Filter Results:
(103)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(103)
- People (1)
- News (26)
- Research (53)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (22)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(103)
- People (1)
- News (26)
- Research (53)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (22)
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
Internet and tried as well to clarify some common fears and misconceptions of such research's effects on privacy and intellectual property. The positive aspects, according to panelist George Church, include the fact that the Internet has... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
a common misconception that people who buy niche products will have greater loyalty to them," Elberse says. "But I bet that the average viewer who likes to purchase classic black-and-white movies also tends to watch hits like... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
point out possible misconceptions about job creation by small businesses off the mark? Do they miss the point? What do you think? Original Article In the late 1990s, a group of faculty at the Harvard Business School proposed a new... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
economy. Yet while annual inflows to venture funds have expanded from virtually zero in the mid-1970s to more than $35 billion in 1999, numerous misconceptions persist about the nature and role of venture capitalists. In their recent... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
development of theory with the teaching of it in a single enterprise we'll call course research. Conclusions such as those that Shugan and others have reached stem from misconceptions about the relationship of research, theory, case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
what can be done to reverse that trend. In doing so, they take aim at some misconceptions about what keeps voters home, and show the surprising effectiveness of door-to-door canvassing at getting more people to the polls. Voting is not... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
how capital markets value the R&D portfolios of companies. I want to make sure I give you a sense of the breadth of it, because one of the misconceptions is that only a few faculty at the school are doing health care. Some of it is... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
governance misconceptions translate into four basic barriers to effecting change: 1) Many leaders who are dissatisfied with the state of their organizations' affairs are nevertheless resigned to it because they do not think it can be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
strengths and limitations of this method, and address two misconceptions about ABMs: reductionism and “you get out what you put in.” We also offer maxims for good and bad ABMs, give practical tips for beginner modelers, and include a list... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
Cappelli says the research is clear: “The evidence is unbelievably huge. Basically, older workers perform better on just about everything.” Specifically, they have lower absenteeism, less turnover, and superior interpersonal skills. Another common View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
covering basic facts about the country and legal questions about travel from the United States. (“Which is still legal,” says Gordon, noting that the misconception is widespread.) But most of what Benedetti lays out about the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
were raised in Latin America, and others were not. We're a mixing pot of different races and ethnicities. Because we have so many cultures, histories, languages, and countries to represent us, we often feel that we are not "Latin" enough. But that is simply not true.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
world. He overturns the common misconception that entrepreneurship is a hard-wired trait or the sole province of high-flying MBAs, and provides a proven method to identify consequential problems and an accessible process anyone can learn,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
is a big misconception a lot of people have. People assume that because, the United States, we have high school, college basketball, then it leads to the pros, that the same system is in effect pretty much throughout the world. Well,... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
what Paul calls artistry. There may be a misconception among people who don't play music that the objective is to play exactly as the composer intended. But that's not really what these guys are trying to do. The first step is to get a... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
German deposits, yet their story is less well known. A lot of misconceptions about the German business world are out there or a good portion of it is not well understood. Its management practices remain an "enigma," as one... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic research exploring these developments, a number of misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this paper, we seek to correct four common... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Print View - Course Catalog
true. No matter how strong your product, even if it easily fits into already established habits and anybody who tries it likes it immediately, you must still support it with a strong distribution plan.” -From “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel One common View Details