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- 20 Aug 2024
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Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
keep in mind that these tech giants are also working to create value for you in these relationships. “Thanks to these tech giants, a significant portion of your ecosystem is already established and readily accessible.” By shifting this... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
What better way to drive people to work harder and more efficiently, you may ask, than to offer them a special carrot: more money for hitting specific company targets? The idea seems perfect. Managers want their employees to pull out the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives incentives to get share prices to rise, which in theory would create value for shareholders and society alike. That View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
consumers in Indonesia, Turkey, and Egypt the most. In those predominantly Muslim nations, we could survey only people who worked in the organized economy and belonged to the top 50 percent of the population in socioeconomic terms. Such... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Publications August 2013 Modernizing Insurance Regulation Comparative Regulation of Market Intermediaries: Insights from the Indian Life Insurance Market By: Anagol, Santosh, Shawn A. Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract—This book provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1
network clustering on problem-solving behavior and performance. The finding both provides a sharper tool for structuring organizations for knowledge work and reveals the challenges inherent in manipulating network structure to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
of California, Los Angeles. The book examines the inner workings of Japanese successes and failures of the past and present. It also imparts some clear lessons about company strategy and national competitiveness for the future—not only... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
generation of workers, just as it did after the Great Depression. Q: Maintaining a professional distance from work, a full life outside of work, and a sense of humor all helped the CEOs in your study. Could you discuss the inevitable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
obligated to take care of each other in the workplace—more so than men are obligated to take care of female employees. Anecdotally, she noted the public outcry when Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer disallowed employees from working at home,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Clearly, a larger installed base implies that there will be stronger direct and indirect network effects, and this will enhance the value of the operating system to current and potential users. In addition, a larger installed base also... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
of Chicago dubbed the Array of Things. The idea is to provide real-time, location-specific information on temperature, humidity, vibration, light, and foot traffic from sensors on telephone poles throughout downtown. But there has been debate about foot traffic sensors... View Details
- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
something about the creative process that triggers dishonest behavior. Specifically, we decided to explore the idea that enhancing the motivation to think outside the box can drive individuals toward more dishonest decisions when facing... View Details
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
many attractive features of rebel talent and what it can achieve. But is it an unalloyed competitive advantage? Can an organization have too much “rebel talent?” What do you think? Reference: Francesca Gino, Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
alliances are built. By motivations, we mean the conscious values and explicit purposes that initially drive individuals and organizations to explore the possibility of working across sectors. It is vital that each partner have clarity... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
play in firms that seek enhanced digital agility. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52707 Multi-homing and Platform Strategies: Historical Evidence from the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
busy day for Watson, but not a uniquely busy day. Indeed, one of the remarkable aspects of his long life was the number of days such as this which he arranged (and which those around him endured). Things were kicked off as Watson opened... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
efforts to redesign workspaces and processes so they are better integrated with patients' needs. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-023.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur
the intrapreneurial effort fails, you'll still have a job tomorrow, said HBS assistant professor Clark Gilbert, who served as moderator. And for managers of the start-up, a corporate benefactor can make starting a new organizational life... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
new working paper, Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life, Luca and three collaborators argue that cities have never been better positioned to take advantage of the vast amounts of data... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
marriage market, this study provides timely and compelling empirical evidence of the unintended consequences on later life outcomes of sex selection in India. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne