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- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
places to rent; in other words, build up the supply side. Their first challenge was to identify these property owners and rally them in large enough numbers to attract renters. Chesky and Gebbia had the clever idea to avoid starting from scratch, and instead used... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
them on those dimensions while making purchase decisions. We found that one factor—American values—didn't matter much to consumers, although many companies have assumed it is critical. Quality Signal. Consumers watch the fierce battles... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
from several different Harvard departments, as well as public officials and engineering firms. The criteria are: quality of life, leadership, resources allocation, natural world, and climate and risk. It’s a rare project that can score... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Performance Tradeoffs in Team Knowledge Sourcing
By: Bradley R. Staats, Melissa Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson
This research examines how teams organize knowledge sourcing (obtaining access to others' knowledge or expertise) and investigates the performance trade-offs involved in two approaches to knowledge sourcing in teams. One approach a team can take is to specialize, such... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Quality; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry; India
Staats, Bradley R., Melissa Valentine, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Performance Tradeoffs in Team Knowledge Sourcing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-031, September 2010. (Revised December 2010, May 2011, and October 2011.)
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
measurable impact on a business’s bottom line. For Luca, who has authored several studies on the topic—and is himself an occasional Yelp critic—online reviews are “one of the most powerful information sources that has emerged in decades,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
its economy. Her conclusion, which helped inform HBS's US Competitiveness Project: "The United States must recognize that its long-term growth depends on dramatically increasing the quality of its K–12... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
The Bulletin recently asked Jill H. Fadule, director of MBA Admissions, and Professor Steven C. Wheelwright, senior associate dean and MBA Program chair, to discuss some of the criteria the School uses in considering applications to the MBA Program. Bulletin: What... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
information about benefit programs probably warrant less protection. The next step is to review the people, processes, and technologies that support those assets, including external suppliers and partners. When you're done with that,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Faculty Books
Corporate Information Strategy and Management by Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin, and F. Warren McFarlan (Irwin/McGraw-Hill) This extensive collection of HBS cases devoted to IT gives an overview of contemporary View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
specialized expertise to the process—which some worry might create subject-area bias in the decision-making process and affect the quality of research. Assistant Professor Danielle Li takes a mathematical approach to examining this issue... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
New Releases
include essays from scholars at institutions such as HBS, Stanford, and MIT, as well as from senior managers at Intel, IBM, and Mercer Management Consulting. Drawing on lessons from leading companies of the information age, including... View Details
- 12 Sep 2009
- News
Boston Chamber of Commerce Recognizes HBS Entrepreneur
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
analytical skills in our MBA Program, will provide the School with valuable information about a candidate's capabilities. The GMAT is also now more widely available around the world than in the past, and it is easier for applicants to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
mitigation. And because cities are discovering that the greener they are, the better their quality of life and the greater their competitive advantage, they have by necessity become innovative, reality-based drivers of environmental... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Better Brainstorming
Sharique Hasan in a recent working paper. Their field research shows that the highest quality ideas are generated by people open to new experiences engaging with extroverted peers. In 2014, the researchers headed to New Delhi to study the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
relevant, quality newspaper and deliver it on time. To my knowledge we're the only newspaper in the country that guarantees 5:30 a.m. weekday home delivery, which is very expensive to do. But we think that's critical. About 40 percent of... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Seattle Times Company; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
employees are concerned, the problem in their organization had to do with the fundamentals of management and leadership, not the quality or commitment of the people nor the quality of management systems and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- October 14, 2019
- Article
Designing Better Online Review Systems
By: Geoff Donaker, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Online reviews are transforming the way consumers choose products and services of all sorts. We turn to TripAdvisor to plan a vacation, Zocdoc to find a doctor, and Yelp to choose a new restaurant. Reviews can create value for buyers and sellers alike, but only if they... View Details
Donaker, Geoff, Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca. "Designing Better Online Review Systems." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 122–129.
- February 2008
- Case
SPECIALISTERNE: Sense & Details
Three-quarters of Specialisterne's expert software testing staff are diagnosed with some form of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Usually a handicap, ASD conveys talents especially suited to software testing and other highly repetitive tasks that require very high... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Health Disorders; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Quality; Software; Information Technology Industry
Austin, Robert D., Jonathan Wareham, and Javier Busquets. "SPECIALISTERNE: Sense & Details." Harvard Business School Case 608-109, February 2008.
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
165, 2003) (Catto Creations LLC) Nick curated this collection of essays by a wide array of authors, who share a passion for quality leadership in every walk of life and provide candid insights, helpful tips, memorable quotes, and... View Details