Open Source Distribution - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010 arrests, but the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

residing in the US as either undocumented or illegal immigrants. What you call them seems to depend to some extent on your political leanings. Another result are borders—in particular, the Southern border—that are more open than many... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

are willing to take some risks, disclose some of their shortcomings, and open themselves to constructive criticism—admittedly a tall order. Choosing The Right Position Establishing a management career begins with choosing the right... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

effectiveness has come the ability to do things truly differently. American Hospital Supply's distribution software and American Airlines' SABRE reservation system are examples of victories in past technologies. The firms were the first... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

worker shared a trick for keeping track of information customers share at the beginning of calls, reducing a source of stress. Another advised a colleague not to “unbundle” the price of features when presenting customers with potential... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

net-zero emissions by 2040. In the interim, we are targeting absolute GHG reductions of more than 40 percent by 2030. From the way we source our crops to the energy we use in creating and distributing our... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Gaining the community's trust is vital to building a successful business with crowdsourcing, agreed business leaders at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School on March 30. When Tongal got its start in 2009, some members of the community questioned... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

academic partner of the OneTen Initiative, which seeks to create 1 million living-wage jobs over 10 years for Black and underrepresented minority women and men who do not have a college education. If you believe, as I do, that talent is more evenly View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

doctors had to switch from their traditional specialties to treat patients affected by the virus. Given the isolation of coronavirus patients from family members, many doctors and nurses who were not accustomed to providing end-of-life care became the primary View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

team forever. 3. Long-term need vs. short-term fix Another common mistake is hiring a full-time expert in an area that only needs occasional work—for example, performance engineering. Certainly, if you’re building a complex distributed... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

2012
Working Paper

The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Joachim Henkel

Modularity is a means of partitioning technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect intellectual property (IP). We... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Value; Complexity; Intellectual Property

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18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

partner, and doubling up on the friendships and memories. Never could we have imagined a Texas guy and California gal surviving four east coast winters. We have given up planning and stayed open to the doors God opens, following our love... View Details

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

maybe two between 18 and 24. We never tap below 10 inches. We’d not only lose our organic certification, but we’d be destroying a future source of income.” Beyond Pancakes Building a sustainable business that protects unspoiled land,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

Enterprise Balanced Scorecard: The Enterprise Scorecard is the source of essential information for executive management and the board, providing a concise but thorough understanding of the business and its key drivers. This tool describes... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

28 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

opened a small American Chinese restaurant in Dallas, and in the classic fashion to save money, I would often help out. At HBS, I have had the privilege to explore, reflect, and find my calling. I realize that I love food and restaurants!... View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

that we like people who are similar to us; people we are familiar with; people who have reciprocal positive feelings about us; and people who are inherently attractive, either in their appearance or their personality—that is, they are considerate, cheerful, generous,... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

05 Jul 2021
What Do You Think?

Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

and services. That’s not to deny that there are other sources for that kind of information. They tend to reside in the lower reaches of nearly any organization, among those who don’t have the same perks as those at the top. "A popular fix... View Details