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- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
beneficial for companies. But Larkin says corporate managers should manage them closely to make sure that employees aren't gaming the system and that the programs aren't fostering unintended negative effects. "Many award programs have... View Details
- January 2025
- Supplement
Negotiating with Data: Analytics FC (B)
By: Jillian Jordan and Livia Alfonsi
Analytics FC was a UK-based sports consultancy that focused on international football (soccer), leveraging cutting-edge data-analytic techniques to support clubs, federations, and players. In 2022, Alex Greenwood, an elite female defender, approached the company for... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Negotiation Preparation; Gender; Analytics and Data Science; Sports; Reputation; Value Creation; Consulting Industry; Sports Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
Jordan, Jillian, and Livia Alfonsi. "Negotiating with Data: Analytics FC (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 925-015, January 2025.
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
president of the Portland Trail Blazers NBA franchise. None of his colleagues knew about his incarceration, although he had a few close calls. At a Trail Blazers game in Philadelphia, his hometown, he says, “I was walking around the arena... View Details
- 23 Jan 2024
- Book
More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
piece of paper, or likely even for a ticket to a local minor league baseball game (which is more or less a deed to a seat). But plenty of people would pay that much for the deed to a house.* *Technically, people are generally paying for... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
first videogame systems in the 1970s, the videogame industry has undergone numerous transformations as new technologies and market entrants fundamentally changed the gaming experience of customers. In the early 21st century, customers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2017
- Article
The New Look of Deal Protection
By: Guhan Subramanian and Fernán Restrepo
Deal protection in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) evolves in response to Delaware case law and the business goals of acquirers and targets. We construct a new sample of M&A deals from 2003 to 2015 to identify four such areas of evolution in current transactional... View Details
Subramanian, Guhan, and Fernán Restrepo. "The New Look of Deal Protection." Stanford Law Review 69, no. 4 (April 2017): 1013–1074.
- 02 May 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?
(iStockphoto/Rost-9D) Artificial intelligence (AI) is the topic of the moment in circles ranging from science to business to religion. Its potential and implications are driven home when you see robot soccer players improve their game to... View Details
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
a game changer. So I wrote it up. It did change my life. I quit my job because of the findings in this book. Why? Because I came to the American Enterprise Institute with a lot of fluid intelligence to solve a lot of problems, to be on... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- January 2008
- Article
Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus
By: Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange
Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local. Individuals launch firms and, if successful, expand their enterprises to other locations. But new firms must start somewhere, even if their businesses are conducted largely or exclusively on the Internet. Likewise,... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business Startups; Development Economics; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Taxation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business Processes; Expansion; Internet
Acs, Zoltan J., Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson, and William C. Strange. "Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus." Kauffman Foundation Research Report (January 2008).
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
researchers conducted an experiment in which white participants engaged in a two-person guessing game designed—unbeknownst to them—to measure their tendencies toward attempted racial colorblindness. Each participant was given a stack of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
governance regimes to meaningful transnational regulation. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2178540 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 415-015 Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A) Valve, one of the world's top video... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
or opening ritual before diving into business. Think about creative bonding experiences—an online talent show? Recipe contest? Game night? Show-and-tell of each team member’s favorite piece of art or travel souvenir? These might even be... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- February 2023
- Case
Roblox: Virtual Commerce in the Metaverse
By: Ayelet Israeli and Nicole Tempest Keller
In 2022, Roblox had 58.8 million daily active users, including over half of all children and teens under the age of 16 in the United States. Roblox, a free-to-use “co-experience platform”, allowed users to come together in immersive 3D experiences to socialize, work,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Market Design; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Business Strategy; Economics; Economy; Economic Systems; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Platforms; Markets; Price; Innovation and Management; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; North America; South America; Asia; Europe
Israeli, Ayelet, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Roblox: Virtual Commerce in the Metaverse." Harvard Business School Case 523-028, February 2023.
- 06 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers
eating gummies, and they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s the revised gummy, yum yum, it tastes better,’” says John. In another study in which participants played a video game labeled as “version 5,” they even reported enjoying the View Details
- 08 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Location Choices Under Strategic Interactions
Keywords: by Juan Alcacer
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsDeveloping Leaders Harvard Business School Note 407-015 Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407015 Merton's Ethos of Science: Excerpts and Summaries Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast
wider pool of talent. Workers and potential employees can take control, too, by: Being realistic about which jobs are available where they live. Too often, says Fuller, young workers will study in fields like video game programming that... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
In the classic game of Chicken, two drivers on a crash course speed toward each other. The rules are simple: Whoever swerves first and avoids collision loses, and whoever is brave enough to stay the course wins. Of course, when both... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
Publications International Marketing Review Achievement Motivation, Strategic Orientations and Business Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms: How Different Are Japanese and American Founders? By: Deshpandé, Rohit, Amir Grinstein, Elie Ofek, and Sang-Hoon Kim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
PublicationsCollective Memory Meets Organizational Identity: Remembering to Forget in a Firm's Rhetorical History Authors:Michel Anteby and Virag Molnar Publication:Academy of Management Journal (in press) Abstract Much organizational identity research has grappled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne