Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (959) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (959) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (959)
    • People  (2)
    • News  (199)
    • Research  (672)
    • Events  (1)
    • Multimedia  (2)
  • Faculty Publications  (164)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (959)
    • People  (2)
    • News  (199)
    • Research  (672)
    • Events  (1)
    • Multimedia  (2)
  • Faculty Publications  (164)
← Page 44 of 959 Results →
  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

strategies at different geographic levels. Assessing the level—global, continental, subcontinental, national, intranational, or local—at which scale is most tightly tied to profitability is often a helpful guide to determining what... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

the eighteenth-century pottery and china manufacturer; H.J. Heinz, who started the famous food company in 1869; and Marshall Field, the late nineteenth-century Chicago retailer. Below, in Part Two, Koehn shares her thoughts on how three... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Hiroshi Mikitani

followed that path, he said later. In Rakuten, which means “optimism” in Japanese, Mikitani foresaw a way to revitalize Japan’s sagging economy by helping small business owners find a profitable presence on the Internet.... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

convinced that they had been deceived by the sellers about the profitability of the company. ABRY must determine whether they were deliberately misled, what courses of action are available, and which they should pursue. Considerations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

push both proprietary and shared platforms toward hybrid governance models characterized by centralized control over platform technology (i.e., closed sponsorship) and shared responsibility for serving users... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

ever since a malfunction of the plane’s autopilot feature led to the deaths of 348 people last March. “Many safety-related innovations can only be profitably developed if there is a genuine demand for it,” says Luo. “If there is no demand... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 03 Aug 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

correcting this largely leave us with a frustrating sense that there is every reason to think that the industry will continue to grow and prosper without significantly affecting the quality of leadership in the world. Our readers shared... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 11 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

investments by sharing in the profits generated by broadcasting rights and advertising revenues. The founders initially placed a $100 million fundraising target on the fund, which will invest in young... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services
  • 18 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

similar "micro-projects," but instead he decided to pursue them and fly under the radar of corporate headquarters. Successful innovations emerged, such as an Easy Lister feature, and separate registration processes for private and business sellers. Later, Justus View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

will tend to depress the share of the U.S. in innovation. Q: Your book talks about the "pauperization of the patent system." Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, Congress converted the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 26 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

economy.” They don’t know the inner workings, but “what are the interest rates?” They have high sensitivity to transactions and to partners, because everything’s a bespoke, one-off transaction. Typically, people like this also see the View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 1

asymmetric equilibrium where only one retailer elects to operate an online arm but earns lower profits than its bricks-only rival. We also characterize equilibria where firms open an online channel, even though consumers only use it for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

in complementary R&D. We ask whether profit maximizing complementors will fully cooperate to make the final product as valuable as possible. Contrary to the popular view that two tight complements will generally have well aligned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jun 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

charging issuers of securities being rated. While the "investor pays" business model allows a wide sharing of ratings to investors for free, it has raised concerns about conflict of interest, since raters' derive their revenue... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services
  • 10 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

markets offer without incurring the costs of collaborating. Two examples stick out. First, if your production processes are fragmented all around the world, then a relationship with a local partner is rife with conflict as the multinational is interested in maximizing... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 12 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 12, 2016

on preventing them. She outlines five tactics that research has shown to be effective: encourage reciprocity. You can build trust and prompt other parties to disclose strategic information by sharing information yourself. Ask the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2024
  • News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

The Transformers

money in the bank, Bridgespan has shared its reports, case studies, and other content freely in the interest of promoting knowledge in the social sector. When your clients are nonprofits and foundations, Bradach and Tierney reasoned, the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

public and private regulatory activities. Read the paper: http://www.gcbpp.org/files/EPV/EPV_Short_RobustEnforcement_92012.pdf Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • ←
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • →
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.