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- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
working together,” the article says. We talked to the researchers about how organizations can help employees cope with this difficult period—including everything from guaranteeing paid sick leave and gathering staff for virtual happy hours to allowing people to alter... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
in the music, news, and entertainment industries. The gathering will look at the emerging collaborative and sharing economies, explore organizational change in a digital context, consider the implications of new technologies for health... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
company's main priority is quick response to retailer demand. Outsourcing is another possibility, but a previous partnership with Flextronics was a poor match—LEGO eventually moved most production back in-house. Another option, Mikes... View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Women whose moms worked outside the home are more likely to have jobs themselves, are more likely to hold supervisory responsibility at those jobs, and earn higher wages than women whose mothers stayed home full time, according to... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
workload and patient length of stay (LOS) and its "spillover" effects across patient types. Patients are categorized as medical or surgical, and the effects of same-type patient workload (occupancy) on LOS are analyzed. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
responses by VMware to emerging competitive threats. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707013 PublicationsGetting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes an attempt at bringing economic theory and management strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3
that covers all the procedures, tests, drugs, devices, and services involved in inpatient, outpatient, and rehabilitative care for a patient's medical condition. For chronic conditions and primary care, a bundled payment is a single... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
have to coordinate complicated networks of suppliers. Johnson & Johnson has to gain approval for new medical devices. Procter & Gamble has to develop effective product marketing plans. For these companies to be successful, they... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
Internal Problems By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the internal conflicts and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Review] Global Business over Time By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
policy epoch; second, conditional on the first choice, it has to decide on its local responsiveness strategy at the onset of each policy epoch. India, which experienced two policy shocks-shutting down to MNEs in 1970 and then opening up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18
market. We present statistics on the activity in these market mechanisms and present survey evidence that both mechanisms have facilitated matches. The paper concludes by discussing the emergence of platforms for transmitting job market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
motivations have come together, it seems to me, because stock ownership is now so much more widespread than it once was, as a result of 401(k)s and the like. We won't know for some time whether this marks a defining feature of an emerging... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
Until the nineteenth century, the scope for applying (imperfectly) competitive thinking to business situations appeared to be limited: Intense competition had emerged in many lines of business, but individual firms apparently often lacked... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
that managers deliver ROI from their marketing investments; therefore, quantifying the effects of marketing decisions is imperative. At the same time, customer relationship management (CRM) software and emerging Web 2.0 applications are... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
implementation: over 70% of shifts generated by the system were receiving manual overrides ("edits") by the store managers. Store managers believed the edits were necessary to remain responsive to local needs-and were, indeed,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
Harvard Business School professor David A. Garvin has studied the development of the case method of teaching at Harvard's law, business, and medical schools. Garvin wanted to see how the schools are similar and different in their use of... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
At the beginning of January, over two hundred senior executives and government officials from around the globe met at Harvard Business School for the fortieth annual Agribusiness Seminar. They represented every facet of the "global food system"—from... View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
result of neural activity. By attaching electrodes to subjects' heads and evaluating the electrical patterns of their brain waves, researchers can track the intensity of visceral responses such as anger, lust, disgust, and excitement.... View Details