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- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
new research based on patent and trademark data by Harvard Business School professor William Kerr drills down to further identify the probable ethnic composition of U.S. inventors, the industries they influence, and the geographies they... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees settlers, whose number is determined by an annual cap set in advance. These refugees are distributed to 10 resettlement agencies, each of which runs a network of local affiliates that have their own predetermined capacity... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
tweaked the website, the overall sales conversion rate for buyers actually went up by as much as 23 percent, meaning that customers weren’t just buying higher-priced items, rather, they were buying more items overall. When Teixeira and Ngwe View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
being a huge company now has this treasure trove of data, and is really finding out that this stuff is really predictive, as simple as it is,” Minor says. Companies also can drill down into their workforce to look at the salient... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
areas along coastlines, those attempting to grow crops in rapidly shifting climates, those living along the equator as opposed to temperate climes (being addressed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as this article hits the Internet), and even those... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
Anderson's collapse, he added: "Audit committees understand that they are in charge. There is now a much better focus on the complexity and risks of business and a real drilling into the issue of coziness [between auditors and... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
To illustrate how Cisco uses these three layers, Cunningham cites a hypothetical example. Assume that for a given year, the average score for product reliability has slipped a bit. Drilling down to the bottom two layers of data, Cisco... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211080-PDF-ENG Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident Stephen P. Kaufman and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 611-017 Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
execution of their core business needs as well as on how well they supported the needs of the new business." But just as leaders must align behaviors toward common goals, they need to respect the very different paths that core and growth businesses follow. When... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
my interviews, among the most frequently mentioned diversity-related HR practice was the five-minute drill, which began with Gerstner's top team and has cascaded down from the chairman to two levels down from CEO. The five-minute drill... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
vehicle incentives, and accelerate drilling for oil. If the pro-climate action side wins the election, that doesn’t settle the matter. Business leaders won’t be able to return to business as usual. Instead, they should seek a seat at the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
record before this spill, which may also have contributed to the creation of this fund. After this, the case describes the various ways in which the U.S. government is involved in offshore oil, starting from the leasing of tracts, the regulation of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
Article Two years ago I participated in a disaster drill at Southwest Airlines. It was a simulation of a Southwest plane crash at the New Orleans airport. As part of the exercise, I boarded a plane in Dallas with Southwest employees... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
helping the environment or encouraged to drill for carbon-based fuels? How do we fund government programs such as health care and entitlements? How big should government be? "...it would be constructive to have a discussion about... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
than a decade ago, the U.S. shale revolution began transforming the nation's energy outlook. Technological advances in horizontal drilling and "fracking" facilitated access to substantial new reserves of natural gas and light... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
determines whether an undersea rock formation contains oil—prior to the oil company drilling a hole. With its high-growth characteristics, emgs is very different from the typical oilfield services company, and would be more suitable for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
were paralyzed by fear of a Chinese takeover of the world. Google didn't exactly leave China or prevail in the face-off over government-banned content. The BP oil spill debacle in the U.S. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
ratios. Students can apply the traditional DuPont decomposition framework to drill down into the business model of the two companies. The case then allows students to use the modified (also known as additive or alternate) DuPont approach... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
"hitch" changes (a hitch is the two-week stint each worker does offshore, followed by two weeks off-duty). Each facility contains space for outdoor work, production facilities, power generation, drilling operations, control... View Details