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- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
sustainability have to do with luxury? But if you think about it, what this case shows is that luxury and sustainability share similar values. Luxury is all about being the best, having the very best. Products that cause misery or... View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
says Ian Larkin, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "You should see the angry e-mails I get from students when they find out that a job offer turns out to be $10,000 per... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
improvements improve life somewhere in the globe, but not necessarily in the U.S.A." Bill Donohue wrote that "In the 20's ... the root cause may perhaps have been the massive building of low cost assembly line-based industrial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
exceeding. But the price for his little white lie was extremely high: The company based its demand planning on his sales forecast and consequently ran out of its core product in one of its largest markets at the height of the holiday... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
technical skills, expertise in analysis, and diverse views, allowing them to brainstorm and explore different interpretations of a failure's causes and consequences. Because this usually involves the potential for conflict that can... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
require hospitals to note their plans for meeting surges in capacity in their financial disclosures, most likely as accounts called “contingent liabilities,” events that are likely to cause expenses in the future. In general, FASB would... View Details
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
field studies, researchers tend to think that workers submit resumes to open positions. In fact, scholars have learned a lot about discrimination in labor markets by sending resumes to job postings to see who gets called back and who... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
profit from their private information relating to a specific financial reporting element, goodwill impairments, prior to its incorporation by the equity market or recognition by the firm's accounting system. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
cause different individuals to pay different prices. Real estate is the most imperfect of all asset classes. A simple example that illustrates imperfections in the real estate market is the high level of... View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
With global markets in turmoil over the last several weeks, leaders throughout the world are starting to think about how they should respond if confronted with an economic downturn. Yet what do we know about how leaders decide what to do... View Details
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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
precisely timed manner that would not cause damage to the camera and also result in a dry print. The amount required, 1/20th of a cubic centimeter, would spread in a layer only a few thousandths of an inch in thickness. Experimenting with... View Details
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
rarely used it. Building the house was the motivating factor—not having the house. "You have to be sure that your family are engaging in work that is really causing them to feel like they are achieving important things," Christensen says.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
widespread and so toxic in Enron." Salter, a specialist in corporate strategy and corporate governance who is also writing a book on Enron, said he is trying to operate as a sort of forensic analyst. Forensic scientists usually fill out a simple form containing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
for market manipulation (and) used as payment method for online crime.” Bitcoin does not have a future as a currency, Turnbull said, because of the cost of operating sufficient computers to collectively document every single transaction.... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
a target audience’s pre-existing condition, for example. Illustrating the odds of bad outcomes. The use of relative probabilities of very unlikely but well-known occurring events, such as likelihood of being struck by lightning or a toaster mishap View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
courses are completed successfully, learners will earn a Certificate of Specialization. HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in Leadership and Management , Strategy , Entrepreneurship and Innovation , Business in Society , Finance and Accounting , and... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York investment firm KKR. Shih discusses the “terrible mess” View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
lead during a crisis such as the global economic crisis of 2008-09. I found that many failed to follow seven universal lessons for leading in crisis. I believe the root cause of the recent financial crisis was leaders who practiced... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
colleagues to invest in a regional cellular company. “I knew it was a good investment, but I had no idea mobile would reach 100 percent market penetration,” he says. Interested in building media companies with like-minded partners, Nelson... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher—or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself... View Details