Speed Of Adjustment - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

health," one health advocate said. Consisting of a small barrel-shaped design that mimics an actual cigarette, the devices vaporize a liquid nicotine solution, which is then inhaled without the tar and carcinogens found in smoke.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

cybersecurity. Revenues declined, criticism grew, and challenges of change remained. Watson businesses were new, unproven, and required change in nearly every aspect of legacy operations and culture. To... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

to understand the relationships to our industry. Clearly our trade relationship with China is having a profound impact on where and how we do our business. The new real estate derivatives business, which is just emerging, could completely change our strategies on how... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

Summing Up What's the Future of the Authority Figure In Leadership? Leadership involves the effective management of tensions characteristic of all organizations. Are such... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

people will not shirk and will be responsible. Has coronavirus changed your remote work research at all? Choudhury: I've started multiple projects, especially trying to understand how companies and workers are scrambling to adjust to this... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

great online giants. “Alibaba's only limits are those imposed by the speed at which these enterprises continue to grow” Still largely unknown in the West, Alibaba dominates China's Internet and logistics space with over 600 million... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

levels of company sophistication. The index explores a country's prosperity, measured by its level of gross domestic product per capita adjusted for purchasing power. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

regime of civil liability as currently designed may not have been seen as a source of economic value for outside investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-072.pdf Observation Bias:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 May 2006
What Do You Think?

Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?

"I think Friedman will cast the longer shadow . . . the expansion of markets has speeded up the process of globalization . . . the corporate power View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Profile

Jeremy Andrus

like? We went public in July 2011, a few months after I was put in the CEO role, so there wasn’t a lot of breathing time. I had worked closely on day-to-day operations with the firm’s founder since 2005, so I was up to View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

01 Sep 2014
News

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

conducted for the case. He learned that although ANA is one of the world’s most pro table airlines, a majority of its revenues come from the domestic market, which is shrinking due to Japan’s declining... View Details

Keywords: faculty research

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

critical feedback about the features they do want—and reduces the possibility that the startup will waste time developing features no one wants. Based on this feedback, a startup can then decide to adjust or abandon a concept or, if it’s... View Details

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

inherited from Britain had better investment protection than countries which inherited civil law systems from Spain. This literature points to a major effect on financial development, which in turn impacted the nature and speed View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 7

bankruptcy. While initial ownership concentration is important for coordination of a prearranged bankruptcy filing, it is consolidation of ownership during bankruptcy-and specifically consolidation View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

Fran Seegull by Jill Radsken Fran Seegull is a woman on a mission, and it started with a paper she wrote at Harvard Business School. A lifelong passion for philanthropy brought Seegull (MBA 1998) to HBS, to see if she could mobilize the business world to View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

02 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Pursuing A Passion in Health Care

variety of issues with people from every corner of the world. I’m still getting used to the adjustment back to a more routine working life. I look forward to seeing what the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

14 May 2013
Blog Post

Fellow HBS Classmates Enriching the Internship Experience

I am not sure how my internship in Los Angeles would have gone had it not been for the presence of some really great HBS classmates. They provided company and comfort when I needed it the most (not to mention a plethora View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

different types of seats are filled) on distributional objectives is comparable to the effect of adjusting reserve sizes. Either lowering the precedence order positions View Details