Breaks - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

across industries, traditional understandings and loyalties between employers and employees are breaking down. Coupled with a growing race to the bottom in wages and benefits, this workplace erosion of trust could negatively affect... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

astounding organizations of any kind. Q: In the course description, you talk about breaking the "shackles" of traditional management. Can you provide some specifics? Hamel: Sure. Let's look at resource allocation, for example.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

Felix Oberholzer-Gee: Companies can purchase almost every input they need: labor, office space, a great brand. But sometimes, the price system breaks down and there is no market. In my research, I have been interested in this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

challenges, not on the hard work of winning hearts and minds, Shapiro ultimately lost his company. He was forced to sell Monsanto to Pharmacia-Upjohn, which bought it for its pharmaceutical division, valuing the agricultural biotechnology operations at essentially... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

large established multinationals or smaller companies expanding rapidly into overseas markets, it is imperative that participants and their sponsoring organizations view themselves as active participants in a competitive, global business environment. In closing,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

later in the day, test performance decreases by 0.9% of a standard deviation (95% CI: 0.7%–1.0%). However, a 20–30 minute break improves average test performance by 1.7% of a standard deviation (95% CI: 1.2%–2.2%). These findings have two... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

Online, consumers are more likely to buy when a product grouping display contains like items. Source: Mik22 In online retail displays, items pictured next to your product may make or break a decision to buy that product, according to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

midfield dictates the pace of play, gives its forwards and defenders more time to set up their plays, and breaks up attacks by the opposing team's front line. In business, it's not fashionable to concentrate on midfield. Focus, we are... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

breaks down or needs expediting. And how about her uncanny ability to decode behavioral cues—subtle signs of disagreement or even hostility among subordinates in meetings? How does she do that? That storehouse of unwritten process... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

Several rounds of negotiations and international arbitration failed to resolve the conflict, leading to a progressive breach of trust. Was there anything Klesyk could do to break this international and multilateral stalemate? Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

which company politics should improve government, from breaking up entrenched old boys' networks to leveraging a company's existing organizational expertise. Private firms have realized efficiency and performance gains in areas such as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

very limited by intent. Restricting content and making it hard to get was one of the rationales behind the campaign. What I like about the case is that it breaks so many fundamental marketing principles. One classic rule maintains that if... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

30 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”

crucible. Crucibles—by design—are boot camps of a sort, where the heat and pressure make or break the participant." Lim Yung Hui commented, "Business schools can only create a context that is fertile for the emergence of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

other staffers from the newspaper to also contribute to the Web site. But the turning point probably came, she said, when Boston.com was able to help the Globe break a huge story on a Sunday, after the newspaper had gone to bed. Joining a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 419-048 Associação Saúde Criança: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale Dr. Vera Cordeiro founded the NGO Associação Saúde Criança in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

10 Nov 2015
First Look

November 10, 2015

workers' capacity for growth, and conduct data-based project reviews. To counter the bias toward action—and the unthinking perpetual motion and exhaustion that ensue—leaders can schedule more work breaks and make time for reflection. They... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

interpretation," Parsons says. The column is like a weather report for financial news, reporting on the events in the market on the previous day. It's not always the same weatherman doing the reporting, however; rather, the paper employs a rotating cast of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

Healthcare Initiative that will draw on the work of our faculty and alumni leaders in the field to create innovative solutions to healthcare problems. In addition, the University plans to break ground next year on a 500,000-square-foot... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

behavior, according to by Francesca Gino and colleagues. The good news: businesses can do something about it. Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating (34,516) Organizations spend a lot of money enabling employees to solve... View Details

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