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- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
production of weapon systems and equipment, DoD engages tens of thousands of prime contractors—including most of the major firms in the United States—and tens of thousands of suppliers and subcontractors. The importance of the DoD's huge... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
important general themes: (1) Assessing alternative growth strategies. When should one pursue "more of the same" business vs. offering another product vs. looking for new customers? When is it better to develop an entirely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
into the business to the day the product departs the shipping dock. The researchers encouraged businesses to think of that order as the actual customer, and watched as they routed that person here and there among departments, perhaps... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
two. Though a step in the right direction, this approach suffers because the boundary between "market" and "nonmarket" is artificial and far from clear-cut. We find it more productive to focus on the key types of games... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
network,” says Lewis. “Our eldest scholars are already out working. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, and young professors. Educating people is the most potent and productive way to bring change.” His advice on how to change intrenched culture:... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
pricing for first-exposure products on the site. Many in the industry have relied on years of experience and intuition to determine pricing—can Wilson provide new insights? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com, which explored how restaurant reviews on Yelp affect their bottom lines.) Reviewing The Reviewers After spending some time on Yelp, Luca questioned whether the site's star-based rating system (five stars for the best) truly reflected the... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
explicitly a function of current product offerings. The setting illustrates firms' dual incentives at work: A firm better differentiates products under a looser standard but may want to induce a tighter... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 16 Nov 2020 Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 tag All Industries All Locations Student & Alumni Stories Summer Internships In the summer of 2020, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) partnered with Flatiron School to provide... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
shoppers deliberating over a luxury goods purchase. “Marketers can convince consumers that buying their product is actually a farsighted behavior,” she observes. “In that sense, consumers are investing in future memories.” —JH Tsedal... View Details
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
when we think about the future upside, future downside, and future rules and rulemasters, we predict that we have more to gain than to lose by staying in the game. The other is that we predict that we have more to lose than to gain.... View Details
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
edge of innovation, and they can boost their reputations by supplying well-known U.S. firms. The market size of the U.S makes it an important target but, in addition, foreign companies often feel they have to crack the U.S. market in order to View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 30 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
4 Ways I've Changed at HBS
fosters an environment conducive to helping you take risks and failing in a productive fashion. I discovered it really is ok to fail. A fear of failure often means we avoid taking risks, learning new things, or trying something that feels... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
learned that the world’s wasted food could feed 800 million people. To test the idea of selling less-than-perfect products at a discounted price, he bought $200 worth of “unpretty” food, set up a sales table at a busy Toronto... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
planning, she writes: agreeing on team goals; gaining clarity on each member’s role, function, and constraints; understanding the available resources, ranging from budgets to information; and identifying shared norms that map out how... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
variability in productivity means the marginal productivity of labor depends substantially on which new workers are hired—which requires not an estimate of a causal effect, but rather a prediction. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
Publications August 2013 Research in Organizational Behavior The Shifting Landscape of LGBT Organizational Research By: Anteby, Michel, and Caitlin Anderson Abstract—Over the past generation, sexual minorities-particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is compelling: a well-run fund can help a firm respond quickly to changes in markets and gain a better view of threats. In some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
that HBS alumni have gone into the world and done just that - today, and in decades past - and have seen their products and services become both pervasive and influential in the American economy. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne