Appropriability - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

the more appropriate name for the sixth generation: either RoadRunner 660 or StreetPilot. In this experiment, the researchers varied the list of features for the new product. When the list only included improvements on existing features,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

February 2025 (Revised April 2025)
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Institutional Neutrality, Restraint or Convenience?

By: Clayton S. Rose, Nicole Zelazko and Alexis Lefort

In the fall of 2023 and winter of 2024, college campuses across the U.S. experienced protests and encampments in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas, and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza. These... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Governance; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Disruption; Communication Strategy; Higher Education; United States

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29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

tips and bribes so they can avoid blurring the lines. "Informal exchanges are trickier to manage than people sometimes think," Torfason says. "Once you are embedded in a web of informal transactions and favors, it can sometimes become harder to judge... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Mar 2021
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Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

long-term counseling relationship. Understanding what is involved in a decision to seek counseling, the SAS team is committed to assisting students in finding the most appropriate resources for their personal situations. Parents &... View Details

13 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

appropriate amount of all three. In this way and others, leadership of a business, family, and ownership is similar. In my next article, we'll take a look at what capable leadership actually entails for each of the three circles. Other... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

for not just a recession but a depression. They raise questions about the appropriate posture for leaders under conditions in which they themselves may harbor pessimism about the future. And they call out for more attention to ways in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

industries—forget about across industries—in agreeing on what is appropriate. I don't think it's because they don't want to; it's because they have different values, which in the end come down to details: What is child labor? What types of factory jobs, if any, are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how different... View Details

22 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Where is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location

Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich; Pharmaceutical

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

Danish-based facility services provider ISS; or as some combination of the two—typically in a holding company like US-based marketing services provider Omnicom with a number of subsidiaries, each with its own culture. A one company culture may be View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

can become a vice. Q: When are goals appropriate, and what ingredients should be included? A: Goals are appropriate when you know exactly what behaviors you want, you aren't concerned about secondary behaviors, and unethical behavior is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

many of its most influential citizens. Yet a small group of opponents catalyzed a local movement that, despite being outspent 1,500 to one by the bid’s boosters, ultimately caused the city to back out in 2015. [DAD can be appropriate for... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

13 Feb 2006
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When Gender Changes the Negotiation

was negotiable became unclear. When parties understand little about the limits of the bargaining range and appropriate standards for agreement, the ambiguity of a negotiation increases. In highly ambiguous negotiations, it becomes more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

09 Apr 2001
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Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

In examining the way governments choose a structure in which to conduct investment promotion activities we found that most of the organizational issues fell within the realm of the public-private choice of management of certain nontraditional government activities.... View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

to keep $64 million in proceeds from stock that he had sold while CEO and $41 million in stock and options to which he was entitled at the time. "Did the board act appropriately in firing Easterbrook without cause in the first place?"... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

non-competes hurt employees by limiting their job mobility and sending them on “career detours” where they may have to accept lower compensation than appropriate for their experience level. More important, departing employees are often... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

appropriate tools for their businesses or organizations. The course is also well suited for business operations specialists to understand the building blocks of basic data visualization. Data Science for Business moves beyond the... View Details

21 May 2024
News

A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

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Delimiters - Research Computing Services

appropriate columns, select the entire column by click on the column header A Within the DATA tab at the top, click on Text to Columns In the new window, Convert Text to Columns Wizard , on Step 1 you should select Delimited . Next, on... View Details

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

late-phase trials, the BTD program could be worth upwards of $5 million to a developer at that stage of research alone. Previous research estimated that each additional month for phase three trials often cost more than $650,000. However, a quicker, less costly approach... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

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