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- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
studies of cultures where certain talismans or totems could only be touched by men, who believed that the touch of a woman would make the object lose its power. Throughout history, men seem to have feared gender contamination much more... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
attention paid to this kind of research by corporate leaders? And what does it say about the true nature of effective leadership? If the essence of leadership is, as my colleague John View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
By the early 1980s, several high-income countries—including Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand—had universal health insurance covering 100 percent of the population. Meanwhile, 40 years later, the United... View Details
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
splashed with evocative pictures of the after-effects of too much sugar, like a man’s bulging belly, an insulin needle inserted into a stomach, and a mouthful of decaying teeth. “We were working with a graphics team and they had these stock photos and clip art cartoon... View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
source of much stress because they almost always have implications that ripple throughout the film and force multiple changes, as we just saw. In that postmortem, one employee recalled that John Lasseter, director of the film and a... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
promising trends, the questions raised by economic inequality in San Francisco are not easily solved. Rose is teaching the case in a relatively new MBA elective, Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems, taught with View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
world," notes Simons. The topic of marketing, taught by Professor John Quelch, is brought up to the executive boardroom level, says Simons. “There's a realization that they only have so much time left.”... View Details
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
scattered everywhere. John Quelch discusses approaches to integrate patient data so that medical professionals and patients can make better decisions. Related Research Papers How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data Most current... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
forthcoming Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—The Fearless Organization offers practical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- September 2014
- Case
Victors & Spoils: 'Born Open'
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Michael L. Tushman
Victors & Spoils (V&S), located in Boulder, Colorado, was the first advertising agency built on open innovation and crowdsourcing principles from the ground-up. V&S was co-founded in 2009 by John Winsor, Claudia Batten and Evan Fry, all former members of the... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Agency; Marketing; Crowdsourcing; Open Innovation; Growth; Acquisitions; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Marketing; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Advertising Industry; United States
Lakhani, Karim R., and Michael L. Tushman. "Victors & Spoils: 'Born Open'." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 415-701, September 2014.
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
2005 on business solutions for alleviating poverty. The work combines chapters from a variety of perspectives—business, academic, government, nonprofit—to examine the nature of poverty, how the poor can become producers as well as consumers, and the roles to be played... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
Product Published: April 23, 2012 Upgrades to existing product lines make up a huge part of corporate research and development activity, and with every upgrade comes the decision of how to brand it. Harvard Business School marketing professors View Details
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- 17 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Would You Live in a Smart City Where Government Controls Privacy?
Derrick Bransby
Derrick studies how teams accomplish complex work in novel contexts. His dissertation advances the idea of disciplined flexibility: a strategy teams use to navigate uncertainty... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- Video
2018 Alumni Achievement Awards Presentation
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
mainstream business. Q: There had to be some good things you learned by looking at dot-coms, even those that went out of business, and their cultures. A: Many people are skeptical. In fact, a lot of people are putting their business suits... View Details
Keywords: by Staff