Value - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
News

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industries, such as organic agriculture, grew up to serve these and other demands. And individual business leaders, experimenting with forms of social entrepreneurship, developed product offerings and built firms that were intended to both create View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils

steadfastly maintained that they will not yield to international pressure to stop fixing the yuan’s value to the dollar. And they have filed their own trade complaint against U.S. optical-fiber maker Corning Inc., alleging that the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

October 2016
Case

Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (A)

By: Joshua Margolis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman

The case addresses reforms to regulations in Israel’s telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of Minister of Communications Moshe Kahlon in 2009-2010. The case highlights the challenges faced by a politician attempting to institute... View Details

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Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Amram Migdal and Susan Pinckney

Arla implemented a data-based price incentive system to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world’s fourth largest dairy cooperative. View Details

Keywords: Dairy Industry; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Environmental Accounting; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Financial Strategy; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Geopolitical Units; Global Strategy; Ownership Type; Cooperative Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Natural Environment; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; European Union; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Luxembourg; Belgium

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13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

lessons learned from the initial research—namely, admitting fallibility rather than couching it. "I think people have a tendency not to say something negative about themselves because that makes them vulnerable," she says. Since beginning the humblebrag research, Gino... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

consumers tend to value the product more." Mohan is an author of the paper Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency, written with HBS assistant professors Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John. Intimate Disclosure Since cost... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

writing for practitioners by and more interest in research by practitioners few systematic efforts have been made to close the gap. The chapter begins with a discussion of the strategic value R&D in management can have for firms. It... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

measuring "innovative beverages" as a key metric. As a result, their efforts were focused on designing complex drinks that ultimately slowed their operations. They subsequently learned that customers valued fast service more... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

the obvious conclusion that when faced with major purchases that require negotiation, consumers can obtain great value by searching for and improving their BATNA. This advice is easy to follow, and can provide great benefit to... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

managers are in perpetual crisis management mode, struggling with layoffs, remote work technology, market woes, and a range of other frustrating disruptions. While confronting these challenges requires time and unique skill sets, kindness does not. The View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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What Drives Managers to Sabotage Talented Employees | Working Knowledge

efforts are valued and rewarded. Limit managerial discretion Introduce transparent, objective, standardized criteria for performance evaluations to minimize manager influence in decisions about promotions and compensation. Enforce... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do.Â “These five distinguished alumni are role... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula

much about how to manage research or value it, especially when it has long time horizons. For science-based companies, more collaboration and openness, both within and outside the organization, are probably required of them than they’re... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Mar 2019
News

Building a Movement

businesses. Now we’re in this moment where people recognize that CSR isn’t enough. How do we help companies do more than just meet the bare minimum set of responsibilities, and actually go beyond that to deliver value to society as a... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Rankings Game

surveys used by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News are subject to bias by relying so heavily on judgments from recent graduates, deans, and administrators. Students understand the value of graduating from a top-ranked institution and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
News

Security Chief

explains. “They were very entrepreneurial and had great niches. And now we have to pull all of them together to act as one company.” He reels off a trio of management challenges: retaining valued workers whose knowledge and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jun 2011
News

Mr. Start-Up

a product that has 15 million users or reaches a market value of $100 million or $500 million, that’s a great feeling. At Google, the scale of your impact is much bigger. The first day we launched Social Search, we reached a billion... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

started FairMarket three years ago. My take on where the market was heading three years ago was similar to Glen's: that dynamic pricing was going to be a significant market opportunity where buyers and sellers could come together and basically set a fair market View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

expropriated American investments, but in almost every case the U.S. government's employment of economic sanctions or covert action obtained market value or more in compensation-despite the growing strategic risks. The advent of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

article to the whole of his thinking about competition and value creation and traces how that thinking has deepened over time. This collection is organized by topic, allowing the reader easy access to the wide range of Porter's work.... View Details