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- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
encourage voter turnout among customers, similar to Facebook's Election Day notifications or Lyft’s discounted rides to polling stations. Support election administration by donating resources such as ballot boxes, office supplies, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
consideration for all managers. Value Creation—and Collusion Suppose that pharmaceutical firm A manufactures a new, beneficial drug and begins selling 100 million pills per year at $3.05 per pill. Each pill costs 5 cents to manufacture,... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
operations. Product failures are, therefore, likely to impact firms’ subsequent innovation activities. Using 13 years of Food and Drug Administration data, we examine the effects of firm and competitor medical device recalls on subsequent... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
indicates that while production efficiencies have enabled an average S&P 500 company to reduce the cost of goods sold by about 250 basis points over the past decade, SG&A (selling, general and View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
call, Masha knew he would be returning home. Ndidi and Mezuo Nwuneli Cofounders, AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. In a country where 90 percent of processed food comes from imported ingredients, AACE sources its spices from local growers, reducing View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
phenomenon is enabling business leaders to regain the trust and credibility they have lost over the last ten years. That's why social networking is the most important business development of the year. William A. Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff-MBA Class of 1955... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
identify your core customers and build a scalable platform for growth around them. That's the message from Frank V. Cespedes, the MBA Class of 1973 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; James P. Dougherty,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
She backs it up with extensive research, much of it her own. Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, builds her book around the “five core elements of rebel talent.” They are: Novelty... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
- 17 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News
media would benefit their personal reputations more than spreading misleading articles, the research shows. Furthermore, when political articles are shared on Twitter (now X), accurate information tends to garner more approval, finds Jillian J. Jordan, assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
research associates Kyla Wilkes and Christine S. An. Though the company is still in its infancy, Kim believes it offers a compelling example of how startup principles could be transformative for a United States educational system often weighed down by View Details
- Web
Why You Might Want to Say Goodbye to the Annual Performance Review | Working Knowledge
frustrated, or de-motivated, potentially costing you talent. Ultimately, Coffman says, providing employees with clear-cut feedback and information so they can reach for future roles can only help people thrive and better contribute to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
degree, and with minor variations, it was almost ubiquitous until around 2000. Since then, we’ve been in a punctuated period of rapid experimentation and change. We see many one-year, online, and executive programs challenging the two-year model. That’s because the... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
sector. This is a big problem when product development cycles and election cycles don't mesh; government funding may be available with one administration and gone with the next. Consider California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
administrative aberration indicating weak state control, while others see it as a strategy for consolidating authority. This essay traces the historical development of iq ā and ijārah, two Perso-Arabic terms frequently translated from the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
works. The book is available at no cost to climate outreach and education organizations. Unfettered Journey By Gary F. Bengier (MBA 1981) Chiliagon Press Unfettered Journey is the story of Joe Denkensmith, an AI scientist who seeks to... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
Leading People debuted in July 2020, and Leading Learning will launch in July 2021. The program was inspired by findings from an HBS alumni survey indicating that alumni care deeply about public education. The survey inspired HBS senior View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
efficient. Entering patient data into a computer can cost doctors valuable patient time.Photo: iStockPhoto However, several studies indicated that when physicians spent extra time entering data themselves, it cut down time spent with... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
a single artist's work," said Mukti Khaire, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. "If I own a notable Picasso work, I can be reasonably sure it won't lose value. But if I am the owner of a... View Details