Data Sharing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

announced staff cuts in reaction to slowing or declining demand. US government data from October suggests that employers remain cautious, adding just 12,000 new positions in the month as unemployment remained steady at 4.1 percent, edging... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

Professor Herzlinger shared her vision for health care in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. Herzlinger's next book, Consumer-Driven Health Care, will be published in January 2003 by... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

Center for Community & Population Health Improvement to facilitate the sharing of information and impact data about health improvement efforts among community stakeholders. General Dynamics subsidiary... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

25 Sep 2015
Blog Post

4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face

skill-set to create a competitive advantage while others try to round out as many weaknesses as possible. Some form around friend groups, while others form around shared interests and commitment levels. Each of these formation criteria... View Details

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

giving them all the same data and preparation materials in negotiating the sale of a piece of property. Eyes are opened when Mohan shares the results and the students see how well they fared price-wise... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

and Bart Hobijn Abstract This note accompanies the Cross‐country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries since 1800. The View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

often very visible decisions. Q: You, your co-authors, and other research partners undertook a survey of 600 corporations in seven countries. Why have corporate headquarters been so under-researched? What particular assumptions were you trying to examine? A: It is hard... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

transition. The researchers examined data during the months before and after the CEO change, including the average number of: Meetings employees attended Attendees per meeting Internal emails Recipients per email The researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

20 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

variable labor supply, social security benefits and portfolio choice over safe bonds and risky equities. Our analysis reinforces prior findings that equities are the preferred asset for young households, with the optimal share of equities... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

research shows that in the 10 cities with the largest Airbnb market share in the US, the entry of Airbnb resulted in 1.3 percent fewer hotel nights booked and a 1.5 percent loss in hotel revenue. The paper, The Welfare Effects of Peer... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Corp. cofounders Abrams and Hodgson crystallize their hard-won advice into a single how-to guide for small business owners. In Level Up, they share behind-the-scenes stories of building their own businesses, as well as actionable,... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

question was how to do it. At Indian electronics firm HCL Technologies, incoming CEO Vineet Nayar inherited a once-great technology company that had lost its way by the time he took over in 2005. The company had steadily lost market share... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

23 May 2019
News

Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

computerize financial data and provide investment professionals with real-time market information and analysis. The computer terminal he and his partners created, which became known as the Bloomberg Terminal, transformed the buying and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, Boston University; Bradley Larsen, Stanford University; and Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management. We asked Farronato, whose interests include economics, innovation, electronic commerce, and electronic markets, to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

estimating the impact of changes in supplier performance on customer demand. Using data from Hugo Boss, a manufacturer of branded apparel, we find increases in supplier reliability to be associated with significant increases in orders... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

San Diego—brings “significant and long-lasting” benefits, including greater economic growth, global talent, and even more invention to these regions, write William Kerr, the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Brad... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

connections, confidence, and cognition due to their work experiences at a particular employer. Career imprints are associated with particular organizations; they derive from patterns in the career experiences that people share as a result... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized... View Details