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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
investment without far-reaching central planning. For example, a developer can install PRT to benefit its own property, thereby establishing initial PRT links without resorting to public funds. Despite the high social and environmental... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
evolving structure of corporate debt markets—and given rise to new questions about the private and social costs and benefits of leverage and, in particular, the role of leverage in affecting the likelihood and extent of systemic financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
benefits to both members and nonmembers, negotiating advertising and product standards. "French consumer groups cultivated membership not by providing selective benefits, but by emphasizing their public purpose," Trumbull writes. French... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
of the R&D division, and the marketing department is a customer of manufacturing. In some accounts, employees are customers of management. Although people may like being called customers—to foster their sense of importance and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
often sought some equity in mining and other foreign investment projects, but as shareholders they have rarely gained what they anticipated. Only in special cases might the benefits to governments outweigh the risks and often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
selling the client firm's stock. This overweighting is not explained by superior information. We quantify a potentially large benefit to the 401(k) sponsor firm of having its price propped up by its trustee fund's more severe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
had 45 employees and over 5 million users and was valued in excess of $100 million. However, many competitors, including Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp, developed competitive services requiring foursquare to respond. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
Amabile spearheaded a study of more than 200 knowledge workers over a three-year period, asking them to keep journal entries of their successes and frustrations at work. What she found was unexpected: It wasn't recognition or awards that most ignited View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
business leaders are using to transform communications with their employees and customers, as it shifts from one-way transmission of information to two-way interaction. That's one reason Time magazine just named Facebook founder Mark... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
this category has lower performance along traditional metrics but offers new benefits around convenience, customization, and simplicity that fit squarely with a customer's behavior patterns and priorities. The business model supports... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
talented workers of the world? What do you think? Original Column The talented people of this planet “are the world’s most precious resource,” writes William Kerr in a recent book. They are highly mobile, benefit from association with... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
the office to benefit from the stimulus of solving client problems while "preferably working in a garden or even petting the dog or cat." If the problem is us, the solution may lie with us. Joe Fernandez recommended that we... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Through Social Media: Passable Trust and the Paradox of Non-work Interactions By: Neeley, Tsedal, and Paul Leonardi Abstract—Despite the recognition that knowledge sharing among employees is necessary to enact knowledge strategy, little... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
technology would provide the country with greater agricultural production, a major source of exports, without the need to convert additional areas of the Cerrado or Amazon to farmland. However, producers have been slow to adopt it due to the initial costs of the system... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
themselves to understanding the needs of less-affluent customers and using this knowledge to devise creative solutions to customer problems. Employees of China's Haier, for example, discovered through visiting rural customers that they... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
Dolembo said, "Many small businesses are learning machines, every day creating a new lesson, or crisis with opportunity." Responses were quick to point out many perceived benefits of small business while only occasionally... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
explores many issues in the construction of large-scale buildings: how to envision such a project, how to manage the architects, how different designs add value, and what criteria matter in resolving a dispute between designers. The case also explores the construction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
experience I have ever had. Workers were warm and welcoming, generous with their time, conscientious in their responses to our questions, and fun! We traveled to the platforms by helicopter (the platforms are located in the Gulf of Mexico over 100 miles off the coast)... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the tsunami and earthquake struck... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace