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- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
light on is that the companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in their own environment,” Nagle says. “A lot of the research I do looks at the question, can the company be better off but also... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
yourself—just by making smarter decisions.” Bazerman’s guiding light is the philosophy of utilitarianism, which teaches the goal of creating the greatest good for the greatest number of people. But he tempers that with the principle of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS
management positions in tech companies are held by people identifying as female (Source: Statista); 27% of female respondents to a PwC study considered a tech career, compared to 62% of males respondents (Source: PwC). In light of these... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
cast your successes in light of the team's performance. "You should be talking informally to your boss regularly," says Zimmerman. "Over coffee, you mention how well the team is responding to the challenges and the results... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
by instituting freezes on hiring and wage increases, limiting employee rewards and recognition programs, and reducing the company match to employee 401k retirement accounts. In light of the cost reductions imposed throughout Honeywell,... View Details
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
some structures work more or less efficiently, so I said let's look at other disciplines to see what light they cast on what's going on with the way people's brains evolved and how they operate. Q: Throughout the book, you highlight... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
our schools." The ability of these lenses to shed new light on complicated problems has been proven in contexts ranging from national defense to semiconductors; from health care to retailing; and from automobiles to financial... View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
occasionally ask me for examples of past occurrences which might shed light on current events and on the future. During one such e-mail exchange early in 2003, I made a suggestion about a biography. Specifically, I wrote that, as Andy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
opportunity opens.” It’s a strategy that feels analytical but also intuitive—one that acknowledges present realities while maintaining high levels of optimism. The same mindset is needed when navigating daily life in Cairo, particularly its infamous traffic—an unending... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009
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Campaign Leadership Committee - Alumni
Kraft MBA 1965 Jeannie Bachelor Lavine MBA 1992 Jonathan S. Lavine MBA 1992 Jay O. Light DBA 1970 John H. McArthur MBA 1959, DBA 1963 John A. Paulson MBA 1980 Arthur Rock MBA 1951 C. D. Spangler Jr. MBA 1956** Howard H. Stevenson MBA... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
imposed by social distancing by facilitating community, offering empathy, and providing social support. AB InBev joined thousands of museums and performing arts organizations in offering virtual performances, sponsoring the Bud Light Dive... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
who deemed his work “excessively applied.” “It’s surely true that many academics hesitate to prepare research that is relevant to, and accessible to, practitioners,” he says. “Junior academics have to consider journal priorities in light... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
more than it charged light users. The original basis for pricing telephone service, including both a fixed monthly charge and a usage charge, represents the same kind of thinking. The person who chose to price advertising services as 15... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
light beers. It’s similar to the process that Anheuser-Busch has been using at several of its breweries since 1990, when it introduced O’Doul’s, the original NA beer. “O’Doul’s really created the category when it arrived and became... View Details
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Information Dissemination in Capital Markets
Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
All of the most valuable firms in the world today are platforms, starting with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. But platforms do not evolve in predictable ways, and there is a lot that managers and entrepreneurs can learn about past, present, and future platform... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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Research Thrust
By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details