Value Of Data - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

Center for Community & Population Health Improvement to facilitate the sharing of information and impact data about health improvement efforts among community stakeholders. General Dynamics subsidiary... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

In it, I compared data collected from the offices of a large marketing services firm to which I had been given unusual access. Here are some data from employee engagement... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the Senate, said that the new law's value is that it helps eliminate conflicts of interest between auditors and a company's board View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

20 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

decipher from public filings. Their proposal, which will likely meet fierce opposition from accountants, lawyers, and managers, is a laudable first step in restoring sanity to U.S. corporate profit reporting. When the corporate tax was introduced, making the reporting... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

because of extraordinary circumstances, he exemplified the characteristics of leadership we value most highly: integrity, morality, compassion, and humility. A truly remarkable... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

degree, such as retail salesperson or cashier. One possible explanation for the highly uneven employment outcomes of college graduates is that the supply of graduates exceeds demand, at least for certain... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

products and services to each customer over time. Second, they need to be clear about how to sell the same product or service simultaneously to customers that have very different valuations of the firms' offerings. Finally, firms need to... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

profit. How do these chefs express the full extent of their culinary innovativeness while at the same time as creating a return for investors? Two recent Harvard Business School case studies explore this tension through the experience... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

going to work, but you can certainly look at a lot of deals and say, "Even if everything went right, it still wouldn't be worth doing. Q: What was the rationale for introducing The Entrepreneurial Manager into the required MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

data on when such exploded prices work best. We asked Wathieu to discuss his research. Sean Silverthorne: As you note in the paper, a number of recent studies have concluded that the way price information is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

Asian privatizations in the 1980s and 1990s-a process that showed that large positions can be exited over time without diluting the value of the stock. The bailout of the US... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

lesson all prospective mobile money operators and many entrepreneurs in general should learn: A one-size-fits-all approach won’t work for emerging markets. “One has to really look at the circumstances of the country,” says Lal. “You need... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

risk on bonds has been significantly smaller that the short-term return per risk on stocks. Thus short-term investors that value assets based on their expected return per unit of short-term volatility may... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

If a successful analyst is hired by another organization, chances are both his work performance and the market value of his new company will not reap the expected benefits; they might even lose altitude. So... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

eyeballs affect the quality and subject matter of online content? Bloggers Analyzed For their study, the pair drew on a data set from a leading Chinese media website that offers a range View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

In light of the outset of the war on terrorism, how does this affect what has been called the war for talent? A book by the same name 1 has recently characterized this as an "endless journey" to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

vital for the structure of e-commerce and that’s the broader issue" Q: Is there a distinction to be made here between Apple protecting its own commercial interests and protecting customer security more broadly? A: Apple is making two... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training

participate in any kind of after-school program. While still processing a huge amount of data collected during and after the study, ranging from school progress to health and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

marketing resources is particularly difficult because decisions need to be made at many different levels—across countries, products, marketing mix elements, and different vehicles within elements of the mix (e.g., television versus the... View Details