Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

architecture around which the alignment process can be executed. Following are the eight alignment checkpoints for corporate, business units, and support units of a typical... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

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

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Below are the views that faculty shared with the HBS community on Earth Day. 1. Robert G. Eccles Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and author of One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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

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

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

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

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

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

is a need for a fund like this at the time of the case. Supports discussion of specialized versus generalized venture capital funds. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

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

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

be a useful factor for me when considering which businesses to support with my consumer and investment dollars." In short, Mohan's dad was clearly not the only consumer who... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

and help build a better world while we are still striving to deliver high performance for the enterprise. Managing that tension is difficult." HBS invited the executives to the second Higher Ambition CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

psychological mechanism whereby price format determines how many product attributes are actively processed at the time of valuation. Three studies support the hypothesis that price partitioning acts as an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement, they again face a challenge in... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

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

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