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- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
the structure of the industries in which their firms competed. Bogle and Kelleher died earlier this month, more than 40 years after each made their mark on the competitive landscape by leading organizations that provided both low cost... View Details
- 03 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment
bachelor’s degree work in jobs that don’t require one. Many assume that this “malemployment” is a temporary condition primarily affecting only some recent college graduates. While it is more common in recent graduates, analyses suggest that even View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
effort? If so, what kind of training would be required for those teaching "judgment"? To what degree could this supplement and perhaps accelerate a process of individual self-discovery in the real... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
approach and delivery to better fit with other individuals or situations; similarly, there's untapped potential in being able to establish electronic connections with consumers in ways that are not... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
traumatic experiences and deep uncertainty about one's future erode or elevate the psychosocial benefits of work. Starting this winter, the team will compare how 1,000 Rohingya households at the Kutupalong... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
were published in the paper, Financial vs. Strategic Buyers. The research team first scoured data of private equity firms in the United States that had set out to buy underperforming companies and turn them... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
learned" manual to apply to the 757 and 767 models. Allegheny Ludlum, meanwhile, continuously experiments with its steel products, interpreting and applying the results, while allowing work View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
keep on ignoring what your peers are doing. John Beshears and colleagues looked at whether employees would contribute more money to their individual 401K plans if they learned that their peers were doing so.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
Can big companies ride the entrepreneurial tiger to transformation and renewal? Yes, said participants in the panel discussion "Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside" at the HBS Entrepreneurship Conference. But... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
social networks, ubiquitous communication, greater transparency, and rising and unmet expectations. It has made the practice of leadership more complex and demanding. This is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
some would claim geometrically) expanding universe of information of varying quality will become counterproductive? For years, managers have lamented the fact that they have too much data and too little information. But can an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
customers, individual consumers—the actual end users—are often located inside the customer firm: This can create a two-stage adoption cycle—first the business must decide to purchase a product or service and... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
"With $4 million, Coke may get $40 million in people's time and attention over the course of the year," says Teixeira. The Super Bowl has always been as big a battle between advertisers as a competition between the View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
make cities in smarter ways, so that they are built more quickly, with less waste and overall impact on the environment during the construction process. Environmental performance will improve in part due to building better buildings. For... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
money when those shocks occur. “They should be less concerned about that, because they can ride out those waves,” says Viceira. Thus, for investors looking beyond a 10- to 20-year time frame—including individuals saving for retirement,... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
individual businesses? In determining your firm's global advantage, the question is simply what advantage you seek to create or exploit by virtue of being an international player." For example, if it's easy for an organization to sell an... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
functionality. And the market research on individuals who purchase these activity tracking devices suggests that most have the discretionary income to afford an Apple Watch. Q: Will the Apple Watch end up... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
Venture Partners and investors such as Nobel Laureate (and HBS professor) Robert C. Merton, as well as individual angels, family, friends, and the founders themselves. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image by HBSWK with assets from AdobeStock/Sripfoto, AdobeStock/Ismailbasdas, AdobeStock/Ectorfusionart and AdobeStock/NomadPhotoReference View Details
- 26 Sep 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation
Uncertain Environment? Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change Following the adoption of a collective bargaining agreement in 2005, National Hockey League GMs had one month to absorb the new rules and put a View Details