Research Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

organizational complexity was compounded by Unilever's wide portfolio of products and by the changes in these products over time. Edible fats, such as margarine, and soap and detergents were the historical... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

companies would be better off making mentoring mandatory for all new workers since that would yield much higher productivity and performance gains, the researchers say. "You have to make the program apply to... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

04 Mar 2016
News

Startups Can’t Revolve Around Their Founders If They Want to Succeed

November 2000
Case

WARDA: Leading a Rice Revolution in West Africa

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

The West Africa Rice Development Association, along with various national and international partners, was developing and transferring new rice technologies to farmers throughout West and Central Africa. While production in West Africa was growing faster than any other... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa

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24 Oct 2013
News

When 3+1 is more than 4

Robert H. Hayes

Robert Hayes is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. Prior to his appointment to the Harvard Faculty in 1966, he worked for I.B.M. and McKinsey & Company. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from... View Details

26 Sep 2019
News

Kill science funding and you kill the future tech economy

15 Jun 2016
News

Pining for the cubicle? Believe it.

12 Apr 2007
Working Paper Summaries

From Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark

Keywords: by Sylvain Lenfle & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Manufacturing

Research Summary

Overview

By: Jorge Tamayo

Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.

Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

according to new research. The researchers found that the students facing temptation were more apt to make mistakes and were less productive By banning web surfing, employers are essentially asking their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Alan D. MacCormack

Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

we are bringing new innovations and risk capital to the industry has piqued a lot of curiosity. Bulletin: So with these products you’re bridging the gap between research and practice? Rigol: Well, it’s a big... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

06 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

high-tech products could only be found in the United States. These successes were due in large part to government investment in basic science research and mass production. "During World War II, the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

July – August 2009
Article

Restoring American Competitiveness

By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih

For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value; Production; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Research and Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competency and Skills; Service Industry; United States

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16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

health, career—that an industry is evolving around motivating people to be smarter about their choices. The problem: solutions created by these researchers and other behavioral scientists, such as incentives to remind health care shoppers... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

22 Jul 2016
News

Business Leadership, Presidential Politics and Social Engagement: Choose Carefully

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

Jeffrey Pfeffer at Stanford University showing that organizations lose about a month of productivity each year due to employee health issues, including mental health struggles. Besides, Whillans’ previous View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

08 May 2019
HBS Seminar

Mara Lederman, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

Maren Hoff

Maren Hoff is an Assistant Professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School.

Professor Hoff studies how cultural change shapes consumer behavior and marketplace trends. Her research examines how and why tastes, styles, and products change in... View Details

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