Product Ratings - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

the doubt as it progresses with the IPO, GM must not only follow through with products that deliver higher quality and reliability but also clearly communicate these advances to consumers, even If that means focusing on just a small... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

Web

Policy - Business & Environment

fossil fuel industry has known since the 1960s that their products “were almost certain” to cause dramatic changes to the Earth’s climate. “ Significant temperature changes are almost certain to occur by the year 2000 a number of events... View Details

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

of escalation. Furthermore, acknowledging possible unintentionality may encourage settlement due to the typically inadvertent nature of these incidences. The resulting higher settlement rate prevents additional legal action and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

on the Ideal Gas Law and its effects on a football’s pounds per square inch (PSI) of air pressure. TRADITION OF SUCCESS The class discussion evolved from whether the Patriots were guilty of doctoring footballs to the larger issue of how the team sustains such a high,... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

managing relationships with audiences and advertisers. Provides unique insights into the launch of a network—a rare enterprise—and the associated marketing and branding campaign. Also contains rich television ratings data that can form... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

Since cofounding the online product discovery platform The Grommet in 2008, Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) has enjoyed a front-row seat to the launch of 3,000 consumer products—including household names like Fitbit, SodaStream, and S’well. From... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

The competitiveness of many multinational companies depends on their ability to transfer intellectual property and other intangible assets to their worldwide production processes. These sources of competitive advantage can be anything... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Mar 2003
News

Books

to new product and service failure rates of 80 percent or more, Zaltman urges market researchers to challenge the status quo. “The sinking of the Titanic resulted from a failure to question two-and-a-half... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

with shale gas development can be incredibly disruptive locally, and fracking water usage clearly competes with local values and legacy uses. But shale gas production appears environmentally manageable, (including the risks from fugitive... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

framework—that lets executives map the institutional contexts of any country. Economics 101 tells us that companies buy inputs in the product, labor, and capital markets and sell their outputs in the products (raw materials and finished... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

tax rates at high incomes are lower than in standard analysis and closer to those observed in policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsHome Depot and Interconnected Retail José... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

can predict the rate of readmission on the front end, you can put extra resources against that patient to minimize the risk of readmission," Quelch says. “The consumer's time is being eaten up unnecessarily doing bureaucratic work”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

Ernesto SchargrodskyNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15602, December 2009 Abstract We study the re-arrest rates for two groups: individuals formerly in prison and individuals formerly under electronic monitoring (EM). We find that the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

When Business Competition Harms Society

we find is that the one tested at a facility with more nearby competitors is more likely to pass. An extra facility within two blocks of another seems to lead to the passing of one out of every 100 cars that shouldn't pass." Pass View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

abilities, it makes sense to find a way to integrate them into the workforce, Fieldhouse explains. “Information from our research indicated the employment churn rate for people on the spectrum is extremely high—around 50 percent within... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

unprecedented rates. Diabetes rates have boomed. Online data thefts have surged. Urbanization and waste have soared. What is happening? Is it globalization? Or is something much deeper taking place, something that the world had never... View Details

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details