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  • 11 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

change initiative more recently? What were the main customer service problems that were harming the company? And what did the "Mystery Shopper" component reveal? A: In the late 1990s, the company's comparable-store sales gains... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Alumni Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

Center researcher Namrata Arora uncover a complicated mix of piracy and plagiarism that harm not only Hollywood's efforts at success in the Indian market, but local Bollywood companies as well. Iyer says the case can help students and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

in the workplace, less attention has been paid to the question of how to manage those workers on the opposite side of the spectrum: those who are harmful to organizational performance. In extreme cases, aside from hurting performance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 27

size and close proximity can help smaller brands instead of harming them. We find that support for small brands goes up when faced with a competitive threat from large brands, versus when they are in competition with brands that are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

from 15 percent to 30 percent or more. Would such an increase harm venture capital? I don’t think it would be a good thing, and I say this, of course, with an admitted strong bias. Long-term investment in particular should be viewed as... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

suggests that horizontally homogeneous teams organized tasks in a more efficient way, while vertically homogeneous teams exerted lower effort. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49643 Executive Compensation and Misconduct:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

a hand in the face of Gadhafi's assault on his own people could be deemed unforgiveable and may be harmful to our legitimacy in the region. Some have voiced concerns that inconsistency—treating some countries and dictators differently... View Details
Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

more coordinated regulatory approach to oversight of financial services. Industry should be included and at the table to ensure that they have a consistent mechanism to provide feedback and advice on how any new regulation will hurt or View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities Authors:Jennifer L. Petriglieri Publication:The Academy of Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract I review and reconceptualize identity threat, defining it as an experience appraised as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

pro quo deals between agents and third parties, and to suggest how legal and institutional reforms might curb harms and enhance benefits. In this comprehensive Handbook, top scholars in the field provide specially commissioned essays,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

inflexible or unpredictable work schedules, and employers’ failure to grasp how employees are struggling and to provide them with support, according to a new Harvard Business School report. That disregard harms both workers and companies.... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

The Future of Stem Cells

a one-time treatment that’s going to make your lupus go away for life, then I don’t have to be governed by the economics of pill manufacturing — especially when long-term medications may prove harmful over time, as recent headlines remind... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

King and Michael L. Barnett Periodical:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We extend theories of self-regulation of physical commons to analyze self-regulation of intangible commons in modern industry. We posit that when the action of one firm can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

taken over generations that undergird our working world. Micro-Macroaggression A subtle behavior – verbal or non-verbal, conscious or unconscious – directed at a member of a marginalized group that has a derogatory, harmful effect.... View Details
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

highlights challenges associated with its use, and includes many examples of its application, primarily within the realm of regulating activities based on the risk of harm to human health and the environment. Appendices provide detailed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

elevated sense of integrity. These ideas are not new, and may even seem obvious, but it's amazing how infrequently they are applied in the corporate environment and how harmful their absence can be." Bringing Soul To Work Many... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

Publications "From Visible Harm to Relative Risk: Centralization and Fragmentation of Pharmacovigilance Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Chap. 13 in The Fragmentation of U.S. Health Care, Oxford University Press, 2010... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

traffic are sufficiently improved relative to the offerings of the ad auctions when separate. When there is an insufficient improvement, such mergers can harm advertisers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-055.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

restructuring of the corporate tax, and with respect to foreign income, we should consider exemption with some safeguards against an overly aggressive use of tax havens. I fear that alternative paths will lead to much more harm than good... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne