Filter Results:
(247)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (381)
- Faculty Publications (61)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (381)
- Faculty Publications (61)
Sort by
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of concepts: how to orchestrate a large number of subsidiary deals, often... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
“The findings of our study suggest that regulatory innovation can support more efficient drug development—in particular, in settings where we have unmet medical needs. This, in turn, could save and extend lives and motivate drug... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
suggest that carbon tariffs improve the efficacy of emissions regulation, enabling it to reduce global emissions in many settings in which it would otherwise fail to do so. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42912 Task Selection and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Abstract—Algorithms are powerful predictive tools, but they can run amok when not applied properly. Consider what often happens with social media sites. Today many use algorithms to decide which ads and links to show users. But when these algorithms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
managers' influence activities. An explicit focus on toolmaking extends accounting research that has hitherto focused attention on the structural arrangements and interpersonal connections when explaining the emergence of the influential... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Fall 2020
- Article
Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa
Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa." Negotiation Journal 36, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 471–487.
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
that they can leverage both countries symbiotically. Second, conduct a series of experiments. An entrepreneur has to make many decisions: how much money to sink in, whether to partner, how to work with relevant government or regulatory... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
promotion, and job assignments: an "evaluation nudge," in which people are evaluated jointly rather than separately regarding their future performance. Evaluators are more likely to focus on individual performance in joint than... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
consumers in the dining area. On average, restaurants spend 30 percent of their revenue on labor. With increasing focus on fair wages and legislated wage increases, restaurants may easily exceed that average. Moreover, restaurants spend... View Details
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
should managers know most about self-regulation? Michael Toffel: A growing number of firms are expressing concern about the societal aspects of industrial activities. In the 1990s, most were focused on the activities within their own factory gates. Now, many are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
leaders focus on the few things that produce results and experiences for the right customers; (3) the best service operating strategies don't require tradeoffs, so leaders foster "both/and" thinking in designing winning... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
which democracy and capitalism are embodied need to be reinvented again and again.” His contribution attends to the role of public debt, other financial investments, and the reach of empire as elements in the maldistribution of modern wealth. Scholars also trace fiscal... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
worthy regulatory effort should focus on facilitating firms' focus on the long term rather than reprimanding short-term orientation per se. Q: You identified industries and... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to transformative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
consulting firm to offer dairy management services. Should he continue to invest in these initiatives that benefitted the whole industry or focus resources on growing his own business? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
debt.) That’s a far more extensive sample of consumer credit behavior than previous studies, which tend to focus on data from a single fintech lender like LendingClub and provide no bank comparison. The authors then tracked performance of... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
faced by entrepreneurs in starting and running a business, including securities and intellectual property law issues. Bagley's teaching and research focus on legal aspects of entrepreneurship and corporate governance. Before coming to HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun was on a fast track until the EC's antitrust concerns about open-source MySQL ignited a transatlantic war of words delaying the deal. Sun's performance suffered and its customers were approached by competitors while View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Science (forthcoming) Abstract While monitoring and regulation can be used to combat socially costly unethical conduct, their intended targets are often able to avoid regulation or hide their behavior. This surrenders at least part of the effectiveness of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne