Touch Points - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

license their patents. Such patents are known as standard-essential patents (SEPs). And it behooves the patent owners to charge fees to anyone wanting to comply with the standard requirements. “Standards are really important to US competitiveness.” Case in View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

in talent clusters—a tactic Vodafone uses effectively. These three options aren’t mutually exclusive. Given the need to stay in touch with multiple clusters, companies may want to try them all. Each one involves substantial risks that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

comes with Society membership. Putting the final touches on the position and its reporting arrangements has led to significant debate within the organization, and Fahey is torn about how to proceed. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

likely to see a lot more deaths: a 10 percentage point increase in poverty is associated with 10 additional conflict-related deaths. Once we control for poverty, measures of caste and linguistic diversity are not significant predictors of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to tackle important technological and business problems. Lakhani points to innovation contests that have solved a wide variety of major challenges from technology for civilian space... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

banking under the Glass-Steagall Act. As Moss is quick to point out, there was an implicit strategy: "We insured and regulated the most systemically dangerous part of the system, the commercial banks, and we exercised a much lighter View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

vegetables at the point of sale, improving the speed and accuracy of the checkout. If the benefit is not immediately apparent, make it obvious through advertising and promotional materials. Lesson 2: Make The Technology Easy To Use. Most... View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

noted that he had “reconnected with people I had not been in touch with [for] a while.” "Every week, I wrote myself one email about what I accomplished personally and professionally." Friends and colleagues were also a source of support.... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

education before the storm and the immediate actions taken by the city, state, and federal government: "Rebuilding the New Orleans Public Schools: Turning the Tide? (Abridged)." I've used it in my course for the past three years. Since then I have stayed in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

is very deep and wide in our society, for better or worse. The other reason to be engaged in it is we haven't looked at it seriously for 30 years. It's something that touches every aspect of social policy. It's a much broader and deeper... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. In both years, approximately half of advertisers of all sizes operated an in-house agency. Across industries, we find that the likelihood of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

(Study 1). A second set of studies points to the specificity of the effect: Study 2A shows that it is unique to the (innocent) messenger and not mere bystanders. Study 2B shows that it is distinct from merely receiving information that... View Details