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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
General Motor's Rick Sutton, the site manager for two Saginaw, MI, power-train plants employing 3,000 people. "The way I look at it is, in order to build pride, you have to have trust, and in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
chief supply-chain management officer, chief human resources officer, and CEO. It offers a road map for ambitious managers who want to know which skills they should focus on developing in order to rise up the chain of command. Read the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
perceptions framework is of a single-stage stochastic inventory system with periodic review, constant lead times, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
gun restrictions. Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract—Firms do not typically disclose information on their costs to produce a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Human Decision Processes Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice By: Blunden, Hayley, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie John, and Francesca Gino Abstract—Prior advice research has focused on understanding when... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
a new purpose for a corporation. And they listed five things. And in order those five things were number one, delivering value to customers. Fair enough. Number two, investing in our employees. Okay. Number three, dealing fairly and... View Details
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
charging people egregious amounts for insurance that they didn't necessarily need," she says. "They were placing insurance at five times the cost they told regulators they would." Estimating that ultimately over a third of... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
"greed and corruption helped create the crisis, ... simple human frailty played a vital role." They suggest providing incentives to make financial products easier, not more difficult, to understand. This would involve, among other things, more disclosure... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Profile
Angela R. Hicks Bowman
categories, from plumbers to roofers to exterminators, and created a membership model that they spread into an increasing number of geographies. As a startup venture, being able to get its customers exactly what they wanted was crucial for the company’s survival.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
the difficulty and high cost of bankruptcy. "Bankruptcy lawyers charge anywhere from $200 to $350 an hour, and I want to tell you that even for a small company, those hours can easily mount up to $20,000 or $30,000 a month," he noted. "I... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
counterweights, encouraging the preservation of some valued elements of the old institutional order alongside new elements that allow for change and survival. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49377... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
What's more, since going green is now red hot, a growing number of companies—especially in Europe and Japan—are also starting to issue Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Sustainability reports. Sometimes these are mailed with the annual report, but more often... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
and conditions. Sophisticated consumers might try to game the system by posing as customers who failed to read the "small print." What exactly is a merchant to do when a consumer violates one of various small-print rules? Requiring customers to present... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
welfare in Mexico. Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the supply of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the cost of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional kitchen could address that. From these fundamental... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
they “enjoyed eating in exotic surroundings but were deeply mistrustful of exotic foods.” He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
Consistent with predictions, results reveal that portfolios of level 3 financial assets have higher implied betas and lead to larger bid-ask spreads relative to those designated as level 1 or level 2 assets. Both results are consistent with a higher View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
from frustration with the existing supply, agreed the panelists. Entrepreneurship, in part, is the skill of connecting different patterns in order to create a product or service that's more useful and convenient, said Stephani Khurana... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill and former executive Kent Lineback discuss the steps to take and the roadblocks to avoid in order to meet that challenge. Is Groupon Good for... View Details
Keywords: by Staff