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26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

Working PapersApplicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis Authors:Juan Alcacer Abstract Researchers studying innovation increasingly use indicators based on patent citations. However, it is well known that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs through a highly competitive fellowship program. The organization agreed to facilitate research on the many early-stage social entrepreneurs who applied to the annual program. The researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2023
News

Happy Monday

decided to take a chance on the four-day workweek. Carbonell and Bernard were very clear that this was an experiment, and they reserved the right to walk it back at any time if it wasn’t working. A few months into the trial, they sent out an internal View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
News

Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

issue of the Journal of International Business Studies. We asked Chua to discuss his research into professional networks and the differences between American and Chinese managers. Q: How did you go about studying American and Chinese... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1999
News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

marked the inauguration of the School's Asia-Pacific Research Office), Paine added that "in order to be effective, managers must find ways to deal with differences in how people think about matters such as authority, fairness,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

14 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

services in-house? Are there cost benefits, and do they depend on size? A: Previous research has shown that advertising agency operations are subject to economies of scale, and hence the advertiser faces a major tradeoff in choosing... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries... View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

aim to support the research and curriculum of the Harvard Business School today and into the future. Collection activities focus on the career and professional development needs of our MBA students and alumni, as well as on access to... View Details

16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input was considered crucial. Qualitative data collected in 190 interviews with employees... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

08 Dec 2009
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positively related to attitudes of openness to others. In a third study, I conducted an interpersonal dyadic negotiation experiment with business school students and found that, as predicted, these effects replicated and extended to integrative outcomes and open... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

senior management at public firms still spends a lot of time in private powwows with hedge fund managers at corporate headquarters, road shows, or conferences—an average of 17 to 26 days per year for each executive, according to a 2010 View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

15 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

but that makes firms vulnerable to innovative upstarts over the long haul. Would this trend also hold true for companies engaging in business processs innovation? McElheran wondered—a question not much studied by researchers. To find out, she drew on 1999 US Census... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. As the first longitudinal examination of the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

prescribing the advertised drug or no action at all. Q: What research needs to be done on DTCA? Weissman: Our survey adds to the evidence that physician-patient visits involving discussions of DTCA are... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

13 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

they often brush them aside in favor of using their own intuition. Sure enough, that pattern emerged in the research team’s survey of 119 full-time workers from a variety of industries: 59 percent said they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Jan 2007
What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

"self-reporting in surveys and focus groups is a limited tool, and I have no doubt that in the future brain scans will augment traditional research methods." But for Mark Spellmann, View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2006
News

A New Path for Alumnae

Professor Myra Hart focuses her research on high-potential ventures, but the career challenges and opportunities of HBS women have also captured her attention. In 2001, she launched Charting Your Course, a career strategy program for HBS... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

"When Values Backfire: Leadership, Attribution, and Disenchantment in a Values-Driven Organization." "Our research shows that values must be managed with care," Cha and Edmondson say. Below, they join forces for an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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