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  • 22 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

California pharmacist and drugstore owner who balked at the price-slashing practices of chain store competitors and spearheaded a local price-control movement to protect her own bottom line—a crusade that would ultimately gain such... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services
  • 04 Jun 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Coming Clean and Cleaning Up: Is Voluntary Disclosure a Signal of Effective Self-Policing?

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel & Jodi L. Short
  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

time we were preparing for a program with a group of CEOs, about 60, that came here in June. I wanted to prepare a case to help kick off that one-day session. This seemed like one that was something that everyone should be interested in,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

Detroit and concerned that there is not an unlimited bailout on the horizon, they have to make choices about what land uses to protect and amplify and what to let languish. Perhaps this is heartless in the short run, but this approach... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

many managers overestimate the attractiveness of using IP to exert market power. Rather, the value of the various means to protect and benefit from IP depends on firm strategy, the competitive landscape, and the rapidly changing contours... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January – February 2011
  • Article

Stop Holding Yourself Back

By: Anne Morriss, Robin J. Ely and Frances X. Frei
After working with hundreds of leaders in a wide variety of organizations and in countries all over the globe, the authors found one very clear pattern: when it comes to meeting their leadership potential, many people unintentionally get in their own way. Five barriers... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics
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  • 03 Sep 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

How the US Government Is Innovating in Its Efforts to Fund Semiconductor Manufacturing

Keywords: Re: Mitchell B. Weiss; Semiconductor; Public Administration
  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • October 2023
  • Case

Kevin O'Leary: Building a Brand in Shark-infested Waters

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
For more than fifteen years, successful Canadian entrepreneur and investor Kevin O’Leary had developed his brand into a global powerhouse. Since his first appearance on the Canadian television program Dragons’ Den in 2006 and his meteoric rise to stardom through the... View Details
Keywords: Personal Brand; Crisis; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Social Media; Public Opinion; Power and Influence; Financial Services Industry
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Savings among microentrepreneurs

Poverty is often characterized not only by low average income, but also by highly variable income and expenditures, and by a lack of access to insurance services that can help smooth consumption. While commitment devices such as defaults and direct deposits from... View Details

    Clayton S. Rose

    Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details

    Keywords: financial services
    • 18 Feb 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: February 18

    Performance enables future managers and business owners to attain the core skills they need to become integral members of their company's decision-making teams. This new program from established authors Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Apr 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

    the Paycheck Protection Program, part of the federal government’s $2 trillion economic relief package, small businesses can apply for low-interest loans, all or most of which will be forgiven, based on... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
    • 12 Oct 2022
    • Video

    Ifeoma Ajunwa: Limitless Boundaries of Employee Surveillance

    • 02 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

    "Delivering phone books is the worst way to spend a Sunday when you're a kid," says Olds, now an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurship Management unit at Harvard Business School. The family lived paycheck to paycheck. And... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
    • 05 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

    that addresses part of that challenge—with a particular focus on predicting customer churn. However, several other equally important aspects of managing retention have not received similar level of attention, leaving many managerial problems not completely solved, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Mar 2016
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

    challenges. They have insights that no one else has. They also bring a certain energy to the room—everyone is more on their toes.” Click to watch. The executive education program has been offered twice—once each spring starting in... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
    • 12 Feb 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 12

    policies, the most obvious being a transition to more efficient agriculture. Other beneficial policies include accelerating the establishment of Protected Areas, ensuring that tree crop plantations are located on degraded land rather than... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Mar 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Trade Secrets Protection and Antitakeover Provisions By: Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White Abstract—We examine whether and why managers strengthen antitakeover provisions when facing an... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 23 Sep 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: September 23, 2008

    past five years, I have uncovered hundreds of online advertising scams defrauding thousands of users—not to mention all the web's top merchants. This chapter summarizes some of what I've found—and what users and advertisers can do to View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace