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09 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

sleep. Those participants who were given the same cue at night were more creative the next morning. Q: What are you working on next? A: These are very exciting times. There is so much to do! One question we are investigating is which... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 619-008 Global Sourcing at Nike This case explores the evolution of Nike’s global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

that just happens. It is something they create. The examples are legion. Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit on a silicon substrate because the hand work involved in manually connecting lots of tiny wires annoyed him. He... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Negotiation and All That Jazz

in some of the world's hottest trouble spots—are successful because they go into a situation with a complete presence of mind, responding to and working with whatever is presenting itself in the moment rather than trying to bend it to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

reducing corruption. A finance minister who will lead this challenging reform needs to communicate clearly, consistently, and specifically regarding the financial condition and future targets of the country. It's essential to build trust... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

nonprofits can document impact, would you say these organizations suffer from a leadership deficit? No, I wouldn't put it that way. Many nonprofit leaders are fantastic, more than is acknowledged. They work hard, and they are very... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

report their preliminary findings in their working paper BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment. (The collaborative effort addresses each of their particular interests. Karmarkar, an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

for new features. Our paper introduces a dynamic mixed duopoly model in which a profit-maximizing competitor (Microsoft) interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (Linux), with the installed base affecting their relative values over time. We use a formal model to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

is no simple matter to rank the importance of myriad institutions. Minimum conditions of basic education, transportation, and communications must be in place; but the question of institutions remains centered on basic empowerment.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

challenge ahead. We’ve included direct responses from our 600 CEOs to reflect their current thinking and concerns. Nutrition and hydration This may seem obvious—but under stressful or traumatic conditions the body’s usual signals of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

to share it, will also need to sort out how to deal with privately collected data.” Weiss notes, “How different will things be when private companies have more up-to-date information on the condition of a city street—for example, whether... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

13 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 13

highlight the traits of cities (e.g., size, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these features (e.g., the localization of entrepreneurial finance).... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

Aetna, another covered by Blue Cross, and another self-insured. Payers could negotiate, but price changes would have to benefit all patients, not just their own. The cost of treating a medical condition has nothing to do with who the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

it, "When companies have to play by the same rules, then fair competition can take place terms and conditions for all concerned industries worldwide seems to be a must." The one question that is within the realm of management is... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

Working Knowledge about these issues. Sean Silverthorne: The draft of your paper with Koleman Strumpf came out almost three months ago, and caused quite a stir both inside the entertainment industry and out. What are your impressions of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

13 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

Working PapersSome Neglected Axioms in Fair Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

project definition or underlying conditions change, risk allocation and responsibilities must change, too. "If someone agrees to bear a certain risk, they expect to be compensated for it," Esty comments. "If that risk... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

Founder or Chief Executive Officer of a U.S.-based company for at least five years between 1900 and 2000. As such, any CEO whose tenure began after 1996 was excluded from this survey. For the earlier decades of the twentieth century, we drew on the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

practice related to AI in developing countries. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52296 December 2017 Journal of Advertising Research Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data Science Is Disrupting the View Details