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11 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

spatial detail how Walmart advertises in Akron versus Toledo versus L.A.,” Cohen says. Sure enough, they found that advertising dollars increased in local areas by an average of 23 percent after a lawsuit was filed there. In addition, the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

23 May 2018
News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

comfortable are probably not paying enough attention,” she says. As someone skilled at balancing accolades and apprehension, Abby Johnson seems to be in just the right place. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1961... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

hygiene reviews in order to compare the probability that the restaurant would be sold out in the two weeks before and after the submission of such reviews. They found that a restaurant was between 0.4 and 0.7 percentage points less likely... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

16 May 2000
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Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

feel an Orwellian disease. Self-regulation within the industry seems to be the answer to the privacy question at this juncture, but Al Silk points out that given that "a series of people have fallen off the wagon," more formal measures will View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Sep 2021
What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

what matters most.” Respondents suggested that not everything can be achieved by remote leadership. Goldshlager commented that if remote leadership “would like to turn-around or transform their operations, they probably need a strong... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Feb 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)

continued the program, I probably would have declined the sponsorship offer. I viewed HBS as an investment in my future and career, I did not want to be bound to my previous employer and chose to not accept the sponsorship. What has your... View Details

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

another environment?" Anyone who has studied business cultures in various parts of the world probably would respond affirmatively. Gerald Nanninga observed that "unethical decisions can often appear to be the 'best' decision... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

both the public and private sectors while continuing to support an apprentice system. Service sector research indicates that all developing economies are experiencing increases in the proportion of service sector jobs, while jobs that "make things" shrink toward some... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

touch something you have to give it energy.— Howard Stevenson "If all that matters to you is your success as a businessperson, you're probably not going to be as likely to create a legacy among your followers, because you're not... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

to win in court. Why was he behaving so irrationally? Deepak suggested to the executive that the problem was probably not that the employee was behaving irrationally, but that he lacked credible information. The executive was convinced... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

steps create the probability that you will not be controlled by your fears," DeLong writes. "It means that as you begin a new behavior, begin a new relationship, take on a new job, or start on a challenging new assignment, you... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

fade after this contagion, but there will probably be more outbreaks in the decades to come. This means that we can expect our physical structures to change, too. Think of the extension of today’s airport and courthouse security... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors

How "sleepy" or "awake" are you when it comes to your stock portfolio? If you're like most people, you probably don't spend a great deal of time monitoring your investments. So when another company uses stock to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

they need is probably not a panel discussion. Rather they need someone with a high degree of expertise and lived experience in the field to brainstorm individually around their challenge. These resources sit on top of the foundational... View Details

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

"demonstrated" why a proposal to allocate many more resources to building a firm's business in Europe went too far. The document is incomprehensible (we have yet to find anyone in that firm who can explain it clearly), but it has successfully undermined... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

switch to alternative dairy products, whether for health, price or sustainability reasons. This transition will likely occur slowly and alternative dairy products probably won’t ever fully replace animal dairy products, but we feel that... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

thread," Land biographer Victor McElheny maintains. "There is a huge probability of failure to hit on a new technology that will make a market." 13 As he moved from the laboratory to the factory, from basic to applied research, Land... View Details

07 Mar 2016
HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

“I think the digital nomads are probably more likely to be Millennials, early career workers who want to travel the world and work, or empty nesters,” Choudhury says. Several countries, including Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Mexico, Norway,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

product. Others were less negative, arguing that the Company probably had to do what it was doing to “stay in the game.” The Company’s management faced a major decision. On the one hand, it could unwind the effort to begin production in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

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