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01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: HBSWK with asset generated by Midjourney, an... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112006-PDF-ENG Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA), Inc.: Finding the Hidden Meaning in Corporate Disclosures Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-031 Business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

intelligently but respectfully. A: Yes, one theme that I hope comes out clearly in the book is the importance of the relationship between the board and top management. Boards are very much a human institution. The law can certainly shape... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

the airline industry, looking at how its leadership changed during the course of the twentieth century and how contextual intelligence or lack thereof influenced industry evolution. We are particularly interested in the co-evolution of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

Hans-Willi Schroiff, vice president of market research and business intelligence for the German company Henkel, described why detergent has made a valuable case study for new and edgy marketing. (They cautioned that they are not ready to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

professor and Hellman Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School, and co-author of the paper “It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking.” “It’s an easy-to-deploy strategy anyone can use to not only be perceived as more emotionally intelligent, but to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

"This is an intimately personal transaction, yet in many instances, people don't want to be involved with the ultimate suppliers. It's a market suited to intermediaries such as brokers, lawyers, and agents." The emphasis in donor profiles on View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

the economy at large absorb adverse economic shocks? Or does the local population decline, stuck in economic decay? The answers to those questions are vital for economists, policymakers, and local governments to decide as new waves of technology, such as artificial... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

industry are human talent and alignment. The work of professional service firms depends exclusively on the talent and intelligence of the people delivering it. Good firms hire the absolute best people and develop them, motivate them, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

Artificial Intelligence Vodafone was operating in the fast-moving telecommunications market where innovation and scale were key. Faced with an onslaught of technological advances—big data, automation, and artificial intelligence—CEO... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

intelligent software for efficient order delivery, and a customer friendly online interface. Ocado's customer base had expanded beyond the wealthy to include middle-income consumers; even with a delivery charge, grocery shopping through... View Details

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

companies, the role of contextual intelligence became an increasingly compelling proposition. Q: What is contextual intelligence, and why is it important? A: Contextual intelligence is the ability to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

huge deficits stretching back and forward for a decade,” according to Kautz. “I believe that an emerging disinflationary era, driven by more intelligent machines and continuing globalization, is why they are right. Most importantly for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities

response to the question, “Which place looks safer?” Those pairwise comparisons were converted into ranked scores. Artificial intelligence algorithms were used to teach a computer to predict scores from image features like shapes,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Real Estate

06 Sep 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?

with outspoken banking executives, argued that, “Silence may be both a more eloquent statement and a more intelligent one ” CEOs and other high-profile people “do a service by restraining their knee-jerks and shutting their mouths.” RCD... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sophisticated design and engineering that cuts energy use by maximizing natural light and reducing the need for heating and air conditioning services is far more effective. Building designs that incorporate factors of sun and wind, and... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

and what subjects to teach, without concern for economic or political agendas. Responsibly exercised, this freedom is a great intellectual and competitive advantage. Traditional universities benefit society not just by producing View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

intelligent choice so important to effectively functioning markets. Worse yet, the financial products were created by financial engineers motivated to make them complex and therefore harder to understand. What is to be done? According to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

forthcoming The Economics of Artificial Intelligence The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation By: Cockburn, Iain M., Rebecca Henderson, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's... View Details