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16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

innovations that improve health and reduce the need for more care or more complex care. In the United States, employers may need to contract directly with providers if health plans are slow to modify their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Many dismiss marketing as manipulative,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

is left with no choice but to do so.) Nevertheless, there is slow and I believe inexorable movement in the direction of a WDC, because it makes sense for all concerned. It will take time but it will happen.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

that if she lost her job, she couldn't pay her children's school fees or pay for a doctor," says Pomeranz, an assistant professor in entrepreneurial management at Harvard Business School. “How can we understand what projects work to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

At an event at Harvard Business School that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish US economy—a move that may require a new definition of... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

owners and actively engage with boards. To start, in the nomination and election process, shareholders could signal their support (endorsement,... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

via e-mail with Executive Director Vincent Dessain (HBS MBA '87), and Research Associate Anders Sjöman. The School's five centers are charged with supporting the research needs of faculty View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

received extraordinary support from its oversized Scientific Advisory Board; it had developed and secured a strong intellectual property portfolio that creates high barriers to entry View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

supporting them. Then please shop for the right advisors to help you at the right price. 5. Develop New Context Awareness. Value-building families also take this opportunity to consider how greater wealth or... View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

Improving Legislative Outcomes (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Policies that would create net benefits for society but... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

likely to be successful in their next venture-backed firm. “There is support for the view that some component of performance persistence stems from 'success breeding success.'” These effects are large View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

encourage direct customer participation in such activities—as with Pepsi and DonorsChoose.org. Customer involvement is key for two reasons: First, it increases the "bang" for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

also teaches courses on innovation and building new ventures to seasoned executives in the School's Executive Education Program. This excerpt from a recent presentation encourages executives to leverage disruptive change as a platform... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

positions might develop more centralized networks just as a function of the jobs they have. Two, employees who already have larger networks might be tapped for corporate staff jobs because of their networks. Three, employees who don't... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

decent pay and job security) workforce to supply the manpower with which to create sophisticated products. The export of these well-designed and efficiently produced goods was View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

22 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

supported what Tucker and Singer had already hypothesized. For example, when the hospital took action on a higher percentage of problems, it had a positive effect on... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

09 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk

results to date of the current game. We define the results to date in terms of the desired currency of the return for whatever kind of bet we are looking at—money for investments, View Details

Keywords: by Eileen C. Shapiro & Howard H. Stevenson

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

Longhorn is ever successful, the pressure that will place on Apple will be enormous because Apple simply will not have the resources with 8 million active users to ever be able to support it. Q: In the... View Details