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- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
There are three ways to differentiate in retailing: location, location, and location. The problem is that as markets mature, location becomes less potent as a competitive advantage because the consumer has a growing abundance of... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
(January 2012) Abstract Back in the 1990s, business school professors at an Academy of Management conference debated the propriety of teaching distributive bargaining to their students. The particulars of that exchange are lost in the mists of time, but at the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
more granular control over what they share and with whom. According to studies, however, very few users have changed their privacy settings, and those who do often end up sharing more data by opening up some avenues for sharing rather... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
their job better." A Bad Habit Most people don't look to become value claimers, but rather just fall into it as a way of protecting their own corporate turf, Hall contends. Eventually, it ends up becoming a habit that sticks. The... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
government is run by a small number of people calling all the shots. I think his hard-charging tone, coupled with his willingness to single out certain groups — from the media to Muslims to women to Hispanics — as responsible for many of the nation’s View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
abruptly in the Great Recession and has not come back. There are a number of theories about too much regulation, for example, or too much student debt, but it is a problem because small businesses provide a path to the American dream.... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
property, the war also brought to an end the deepest Depression in history. Moreover, the decades after the war witnessed more rapid economic growth than the world had ever seen, not least in the vanquished countries. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
creating "a modern version of alchemy," turning packages of poorly-rated mortgages into triple-A-rated collateral debt obligations, complete with supposed insurance against risk. The problem was that even financial experts... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
that prosocial spending is associated with greater happiness around the world, in poor and rich countries alike. To test for causality, in Studies 2a and 2b, we used experimental methodology, demonstrating that recalling a past instance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
development projects around the globe. The study, by Harvard Law School student Ashwin Kaja and HBS professor Eric Werker, is detailed in the working paper "Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank" [PDF]. Theirs is the first known study to empirically... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
how viable the dream. “We tackle the problems that are faced by almost any founder no matter what industry they are in, no matter what country they are in, and no matter what time frame they are in-boom or bust.” "We tackle the View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
there. —Erik Stafford "Competition is at the heart of many of the concepts in finance," says Coval. "The problem you face in the classroom is that the setting is very static. You have a case and a blackboard to show how the... View Details
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
management in seven companies identify teams working full-time on projects that demanded creativity. We ended up studying 238 professionals in 26 project teams in 7 companies in 3 different industries. They were highly educated—a vast... View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
Partners, a boutique consulting firm focused on organizational change and strategy. Covers how Keller initially struggles with his assignment and ends with a question of whether or not he should attend a meeting that he was not invited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
business model that best matches the characteristics of the innovation and the needs of the target customer group. For example, one electronics company we worked with thought it had a new-market disruptive innovation on its hands. There were two View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
choices around success. In addition to the moral difficulties that are posed by celebrity's narcissism and materialism, there are seeds of self-destruction in the celebrity approach to high achievement. Many people and organizations under appreciate this View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
forces within the team. Ends with a discussion of bridging differences in teams across both geographic and cultural divides. Purchase this note: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410051-PDF-ENG Radiant Cosmetics: What's in a Pout?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
keep close watch over them. In 2015, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, highlighted the problem. “A local food safety problem can rapidly become an international emergency,” she wrote in a statement.... View Details
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
did in 2006 was to boost competition. We now have nine approved rating agencies instead of three. However, if you are a bond issuer and you don't like what one rating agency says, you can choose another. So now, you have tripled the number of choices. That doesn't... View Details