Managing The Future Of Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

tool? Paul Healy: The tool was first developed to show students who were taking BAV how discounted cash flow (DCF) and earnings-based valuations work and can be reconciled. Over time, based on feedback from... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

a small sampling of the twenty-three companies pitched: Michele Honomichl GPSLink. The average corporation uses up to ten systems to manage View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

their way out of their difficulties." Thomke, an authority on the management of technology and product innovation, senses that "the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

research going on at Harvard Business School. Held each May on the HBS campus, the event provides the opportunity for a few faculty to share recent View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

chose to host conference calls in English, placing themselves on shaky linguistic ground. The recent working paper Capital Market Consequences of Non-Plain English in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

but some probably should not. In making their location decisions, some managers failed to understand hidden costs of offshoring, such as indirect costs of hiring and retention,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

little more familiar to MBA students: she studied finance and marketing at the University of Miami, worked at Merrill Lynch, and founded her own wealth-management firm, all... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

communications readers used by Apple Pay unless consumer demand is high. First off, Apple must convince merchants to adopt its service, says Willy Shih, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Retail

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

former HBS professor who is now dean at the new Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University; and Sakakibara, a former Ministry of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

Summing Up The authors of a recently-published book, Creative Destruction, have more work to do to convince our readers of their primary argument... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

admitted patients who were at high risk for readmission to the hospital. Patients at risk of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge have hospital staff members who View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

are persistent issues that in many cases have worsened. "Addressing these issues is critical for the future competitiveness of these industries" In our competitive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

The specter of "headquarters" usually looms large in the business world's imagination, but few managers—and few CEOs, especially new CEOs—understand how size,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

accreditation. Also, the use of the LEED standard increased among private builders in the same local markets. "Our paper describes several... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

make the first move. Health care institutions must lead the charge by updating technologies and internal incentive structures to protect providers and patients now and in the... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

the current system. Otherwise businesses will lose profitable opportunities and find themselves in the middle of disputes that hurt their future... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

in general apparel, but we may be able to identify a couple of categories—high-quality jewelry and high-end kids' apparel—that we can lock up," says Anthony W. Deering, chairman of View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

we can design and manage our most imminent environments—our neighborhoods, may they be of physical, social, or intellectual nature—to best support knowledge creation, diffusion, and performance outcomes.... View Details