Professor David Moss - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

environment. HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?In a recent field study seminar, Professor Forest L. Reinhardt discussed the case "Woolf Farming & Processing," which illustrates how access to water—a basic building block of... View Details

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

which employees act as “witnesses” to keep an eye out for inappropriate behavior and address it before it gets out of hand, says Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. If an employee makes a joke that demeans women... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

Beer, the School's Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration and an expert on organizational behavior. "Quite simply, without a sense of purpose, we become alienated from our work and find it harder to motivate... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

ongoing state support and federal emergency aid will be required to avoid a crisis.” Telepsychiatry may increase patient access David Theobald (HBS MBA 1991)’s interest in mental health technology commercialization has led him to Genoa... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

04 May 2016
What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

been able to anticipate. As Duncan Philps-Tate noted, “This after all is the nation which elected H’Angus the Monkey (the local soccer team’s mascot) as Mayor of Hartlepool.” Those endorsing the name saw it as a way of popularizing a little-known but important... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

March 3rd at Harvard Business School, discussing their successes and failures as entrepreneurs. The common themes: Jump in, take risks, challenge yourself, trust your instincts, and learn from both experience and the experienced. I've Got An Idea! If he were starting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Many male business leaders have the right intentions when it comes to tackling the sticky issue of gender inequality in the workplace. But try as they might to be more sensitive and inclusive with their language, men are quite simply bound to mess up sometimes, said... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

Henry David Thoreau once said, "That government is best that governs least." Easy for him to say. Stuck out by himself at Walden Pond, he never had to deal with potholes on his morning commute or broken streetlights at night. It... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

office architecture on employees’ interpersonal and electronic interactions. Working with co-author Stephen Turban, who was introduced to Bernstein by the late HBS professor David Garvin, their study yielded... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to pay for (at least in the airline industry, according to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

Evidence from Indian Software Services Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone to pull in the same direction. How do you accomplish all this? Continually ask the right questions, advises Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

cause marketing program focused on breast cancer to directly compete with Yoplait. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412047-PDF-ENG Fighting a Dangerous Financial Fire: The Federal Response to the Crisis of 2007-2009 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in... View Details

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

marketing professor Ted Levitt once said that in business, "If you're not segmenting, you're not thinking." That's true. But I would also point out that, in the history of buying and selling since ancient times, a market has never bought... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

out of favor, as the team failed to perform and Kiffin ruffled the feathers of owner Al Davis, among others, according to an article in the New York Times. There are many other examples of young, inexperienced coaches flaming out, including Tampa Bay’s Raheem Morris... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

interest to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, be they a movie legend or a third baseman. She wrote the Sharapova case with Margarita Golod (HBS MBA '07) to study and frame classroom discussions on a favorite field of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

healthcare. As a joint endeavor, Project Antares was born from conversations between Chu, the School of Public Health's Barry Bloom, who is dean of the faculty, and David Bloom (not related), a professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

pitcher throws the ball. How much would you expect the race of the umpire and the pitcher to determine the outcome of the call? That's the question Christopher A. Parsons, Harvard Business School visiting associate professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

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