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- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
us now. Preliminary results of a study Gino conducted during the coronavirus crisis shows that people with a heightened sense of curiosity feel less stress and approach their days thinking about what they might learn during this strange... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
the Quartermaster General, earning the rank of captain. World War II had a significant impact on Christensen's career. The organizational challenges of warfare on a global scale encouraged the use of strategic thinking to accomplish... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
the table in their insurance-plan choices, sometimes thousands of dollars. This is true both when consumers make active choices (e.g., they do not have a default plan) and when they make passive choices (e.g., they have a default plan). We discuss the implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
position as the seventh-largest U.S. financial institution. It would also unlock substantial value not currently reflected in the stock. Each faced major obstacles and execution risks, however. In particular, no one knew the precise cut-off for a SIFI View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Financial history is not conventionally thought of in evolutionary terms, but it should be. Traditional ways of thinking about finance, dating back to Hilferding, emphasize the importance of concentration and economies of scale. But these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
at many non-financial firms have highlighted a "low-leverage puzzle" and raised questions about the implications of cash holdings for corporate investment and economic growth. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50095 2015 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
mergers are likely to put more pressure on vendors. "You'll see, ultimately, a shakeout in consolidation on the vendors' side," he said. "I think it will complicate life on the vendors' side," Barnett said of the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
we believe can be quite important to the long-term survival of organizations and the contribution they make to society at large. As organizational scholarship and management practice have shifted away from thinking about the connection... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
negotiations between free-agent players and teams. Media coverage of this terrain had been haphazard. Rovell saw that omission as a great opportunity, but he had two problems. First, media giants such as Sports Illustrated and ESPN didn't View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
"Talent and Time" program, which was designed to match employee interests and talents with community needs. And many other Cleveland-headquartered firms have a similar commitment to employee volunteering. Q: Do you View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
1960, electronic data processing as well as information storage and retrieval had made a lasting impression in both the private and the public sectors, and discoveries and improvements in areas such as circuit design and solid-state... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
things like making machine parts and medical implantations. Still, the printers were large, unreliable, and expensive. Starting around 2011 the revolution began. 3-D printers began to shrink, grow in quality, and become considerably less expensive. Product View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
performance? What are principled choices its leaders must make if they are serious about building such a firm? What are the means for changing an average company into a HCHP company? What are the key design features of such a firm? In our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
think that China and possibly India will move to clean up their nationwide air quality, including particulates, sulfur, mercury, etc. Unfortunately, cleaning up Chinese air quality is most likely to come at the price of significantly... View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-015.pdf Naiveté and Cynicism in Negotiations and Other Competitive Contexts Authors:Chia-Jung Tsay, Lisa L. Shu, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract A wealth of literature documents how the common failure to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to develop new cars, Ford and its... View Details
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? Below, HBS faculty members Robert Steven... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
illustrates the importance of embedding a scale-up strategy in the initial design of a program that aims to solve a widespread problem. In the following discussion, Kanter and Litow talk about the process through which creative,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
collection of research and readings about head-on collisions between corporations and consumers, how to think through potential problems in advance, and course-correcting when the inevitable disaster occurs. A Good Place to Start... View Details