Tools - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

The academic study of institutions provides important insights into topics such as job design and health-care reform. But the field is a complex one, and it's not always obvious to outsiders how the intellectual tools of the trade are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

thought to what Pisano calls systems knowledge: how to integrate the costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. "I think the evidence is overwhelming that one tool doesn't do it. Yet time and time again, we see new entrants coming... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

30 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

seven years, large teams of affiliated WMS analysts have interviewed managers at some 10,000 organizations in 20 countries, setting out to determine how and why management practices differ vastly in style and quality. Best Practices The researchers used an evaluation... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 23

Effective Self-Policing Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Publication: Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Administrative agencies are increasingly establishing voluntary self-reporting programs both as an investigative View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

use tools they already had, or they neglected to request new tools to meet the challenges of an evolving financial system." -David Moss Among the proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements;... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

09 Dec 2015
Research Event

How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?

predict demand and set prices to maximize revenue of products that have no historical sales data? To that end, they set out to develop a pricing decision support tool that would use existing data to maximize revenue on new products. The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Apparel & Accessories

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

people to be better managers—entrepreneurial or otherwise. Based on our own experience and that of others, we believe that teachers with the right tools can make successful interventions and can increase the would-be entrepreneur's... View Details

Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

income. While individuals do not have this opportunity, corporations do. Historically, accounting treatments deviated to allow for differential accounting of expenses. In the process, policymakers get a policy tool without distorting the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

digital tools for communication. But in work, we still tend to use face-to-face meetings. How does location or geographic mobility affect innovation? Choudhury: Knowledge is often locked in a geography, and when a worker moves from one... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

much speculation lately about the trend of well-heeled investors making bets on the future of print media. Yet Esty says the power of this case rests more in its richness as a teaching tool than in its topical appeal. "When asset... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

ultimately get people back to work. This research may help policymakers decide how to implement any future emergency benefits that are knit into the broader economy, yielding better tools to handle the next economic downturn, Kluender... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

29 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Whence IT Value?

Networks connect people to each other and to potentially vast pools of information. They are thus extraordinarily valuable tools for businesses. It may well be that businesses benefit primarily not from the computer's ability to execute... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

28 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

were extremely effective and also efficient in their use of taxpayer dollars, but most were not meant to be permanent. “Guarantees have proven to be a very cost-efficient government tool when it comes to small business credit” Currently,... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

the intermediaries advising or providing capital to these firms must all increasingly wrestle with these questions. Recent waves of globalization have had several distinct effects on firms that have not been addressed by many academics. The book is structured so that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

must address a major design problem: Sophisticated investors have been gaming the system by applying specialized screening tools to scoop up the choicest loans with the lowest default rates, leaving less experienced investors with less... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

15 Sep 2015
First Look

September 15, 2015

decision support tool for Rue La La's daily use. We conduct a field experiment and find that sales do not decrease due to implementing tool recommended price increases for medium and high price point... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

is still thriving—while dramatically reinventing it? How do you envision a change in your current business model before a crisis forces you to abandon it? Innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan expands the leader's innovation tool kit with a... View Details

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

women in the room who said, "I'm ready." Their last child was going off to school in the fall. "I want the tools to figure out what I'm qualified to do, and what I want to do. How do I locate the right employers? How do I... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

by consulting company Accenture, Soltes argues that such codes can be worth quite a lot to companies—but only if they go beyond generic platitudes to create a tool that employees can actually use. Author of the book Why They Do It: Inside... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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