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- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
demonstration reactor test sites, and facilitating commercial power purchase agreements. But private investors—not the world’s taxpayers—need to provide the capital, face the risks, and reap the rewards of... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
inappropriate behavior that can lead to an awkward office environment, lawsuits, and reputation damage. But how exactly can companies do better? Ammerman, along with three HBS faculty members, provided some practical advice executives can... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
overloading forces better time management " KHA attributed part of the problem to the perception that "We love a 'hard worker,'" rewarding effort and time spent at work as much or more than results. Yet another concern,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
Minds Matter provides two volunteer mentors, two summer academic experiences at colleges and abroad, SAT prep, and an extra day of “school” every Saturday. “Our students have talents and gifts,” Huebner notes, “but often need extra... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
bicycles, appreciated for their retro look and style. Its country of origin had probably helped them exporting their products as their bicycles were 100% made in Italy, and the Made in Italy label had a reputation for high quality, craftsmanship, and creativity. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
a January 2, 2004, article in the Wall Street Journal, large corporations are increasingly unwilling to pay for expensive upgrades to software programs. This indicates that software providers are overserving increasing swaths of the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
help Black unicorns ‘team up’ and find innovative ways to support one another as they climb, what research shows, are lonely, stressful, jagged yet ultimately rewarding ladders of opportunity.” “Teaming up is a mindset,” Stewart observes... View Details
- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
psychologist Eugene Gendlin would call a deep “felt sense" of how everything is interacting together to provide your experience of your total life situation. You cannot use this implicit knowledge, however, because it is preverbal,... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
rewarded with high-profile success, others have become more willing to take chances themselves. The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018 partly because coach Doug Pederson built an offense that successfully borrowed from... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United States was bankrupt. Individual states weren't required to... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Geradin Abstract—Many of the largest and most successful businesses today rely on providing services at no charge to at least a portion of their users. For consumers, it is easy to celebrate free service. At least in the short term, free... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
restaurants. This case examines four such services: Entertainment Book, Restaurant.com, Rewards Network, and OpenTable. Despite key functional similarities, each of the services chooses an importantly different approach—different pricing,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
stronger demand for home goods and furnishings. Many retailers may be wary about excess inventory and will pare back their ordering. The COVID-19 pandemic is also adversely affecting the supply chains of manufacturers who provide goods to... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
In the early 1990s, both Teradyne and Hewlett-Packard identified new technologies that had enormous potential to cause new-market disruptions. As with most disruptive innovations, these technologies offered to provide smaller and less... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
as big an impact on strategy as corporate-level managers. One of the examples we use in the book is Intel. While the corporate office continued to conceive of Intel as a memory chip company, an operating rule in their manufacturing organization (to maximize gross View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
think there's a movement away from maximizing shareholder value as the primary focus and motivation for a corporation's existence, and toward a growing recognition that companies are economic institutions that provide benefits to many... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
said. "I worked my butt off." And it paid off. Continental hired her as a permanent, full-time financial analyst. She was thrilled; doing a job she found rewarding at the company she had always dreamed of working for. She met a... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
provides students with the means to navigate their way through the decisions they will face and formulate an effective business strategy. This is a much-needed guide to the common strategic issues that arise when firms compete... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
and Latin America. Why Azmi? “India has the world’s largest cinema industry, and it exercises an enormous cultural impact within the country,” says Geoffrey Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History. “Shabana Azmi has long been a central figure in the... View Details