Writing - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who compete to write software modules for its over 40 clients. Provides details of a unique innovation platform where complex software is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (John Wiley & Sons). Roger Thompson: How does the government figure out which financial institutions... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

are you working on now? A: I'm continuing my broader research efforts to understand how the design of knowledge-intensive work affects teamwork, collaboration innovation, and ultimately performance. For example, I'm writing an empirical... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

out a new letter with an extra line, letting people know that their neighbors were ponying up, implying that they should, too: “We are writing to inform you that we have still not received your tax payment. By now, nine out of 10 people... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

program, I had the opportunity to write a new case about Robert Mondavi. As I conducted the research for the case, I became more fascinated with the changes taking place in the industry globally, as well as the marked differences between... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

crossed the American border.HBS Working Knowledge: As you and Lina Gálvez-Muñoz write in the first chapter of your new book, the word "multinational" usually conjures up images of American firms. You have chosen to focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

professor and consultant. In these twenty-two-plus years in the field, in addition to the research and writing I have done, I have worked with families in business from over sixty countries. I have traveled to nearly every corner of the... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

Henry Ford think he could keep selling black-only Model Ts? "Denial has always been a problem," writes Harvard Business School historian Richard S. Tedlow in a new book, Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face-and What... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

why respect for the law is so critical to a successful capitalist system. Q: What's next for you in terms of research? A: My research continues to focus on the intersection of law, management, and ethics. I am currently researching and View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

reward their own drives." Inspired by the writings and insights of Charles Darwin, specifically his 1871 masterwork The Descent of Man, Lawrence's new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, offers managers an... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

in an economy like this, such as car dealerships, for instance, which have closed across the country. And, of course, customers are likely to negotiate for better terms. Q: What are you working on now? A: I'm writing a history of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

23 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

Lakhani, an expert on distributed innovation. "We had these completely overlapping interests, and we were kicking around the idea of how we were going to write a case on Wikipedia, what research could we do: What's the right way in on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

instrumental assistance, such as loans of cash, to psychosocial assistance, such as friendship and caring. I observed that these helping relationships all shared a similar characteristic: all of these men had worked at Baxter. I began to think and View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

in Bolivia: A Meeting with the President of the Republic Harvard Business School Case 307-107 Herbert Muller, chair of leading microfinance bank BancoSol, has met with Evo Morales one year after the populist leader's inauguration as president of Bolivia and proceeds to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

as a powerful source of well-being, increasing dopamine levels and boosting productivity, says Gino. “I’ve gotten into the habit of calling or writing a note to people I haven’t talked to in a while to express gratitude for something they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

handles a complaint of sexual harassment is telling to employees: Is the company serious about this or not? “So often organizations will say harassment is bad and their employees shouldn’t do it, but when it happens, they do their best to keep it quiet or View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

originated. “We are using data from regulators, writing studies, but seldom going back to the regulators to say, ‘This is what we learned,’” says Harvard Business School Professor Michael W. Toffel, whose research examines companies’... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

in automating than in informating. Consumers have been forced to conform to the rigors of automation as they track their own packages, make their way through infinite branches in automated telephone systems, waste their time waiting for call center operators, and so... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

investment thesis and analysis that the team has done to get to this stage. Asks students to not only come to a point of view on whether this looks like a good opportunity at the price and financial structure proposed, but what due diligence needs to be done prior to... View Details