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  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

decades mixing and selling skin care formulas before she undertook to build a national market for her products. Howard Schultz did not grow up drinking specialty coffee, but as soon as he was introduced to the business, he learned as much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

self-employed individuals. As they both closely followed the developments around the release of PPP and EIDL, they immediately realized there was a major problem: although the programs had included self-employed Americans as eligible applicants, this View Details
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

Bangladesh, Africa, and Chile, benefiting the public as well as their own enterprises. He then describes how an Indian health care organization is tackling institutional voids as it expands into medical tourism in the Cayman Islands. An... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

When a news item comprises information that is mostly non-verifiable, however, then consumers may care both about opinion and editorials, and a firm's report will contain both these aspects—in which case the market resembles any... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

more than managerial hierarchies, immigrants and diaspora were critical sources of entrepreneurship, illegal and informal forms of business were commonplace, diversified business groups rather than the M-form became the major form of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

greater success in their collaborative innovation efforts. We found many firms mistakenly applied an "outsourcing" mindset to collaboration efforts which, in turn, led to three critical errors: First, they focused solely on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

look at the statistics, real wage growth among working-class Americans has been relatively stagnant,” said Kaplan. Meanwhile, “the cost of everything a middle-class family pays for — food, energy, education, and health care — has gone... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

couple of your comments, Mario, that I believe are critical to emphasize. Going back to your point about the differences and similarities of performance measurement in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, there are three things that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

program management is critical is related to decisions that maximize the performance of the system as a whole, but involve trade-offs at the individual project level. For example, it is far more effective for an orbiter to relay signals... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

challenging work environments. This article focuses on two such contexts—health care and education. The authors theorize differences in psychological safety based on work type, hierarchical status, and leadership effectiveness. Consistent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

of the benefits associated with a diverse workforce. While it is critical for managers and researchers to understand the processes and outcomes associated with diversity, much work remains to be done in this important area of scholarship.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

and private venture funds. Corporate efforts lack the partnership-based organizational structure that many have identified as critical to the success of private equity funds. On the other hand, corporations are able to exploit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • Web

From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

research initiatives and strategic priorities, this trajectory is not sustainable long-term. Maintaining a careful balance between investment and fiscal responsibility is paramount. By continuing to carefully monitor the relative growth... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals

library. Yet "some members of the University who never had become reconciled with the establishment of what they termed a mercenary enterprise" resented such commingling. (More virulent critics suggested that the university... View Details
Keywords: Education
  • 21 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

crisis to end, a better approach is to embrace this time,” Gino says. “We might find new routines and activities that we appreciate more.” Tap into your inner spark of curiosity. Curiosity is critical to learning, innovation, and even... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

providing information for students on CWA's history, the nature of Section 363 auctions, and the bidders who were involved in the process. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908004 Connectivity in Health View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

networks are critical to leader decision making. These case studies also suggest several conditions under which strong exposure is more or less likely to lead to decisions that truly reflect prior career imprints. First, leader decision... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 07 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

Making Dental Care Accessible to All in Brazil No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316149-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-062 HBS in 2016 The case explores opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne