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- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008
PublicationsA Head Start on Succession Authors:Joseph L. Bower Publication:Strategy & Business, no. 51 (summer 2008): 84-85 Abstract Our studies of CEO succession over the past several years have shown some improvements in the trends... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
impact of these advances? A: One of the biggest impacts of this work has been the trend toward micro-targeting. A company may have millions of individual customers, but now each one receives a customized message for a customized product... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
more elusive than ever. A recent McKinsey study reveals that the annual churn in the wireless industry increased from 17 percent in 1995 to 32 percent in 2000. This trend holds true even in industries less susceptible to turnover. In core... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the business landscape, hierarchical forms of organization remain dominant, and organizational democracy commands only scant attention in organizational theory. The precise reasons for this View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30
operational measures of social enterprise success. Finally, we identify present trends along both dimensions that contribute to changing the research infrastructure for empirical social enterprise research. Originality/value: Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
trade perceptions of competence for likeability-the more successful they appear, the less positively they are regarded. Such trends affect both organizational openness to female leaders and the conceptions women have about themselves as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
for sure. Second, being able to pick the most likely winners is incredibly valuable—this probably is both an art and a science. An ability to analyze information on market trends and past winners and losers is very helpful, but in the end... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
Beyersdorfer, a research associate, coauthored the BP case, "IR at BP: Investor Relations and Information Reconnaissance." (Research associate Anders Sjöman was third author on both cases.) In this interview, Miller, Dessain, and Beyersdorfer identify View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Business Review. With a long history of writing and editing on corporate strategy, the new economy, and trends in the workplace, he has been an advisor to Bain & Company and to other companies and individuals. Kiechel spent most of... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
production and sales of fast moving, low-priced goods. Provides an opportunity to discuss trends in consumer eating habits, supply chains for locally-produced goods, and changes in retail formats. In addition, provides an opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53689 forthcoming Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature By: Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
Abstract The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007
Investigation Using a Simulated Market Authors:Anita Elberse and Bharat Anand Periodical:Information Economics and Policy (forthcoming). Special issue on "Economics of the Media," edited by Joel Waldfogel. Abstract One of the most visible and publicized View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
decision-maker chooses the context. We then discuss issues of empirically identifying context effects when using either experimentally generated data or naturally occurring secondary data. We conclude with a discussion of trends and... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
immigration trend related to the growing number of Western-educated Chinese? A: Over 300,000 Chinese students enrolled in various US colleges and universities last year. President Xi Jinping’s own daughter graduated from Harvard a few... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3
Determination Through Brand Biography Authors:Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, and Juliet Schor Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of an underdog brand biography (UBB) to describe an emerging View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
purposeful incorporation of female-associated qualities-nurturing, relational skills, intuition-is necessary in order to make a company work. If you look at the trend toward alliances, third-party relationships, partnerships,... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
recommended by theory, top marginal income tax rates have declined, marginal income tax schedules have flattened, redistribution has risen with income inequality, and commodity taxes are more uniform and are typically assessed on final goods. However, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
specifically economic knowledge, in twentieth century America. We use the Wharton School as an illustration of the earliest trends and dilemmas (c. 1900-1930), when business schools found themselves caught between their business... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino