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- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
Summing Up September 11 was no "tipping point" for acceleration in the loss of privacy. That's the conclusion to be drawn from responses to this month's column. Rather the loss of privacy is a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
direct sales? Should I break out individual costs on a price tag? How Can Marketing Better Align With Corporate Strategy? Fixing the Marketing—CEO Disconnect In many companies, the marketing function has wandered far from the firms'... View Details
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
Questions To Be Answered: What are the best techniques for fostering innovation in multicultural teams? I want my functional experts to influence high-level strategy. How can managers get the best thinking out of support staff? What role... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
create net benefits for society but would also involve costs frequently lack the necessary support to be enacted because losses loom larger than gains psychologically. To reduce the harmful consequence of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
job quantity and quality is a function of growth and productivity. If growth occurs that is roughly equivalent to increased productivity, little change occurs in the number of jobs although the quality of those jobs (assuming that higher... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
function and authority to CEOs. Because coaching records, player statistics and team performance are readily accessible, measurement and comparison of organizational performance in the NFL is reliable and consistent. Football coaches use... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New York City, suggesting that similar image data can be used to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
Moss: One of the things that a historical perspective helps make clear is that risk management has always been an essential function of government. From the very earliest days of the American Republic, government policymakers have... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
run we've got to have a system that substantially readdresses leverage, transparency, and liquidity. "It will be in fact a whole new ballgame that takes many years to play out. It will be years before we figure out where the crucial financial View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team-the group of managers reporting directly to the CEO-doubled during this period, this growth was driven primarily by an increase in functional managers rather than general managers. Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
become the hubs of the network. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-043.pdf Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
managers responsible for stewarding brands. Publisher's link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138786837/ April 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
continue to support Tolcher's first album, increase the stakes by financing a second album, or cut their losses and instead focus on other artists. At the same time, Octone had to evaluate a proposal from Universal Music Group to buy out... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
Depression, a time when markets were functioning poorly. We were happy to see an approach like this included in the administration's white paper. Q: What are the drawbacks of your proposal? A: One concern is that if we are going to rely... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or fraud. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909006 Distribution at American Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 909-035... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
Carlson School of Management, show how the link between sales tax dependence and layoffs sheds light on the growing fiscal crisis of state and local governments. The correlation between sales tax dependence and layoffs suggests that the budget crunch cities and states... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
Group plc: May 2006 Harvard Business School Case 807-006 Since 2004, Philip Yea, the first outsider ever to lead 3i Group, one of Europe's largest publicly listed private equity firms, has been trying to help the far-flung organization become more of a streamlined... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
we understand the role and appreciate that an expert who functions as our decision-making proxy makes for a much better museum-going experience” But Harvard Business School's Ray Weaver says that what Groupon is up to is much more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
organization strategy to enable the different functions to work together to bring products to market more quickly. As Ludwig grappled with a way to jumpstart change at DIS, he began to suspect that people throughout the unit were talking... View Details