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- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
Published since 1979 by the World Economic Forum, the Global Competitiveness Report ranks seventy-five countries and measures the comparative strengths and weaknesses of their economies. At a press conference announcing publication of the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
HBS professor Michael A. Roberto and Senior Researcher Lynne C. Levesque decided to look deeper into why some initiatives fail and others succeed. How do some change initiatives take hold and almost become part of the firm's very DNA? To... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Other People
Video directed and produced by Joanie Tobin In their book Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton draw on years of quantitative and qualitative research to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
It's a pittance in the West. A loan of only $500 to $1,200, however, can make all the difference for a man or woman eking out a living in the developing world. Just that much—the typical range of microfinance loans, according to Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
academic economics department. Amazon is far from alone in this trend. Some 50 tech companies “have been snapping up economists at a remarkable scale,” says Michael Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business... View Details
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types and sizes of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Photography by Jason Andrew Ibrahim Mustapha grows maize in Katsina Fulani, a village of mud-brick houses topped by rusted corrugated roofs in northern Nigeria. Like millions of farmers in his country,... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
warn, but they say it still may be an idea worth testing. "AI and algorithms can potentially be valuable tools in mitigating racial biases. However, a great deal of care is necessary." Airbnb underwent similar corporate soul-searching in 2016 after a study View Details
- 29 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
What Jobs Are Being Done at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
- 23 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Field Evidence on Individual Behavior & Performance in Rank-Order Tournaments
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at Harvard Business School. Roughly 42 percent of Fortune 500 companies said they’d reached an environmental target or committed to reaching one View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
customers like his product? HBS assistant professor Michael Norton's interest in what motivates seemingly irrational consumer behavior has found a perfect subject in Adrià. To eat at elBulli, customers must navigate a mysterious... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
out a new letter with an extra line, letting people know that their neighbors were ponying up, implying that they should, too: “We are writing to inform you that we have still not received your tax payment. By now, nine out of 10 people... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Designs and Innovation Streams
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
This scenario may sound familiar, unfortunately: Your flight begins with poking and prodding by the TSA agent, all to wait for the inevitable delayed departure. Boarding extends the indignities: more waiting while your section is called,... View Details
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
performance, most investors have found it easier to vote "with their feet" by selling shares, rather than making formal complaints. Large shareholders, however, have stronger incentives to monitor management. The conventional... View Details
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, doing what HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan calls "fighting fires."... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
to consumers—and fairer to the businesses they review. “What this does is reduce the noise. We're trying to extract more information from the reviews.” Michael Luca, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, believes a review... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
The United States and Germany remain atop the latest Business Competitiveness Index, with China continuing to slip in the rankings while India ascends, according to a report released from Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. In addition... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne