Information Quality - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

Summing Up Three themes appear to characterize many of the responses to this month's column: (1) leadership talent is portable, (2) the reasons that we chase stars are traceable to human nature, and (3) women have qualities that explain... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

unable to adequately protect their brands, recipes, and manufacturing processes from infringements, underinvest in research and development, innovation, product differentiation, and quality control. Thus, federal prohibition imposes... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

and Yelp Review Fraud By: Luca, Michael, and Georgios Zervas Abstract—Review sites have become increasingly important sources of information for consumers. Because these reviews affect sales, businesses have the incentive to game the... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

company takes that create unintended consequences for others—can be good or bad. An example of a positive externality is reduced healthcare costs for everyone when employees are required to get COVID-19 vaccines. A negative externality might be poor water View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

at work and in how much time they devote to insiders vs. outsiders. We analyze the correlation between time use, managerial effort, quality of governance, and firm performance and interpret the empirical findings within two versions of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

events. However, you may visit the HBS Online Business Insights Blog and HBS Online Facebook page for information about upcoming conferences and webinars featuring faculty, or join the HBS Online Community to build your network and... View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

Firestone's bottom-up capital budgeting process functioned flawlessly, quickly converting Ford and General Motors' demands into concrete commitments to radial production capacity. In a November 1972 Executive Committee meeting, Manufacturing Vice President Mario... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

04 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

“There are important implications for the quality of accounting information in corporations and in capital markets” "We could imagine that as the audit industry becomes more concentrated, the big... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

using art to sharpen the intuitiveness that goes into the moment of choice." Others maintained that choosing is neither an art nor a science. Laurence McKinney said, "We ultimately base our decisions on 'feelings'" and emotions, aided by such things as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

from each Kickstarter project, including the comments from the customers and updates posted by the entrepreneur. The researchers then manually collected data for actual delivery times and numbers of product features. They also cross-referenced funding View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

example of sales-related hyperbole, Cespedes points to the dire predictions that online buying will eventually cause the real-life “death of a salesman.” While online information sources affect selling, retail sales through ecommerce... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

performances of daughter, Heidi, a professional opera singer Recommended Reading Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman "Goleman shows that integrity, the ability to communicate and influence, self-motivation, empathy, and social skills-not high IQ and high... View Details

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

questions, questions that students assume primary responsibility for discussing. There is no assumption that there is always a right answer. Rather the emphasis is on the quality of analyses and thought processes employed in coming up... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

surprising number don't," he says. Senior leaders should leverage this depth chart information about up-and-comers by delegating to them more extensively. This also allows senior leaders more time to achieve a better match between... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

applying knowledge in pursuit of innovation. “When you peel back the layers of these companies, you find that these six qualities are practiced, and often they have family edicts that are passed down from one generation to the next,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

celebrate those around you and celebrate yourself. Here, students share their personal stories through the National Coming Out Day student storyboard series organized by the PRIDE club. Visit @prideathbs on Instagram for more information... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

who want to take on more and more responsibility over the course of their careers must ask themselves: Am I preparing myself to manage and lead? How Can We Learn To Manage And Lead? Although some of the qualities of effective management... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

to recognize leadership qualities in themselves? It's about leadership in ideas, in actions. "There are some that can see it in themselves; there are some that need to be informed," says Narayandas. "Talent needs to be... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

signs of continuing to grow at an even more rapid pace. Computer-based learning is an exciting disruption because it allows anyone to access a consistent quality learning experience; it is convenient since someone can take it virtually... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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