New Beginning - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

Michael Morris and Paul Ingram at Columbia Business School, we surveyed Executive MBA students in Beijing, Shanghai, and New York, asking them detailed questions about their professional networks. These executives first identified... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

providers are beginning to offer unique services, creating the facilities and organizations to effectively deliver them, and gathering the data to show superior performance and to continue to improve. Public policy can help accelerate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

career. But he hardly worked alone. As many have observed, perhaps Edison's greatest contribution was his artisan-oriented shops—a new way of organizing for innovation he created that has evolved into today's R&D laboratory with its... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

box gets us new ideas. On the other hand, I cringe at the thought of effectively managing a ‘herd of cats.’” Santosh Patil added that “as much as I like the rebels in my team, it is essential for me to have order since I am very organized... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

trust. Why is One Report important now? "The capital markets and our planet have simultaneously reached a fork in the road. One path continues the status quo. The other and new path is a commitment to a better society, stronger financial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

publications and meeting minutes of pharmacist groups. “She was known as Mrs. Thomas Gleason until about 1934, when she begins to get introduced by her first name. In the story of California ‘fair trade’ I found this exceptional state... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

beginnings and the incentives they foster. As he put it, “the hunger to rise is most strong in those who fight through the odds. That warm meal may lull someone better off to pause and rest a while ” Asrarqureshi attributed the success of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

An economic handyman of sorts, Alvin E. Roth fixes broken markets. As a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer in the field of market design, the Harvard Business School professor cofounded a kidney donation matching system for New England,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the firm and asks the students to come up with a strategy to improve the way in which Sales and Marketing work together. In the (B) case, we see their strategy in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

field and other business fields complements the contributions from industrial organization economics (IO). These business fields also offer theoretical and empirical challenges to the IO paradigm, which dominates antitrust analysis. The article View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

Six National Football League head coaches were fired on December 31, or “Black Monday,” as it’s known in the sport. The infamous tradition begins immediately after the conclusion of each NFL regular season and represents efforts by... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

face told the officer—correctly—that he was not really in danger. The other officer did not hesitate to shoot a man who was reaching into his overcoat as he approached the squad car. This officer sensed danger—again, correctly: that man was carrying an armed bomb.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

co-researchers wanted to find out whether sustainable investment capital is flowing to companies that are in the best position to solve the urgent and complex problems created by climate change. In their new working paper, The... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

with Anant Thaker (HBS MBA 2011) of the Boston Consulting Group and Howard Rudnick of the Tobin Project, Moss offers an alternative perspective: Perhaps we've been looking at the question the wrong way. Inequality And Making Decisions In Inequality and Decision Making:... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, the three industries most plagued by high cost, inconvenience, and inconsistent quality are healthcare, higher education, and legal services. A problem with all three, said Christensen, author of the provocative business hit, The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

It was a brief dalliance, just a few weeks in length, over text and video only. The end of the affair was nonetheless just the beginning for Stephen Easterbrook, the McDonald’s CEO who went from being hailed as the company’s “savior” by... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

17 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

something on the screen and get information about it. I suspect we're just on the beginning of these sorts of changes. Sites like YouTube and MySpace are now owned by major media companies—Google and News... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

negotiating with the other side. You can move beyond your BATNA and successfully navigate this type of linked negotiation by following five key steps: (1) Find the equalizer, (2) assess feasibility, (3) hone your leverage, (4) drive the process, and (5) take the... View Details