poor results from the measures are presented to management, they can be ignored or, worse yet, denied, as happened so often in the days leading up to the recent Great Recession. It's denial that's the concern of Richard Tedlow in his new book, Denial: Why... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

“There are many more private equity firms than in the past, so it’s becoming difficult for them to generate returns and add value,” says Brian Baik, an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new book, Hayes and three co-authors... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

faculty member.) In the interview, he discussed his latest book, Can Japan Compete?, cowritten with Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara, as well as the book's implications for business practices beyond Japan. In this second part,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

high-status people who have gained a wide-ranging knowledge of the business based on long, varied experience across clients and even industries, as well as their formal training and education. Customer-specific experts know their client... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

interdisciplinary, with economists and business historians joining together to confront theory with empirical evidence. Publisher's Link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415532716/ Working PapersNo Margin, No Mission? A Field... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

corporate America ever win back people's confidence? Harvard Management Update recently discussed this issue with Thomas R. Piper, Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

Social networks matter for more than just efficient Internet communication. They're also crucial for the strong performance of stock recommendations by analysts, according to researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

Press, 2007), and a recent op-ed in the Financial Times, "The World Bank Must Fix its Business Model," Ebrahim has focused his research and teaching on the challenges of accountability, performance, and organizational learning... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

health," one health advocate said. Consisting of a small barrel-shaped design that mimics an actual cigarette, the devices vaporize a liquid nicotine solution, which is then inhaled without the tar and carcinogens found in smoke.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

one has long been the burning question for clients and their agencies," says Alvin J. Silk, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. "Hence the famous... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

process questions that will help you identify the normal behaviors for particular jobs and what employees should and shouldn't be doing on their systems (such as sharing passwords). Because even the best security policy will be ineffective if users and View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

reaction on capital markets. It was written by Harvard Business School assistant professors Gwen Yu and Francois Brochet, with MIT Sloan of Management doctoral student Patricia Naranjo. Although targeted at foreign executives, the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

social channels before hiring candidates. “These temporary-sharing technologies are supposed to solve this problem of the internet never forgetting,” says Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at Harvard Business School,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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