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29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

"If men don't take the virus as seriously as women do, and they're not wearing masks and social distancing as much, that could help explain why they are suffering the consequences more," says Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

12 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

presentation given at the fifth U.S.-China Health Summit at Harvard Medical School in September by John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
Supplement

Keroche (F): Future Growth Plans

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding

This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s 2012 decision to invest in additional production capacity. In November 2012, with a loan from Barclay’s bank, Keroche began constructing a new state-of-the-art beer brewery using German technology. The new plant,... View Details

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21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

fierce business competition, your bargaining endowment can spell the difference between closing the deal and being shut out. A healthy bargaining endowment explains how Darren Rovell won a job on national television while other journalism... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

How should men and women strike a balance between work and personal life in order to feel as happy and fulfilled as possible? In a packed auditorium, three speakers at the Möbius Leadership forum session titled "Walking the Tight Wire: View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

work together to create 'predictable time off,' people, teams, and ultimately the organization all stand to benefit.” Most consultants simply accepted the resulting demands on their time as the price they had to pay for annual salaries of well over $100,000 for recent... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

kind that comes from years spent sitting in a plastic-and-bamboo shelter with no end in sight. Each day is the same, giving these migrants too much time to ruminate about the horrific violence they survived, family they lost, and where... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney

In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details

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03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

Enforcement agency (ICE) over questions about how ICE conducts its business in handling immigrant families. Many assumed a legalistic stance, reminding us that ICE, as a duly created agency of the government was only carrying out the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

opportunity cost of their time. Yet by law, such meetings are not allowed to convey material information. "There seems to be a disconnect," says Eugene F. Soltes, an assistant professor in the Accounting & Management Unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

“People think, ‘It would be wonderful if every morning I went for a run at 7 a.m. and then was showered and ready to work at 8 a.m.,’” says John Beshears, the Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

Business School. Eva Ascarza is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. Laura Castrillo is the former head of analytics for Europe, the Middle East,... View Details

Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

identity crisis of sorts because their jobs and their family roles no longer allow for the authoritative (some would say patriarchal) roles of the past. To compensate for this felt emasculation on the work and home fronts, men are now... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

19 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

United States," Ton points out, "the norm is only seven hours, and the difference shows." For example, Mercadona cross-trains employees so their productivity is not tied to store traffic. Cleaners can work the cash registers during View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

implemented. But strong vision about the wrong decisions, such as subordinate or others' decisions, may be detrimental to strategy and its implementation. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2383972 Cases & Course Materials Harvard View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

have made goods more attainable and enticing to a larger portion of the population. At the same time, trade liberalization and more sophisticated manufacturing techniques create goods that are less expensive and higher quality. A panel moderated by Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

At the beginning of January, over two hundred senior executives and government officials from around the globe met at Harvard Business School for the fortieth annual Agribusiness Seminar. They represented every facet of the "global... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

13 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia

Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That's been the experience of Harvard Business School professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

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