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03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

'Heritage-based Brand-oriented Network. "Everybody knows it is prestigious but very few know how it acquired its elevated position." In addition to offering insights into the award's unique brand success, the paper offers advice for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

women (or men) with multiple commitments. The implication is that women in leadership will be more likely than men to rethink work in this fashion. Sandberg's advice largely assumes that work will not be rethought. Instead, women will... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

strategic advice for potential disrupters, both entrepreneurs and angels. As new investors begin to evaluate business plans, he said, they should rely on certain litmus tests. One is that the right strategy is unknowable in advance.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

firm-level data, all scrubbed to ensure privacy. The average firm in the analysis had 20 employees in 2008 with assets of 3.3 million euros, or about $3.6 million, and was about 18 years old. Go for the loan Vallée has simple advice for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

02 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

be a good fit for the long haul. “It can be really painful to have the wrong investor,” Huang says. “Being aware of how someone invests can trickle down into how they will behave and provide advice in the future.” Related Reading: Is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

contradict, Jack Welch." As Tom Broge put it, "If someone can figure out how to get people to listen to good advice when they don't want to hear it, now THAT would be something big." Moris Simson's thought-provoking... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

coupled with the diminished availability of financing, may have a negative impact on entrepreneurs’ ability to obtain cash, exit, and innovate. Silverthorne: What advice would you give to high-tech entrepreneurs facing this launch/no... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

continues today. Prices are extremely low, ships are being scrapped, and private equity firms are moving in to invest. Against The Wind The bulk shipping boom-bust trend offers sound advice to investors. "When rates are low and when... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

"I think we should find the answer in consumer psychology rather than in geographical markets, segmentation, and so on. . . . Too much choice is like having no choice, and buyers will start to feel that." What to do about all of this evoked a wide range of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

what’s a manager to do given the uncertainty of both predictions and prophets? Here’s some advice to CEOs, CFOs, sales managers, and others who allocate the major resources in most firms. Whatever else you do in thinking about the future... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

to continue to offer sophisticated portfolio advice with technological solutions,” says Viceira. “Whether that will happen or not is an open question.” If it does, then expect more disruption in the financial advising industry in the next... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

advice to businesses using affiliate marketing programs. His new working paper, written with Wesley Brandi, is titled Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing. The paper offers ways to help companies make better choices... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

can win. This means hiring the proper consultants and legal advisors, particularly those who are well versed in the workings of the WTO. The last piece of advice is not really an action plan, rather an issue to recognize and keep in one's... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

collective wisdom for accounting Ph.D. students who will be entering the academic job market. It is divided into two sections. The first offers subjective advice on the dissertation process—from choosing a topic to surviving the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

recognized Robert E. Downing's advice that we may need to define work before asking the question. For knowledge workers, "it is very difficult to determine when the workers are actually working Maybe we shouldn't be asking about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

communicating with those who depend on us for advice and leadership. We must be willing to explain why we can’t answer all the questions. Credibility is a critical commodity in a crisis and it must not be wasted. “Who to trust” is a... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

13 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 13

literatures to organize these factors. We then provide some tactical advice and worksheets for entrepreneurs to consider when selecting the location for their new venture. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

basically to rethink education. It's on a roll, and we have an opportunity to make it even better. Q: Any words of advice for your successor? A: First, I'd say fall in love with HBS and embrace its mission and its people—they're what I... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

sense of accountability. The expectation is that, by affixing his or her name to the document, the CEO will verify its accuracy by asking more rigorous questions: Do I trust the level of analysis? Am I getting the right advice from the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

his teaching career at Wharton. As a newly minted twenty-nine-year-old professor there, he said, he found himself the recipient of a steady stream of practical advice from the senior faculty. Don't hang back by the blackboard when... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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