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07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419 forthcoming Capitalism Beyond Mutuality New Prospects for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

generating goodwill in a nonaggressive way. Q: You write a lot about interactions between humans and technology. Are computers the perfect tool for customized marketing? A: The tailoring of messages via computer technology to a person's... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

29 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Watch out View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

average in order to compete successfully. "Airbnb's pricing suggestions implicitly acknowledge that price is a market-driven outcome," Luca says. "In a market, prices move until supply meets demand. And the data indicate that discriminatory View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

this stuff for a long time, directing people toward cues and behaviours misses the point. If someone is indeed a strong extrovert, and tries to remember a list of behavioural cues like this cognitively, they’ll be trying so hard to ‘look... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

actions was not without risk for the CEOs and their companies” While many CEOs prefer to stay under the radar and avoid public scrutiny, Ken Frazier led the way with his example. As the chair of PhRMA, the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

While many history departments of American universities prefer to keep business as a separate discipline, HBS entrepreneurship professor Geoffrey Jones encourages the examination of history as a way to better understand contemporary... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

PublicationsBuy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down Authors:John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

monthly payment, according to the Federal Reserve. For people struggling to chip away at high balances, targeting specific items on their credit card bills can provide much-needed control and encouragement. “Instead of a list of purchases... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

the product? In Europe, consumers in 13 different countries have 13 different preferences for the texture and taste of tomato soup. In addition, a company may decide to offer a product completely outside its... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Nov 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

the worst. Never disappointed." Which do you pick up first? It's probably a good thing for us that so-called rationalists (tagline: "Why so emotional?") are in the minority, because studies show that without optimism or... View Details

05 Nov 2024
Book

Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech

predict the creditworthiness of a small business, much like a consumer’s personal credit score helps banks predict creditworthiness for personal loans, credit cards, and mortgages? What if a small business owner had a dashboard of their... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

can get beyond the initial negative reaction to what, for want of a better term, is the potential "commoditization" of people. As one respondent, Quan Quan, put it, "The preference will be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

her latest book. An authority on business history as well as branding, consumer behavior, and business strategy, Koehn cut her historical teeth on understanding and interpreting the economic and social contexts for businesses. In Brand... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

fulfill its independent fiduciary responsibilities in overseeing this global organization? While there is a temptation to pile on, I would prefer to comment on what can be learned from this situation. This and other leadership crises of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

participants prefer borrowing less when a free formal savings account is available. Take-up patterns suggest that requests by others for participants to share their resources may be a key obstacle to saving.... View Details