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- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Working PapersSecuring Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online advertising. Advertising is the bedrock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
handheld controller. Scientific researchers soon realized the potential for the knowledge embedded in the technology in a whole range of applications, and quickly wrote their own software code to use it. “It took the cost of doing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jun 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia
affordable to the most qualified students without regard for their financial status. This includes the decision last summer to provide scholarships to cover the total cost of tuition and course fees for... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
UK’s National Health Service improved influenza vaccine adoption by employing medical professionals in its media efforts." Doctors, nurses, and medical professionals are also opinion leaders because patients trust their health care View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
is at least a lull in globalization. China’s economic development has increased its costs of production and reduced international price competition. Outsourcing may have seen the end of its rapid growth. And workers may belatedly be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide enough beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of inadequate capacity is of utmost importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing the... View Details
- November 2011
- Case
Pacific Grove Spice Company
By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson
Pacific Grove Spice Company is a profitable, rapidly growing manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of quality spices and seasonings. The company's business model requires significant investment in accounts receivable, inventory, and fixed assets to support sales.... View Details
Keywords: Capital Expenditures; Investments; Acquisitions; Securities Analysis; Debt Securities; Opportunities; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Investment; Capital Budgeting; Business Model; Cash Flow; Financing and Loans; Acquisition; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Fruhan, William E., and Craig Stephenson. "Pacific Grove Spice Company." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-366, November 2011.
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
predictors for (the) future success of a company," he suggests that these measures have to be viewed with a long-term lens, one that accommodates the fact in the short-run, managements may take actions to reduce costs and the size of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
low-cost camera, but only after spending $2 billion trying to maximize its cameras' performance.10 The result of asymmetric battles often is the seemingly sudden end of a great firm. Cramming happens all the time. It is almost never successful. It View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
under the supervision of a "floating" manager responsible for several such stores. They received above-market pay, partially in the form of performance incentives. The result? More highly energized workers, better cost control,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
out of poverty, providing products and services that have improved people’s standards of living, and creating fulfilling jobs and careers. But the challenges facing the world today require business to do even more—to address persistent... View Details
- 21 May 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
values taught in this class within the firm. In these HBS courses and in the work you have pursued, you have gained perspective on ESG frameworks and their application to the markets in Asia. Can you provide an example of how you’ve... View Details
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Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures
To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details
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Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 15 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer
existed, says Harvard Business School Professor Michael Toffel. “Management system standards require adopters to embrace best-practice processes, and the theory is that these processes will improve performance. Our study provides evidence... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
for market manipulation (and) used as payment method for online crime.” Bitcoin does not have a future as a currency, Turnbull said, because of the cost of operating sufficient computers to collectively document every single transaction.... View Details
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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
ICHOM supports a key strategic agenda item in Michael Porter’s Value-Based Health Care Delivery framework. Value-Based Health Care Delivery Initiative The VBHCD initiative engages health care providers to measure and manage patient-level... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
research], according to Kent Byus, might be "to require academic research to pass through a practitioner review process prior to publication." If we see the challenge and provide suggestions, Paula Thornton asks, ". . .... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
feedback influence order quantities. We find that the portion of mismatch cost due to adjustment behavior exceeds the portion of mismatch cost due to level behavior in three out of four conditions.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to potentially influential organization members who are ambivalent about a change (fence-sitters) provide the change agent with an affective basis to co-opt them.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne