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- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
"If you were a babysitter, at some point someone would have said to you, 'Aren't you good with kids!' because we equate that, of course, with nurturing. If your brother was out mowing lawns, you can bet no one said, 'Aren't you View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
improves job performance in the long run. Related Reading: ARTICLES Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable Leaders rarely make a lasting impact on their organizations—even the really, really good ones. Then out of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
events in the paper, but there are tons of sporting events and other events that occur in cities. For philanthropic leaders, connecting to these things is a really good strategy." The researchers did... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
kayak a good illustration of your model? A: There were three things that made rodeo kayaking an ideal test case for our model. First, it was a new sport, but not brand new, so we had a history of how the View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development
Harvard Business School researchers are offering unique insights into our workplaces and careers. In this world, taking a pay cut can help a career, promotions aren't always good things, and networking may send you to the nearest tub for... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 18 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Brand China Can Succeed
the board. The cars China exports better be as good as Hyundais and Toyotas. Third, China must use the Olympics as an event for national progress, not just Beijing progress. To spread the modernizing impact of the Olympics, China is... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
them—and all soon-to-be managers—make the shift. These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we think of leadership forever. Rituals Strengthen Couples.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
American Competitiveness site where resources, commentary, and solutions are showcased. Harvard Business School's US Competitiveness Project is another must-visit-site to better understand the complex problems facing the US. One good way... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
numbers, industry trends, strategy considerations, shareholder interests, and several other financing options and come up with a plan to save his company. With Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos's recent acquisition of the Washington Post and sports... View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
brain-tracking tools to determine why we prefer some products over others. "People are fairly good at expressing what they want, what they like, or even how much they will pay for an item," says Uma R. Karmarkar, an assistant... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
pricing. Hedge fund firms often hired the duo for speaking engagements, which led to informal post-speech chats with various fund managers, many of whom also sported PhDs. Cohen and Malloy found that these social exchanges went especially... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
doesn't crowd out other incentives," says Parsons. "I think it's a safe call to say that not many ministers get into the ministry to make a buck, but that doesn't mean a monetary incentive for doing a good job doesn't... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
with price coherence, the purchase of a given good via an intermediary is constrained to occur at the same price as a purchase of that same good directly from the seller (or through another competing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
good at what they do and are creating value. This creates very different levels of anxiety. It's much safer to be a team player." Others will like you, and ultimately you'll be happier. People who are bad View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
think there's a movement away from maximizing shareholder value as the primary focus and motivation for a corporation's existence, and toward a growing recognition that companies are economic institutions that provide benefits to many constituents in the form of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
further down the ladder—a discussion that could easily stretch beyond business to the lavishly compensated worlds of professional sports and entertainment. There's also the concern over executive pay at firms that received government... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
are good reasons to expect that partisanship will continue to cloud economic judgment around the 2024 election.” It’s not just credit analysts. Similar patterns have been documented among professional asset managers, loan officers, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
consideration, both sensory and economic. On the sensory side: He has designed several eating utensils, including an espresso spoon that sports a hole in the middle so as not to break up the continuity of the crema on top. On the economic... View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
Characteristics favoring the technology, Dayton said, are the relatively cheap cost (providers can establish a hot spot for about $2,000; users can equip their laptop with a Wi-Fi card for about $50), relatively good performance (up to 11... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
2015. Using web scraping, we collected daily prices for controlled and non-controlled goods and measured the differential effects on inflation, product availability, and price dispersion. We first show that, although price controls are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne