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- August 2024
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Oculii
By: Andy Wu and Lucas Defilippo
It was a bright June day in 2016. Steven Hong, co-founder and COO of Oculii had just signed a letter of intent agreeing to a 51% stake acquisition by Nexteer Automotive, a global steering and driveline supplier company that developed advanced driver assistance systems... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings
- 23 Oct 2024
- HBS Seminar
Rosa Ferrer, University of Pompeu Fabra and BSE
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
years to finish college. “We want to play offense, we want to innovate, pilot, template it, build for scale, and go." —Mark Norman, Zipcar The meandering and seemingly random path that Osher took in his career and the lessons it... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
overweighting its representative types, which we formally define to be the types that occur more frequently in that group than in a baseline reference group. Stereotypes formed in this way contain a "kernel of truth": they are rooted in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Employers Favor Men
important.” [Image: MachineHeadz] Clarification This article orginally included the sentence: "Women earn about 78 cents on the dollar compared to men." The line has been amended to include attribution. Related Reading: Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Giving - Alumni
charitable income tax deduction for its mean fair market value on the date of the gift and avoid capital gains tax. To ensure proper crediting of your gift, please use our online form to notify us of your stock transfer. There are two... View Details
- 20 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
A Decision-Making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future
Keywords: by Chia-Jung Tsay & Max H. Bazerman
- April 2010
- Case
A Giant Among Women
By: Willy C. Shih, Ethan S Bernstein, Maly Hout Bernstein, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Yi-Ling Wei
Few CEOs successfully manage the evolution of their companies from OEM outsourcer to branded manufacturer to expert consumer marketer as well as Tony Lo, CEO of Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd., now the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world. In the mid-1980s, Giant... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Customer Focus and Relationships; Global Strategy; Gender; Customer Satisfaction; Product Development; Bicycle Industry; Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Ethan S. Bernstein, Maly Hout Bernstein, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Yi-Ling Wei. "A Giant Among Women." Harvard Business School Case 610-096, April 2010.
- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
(2011) Abstract Many studies have documented the benefits of religious involvement. Indeed, highly religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective well-being. While religious involvement offers clear benefits to many, in this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
construction industry launched in 2014. Following its admission of guilt for paying bribes and as part of its settlement with Brazilian, U.S., and Swiss authorities, Odebrecht... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Master the One-on-One Meeting
Whether you’re a CEO or a line manager, your team is just as important as a group as its members are as individuals. Today’s tech companies offer many perks to attract and retain the best employees. We offer competitive salaries, training... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 30 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash
It seems obvious: If you want to boost innovation from a crowd writing and improving software code, just dangle a cash incentive. When GitHub began offering matching funds to open source software users who snagged outside sponsors in... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
it's just boring and it doesn't pay very much. And I don't feel like I'm doing anything really important. And blech. What do I do to be happier under the circumstances? And and what I said was, look, we all... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
shows how they addressed the formidable challenge of the internment of their employees in British camps during both WWI and WWII. We find that internment impacted business relationships in India well beyond its endpoint and that the WWI... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
and firms." It pays to analyze the typical patterns in investor psychology and respond accordingly. "Investor irrationality is something that people tend to focus on when they think about investing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes
FTC is sending a strong signal that it is paying close attention to grocery store prices. Executives should be weighing this regulatory attention when considering prices over the years ahead. Alexander... View Details
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
pay enough attention to financial discipline and keeping track of cash in and cash out, [which] can get an entrepreneur into trouble.” Even with an average store profitability of 15 percent, and the fact that View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- Research Summary
Platform Competition
Technology has challenged the underlying foundations of business, and firms must evaluate and change strategies accordingly. Professor Halaburda studies the interaction of technology and economic theory, and her findings indicate that conventional wisdom and rules... View Details