Goods and Commodities - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

expensive. How can health care organizations change this? One key is to prioritize quality improvement over cost cutting. By harnessing IT to help design better clinical practices, it’s possible to achieve better patient outcomes and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

they were not good at, and they were able to fill those gaps by recruiting individuals and forming teams to do the things they couldn't do or wouldn't do or shouldn't do."... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Herlihy (MBA 1981) (Gerard A. Herlihy) A satire about another out-of-control commodity and stock market boom. Blowing Smoke: Essays on Energy and Climate by Rud Istvan (MBA... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. Rebels—those who practice “positive deviance” at work—are harder to manage, but they are good for the bottom line: their passion, drive, curiosity,... View Details

Research Summary

Overview

Grant uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to harness consumers' cognitive and affective resources to increase their well-being. Consumers make countless daily decisions in the pursuit of happiness -- whether and how to spend or save their money, what... View Details

Keywords: Well-being; Judgment And Decision Making; Health; Prosocial Behavior

23 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best," says Harvard Business School's Daniel Malter, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit who studies status View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

The double-whammy of increased tariffs imposed by the United States on China and fallout from the coronavirus could make it even more difficult for American retailers to weather the storm in the coming months—or increase pressure on them... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

to this point? First of all, we need to understand that "hardware is no good if it just sits in the corner," said Salinas, and we should focus on getting teachers ready to use it. Hardware is no... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

both dot-coms and established companies, have competed in ways that violate nearly every precept of good strategy. Read More How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage by Michael E. Porter Harvard... View Details

25 May 2010
News

Commencement and the Winds of Change

Association — in Jerusalem. Is that the winds of change I hear blowing? Like Sir Ronald, Forsan too has a vision: “to establish the Y as an international center for reconciliation and ethical leadership.” I myself won’t be speaking at any... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance

01 Dec 2022
News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

third in three years addressing climate and sustainability topics that faculty and the BEI have developed. BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES BUSINESS AS... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Sep 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

Despite earning two engineering degrees at Stanford, HBS associate professor Lee Fleming says he always knew he "wanted to study more than electrons." Even so, the former professional musician and bike racer, who worked at... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

January 2018
Supplement

OldTown Berhad

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Greg Saldutte

In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee company) made an offer to acquire OldTown Berhad (OTB), a Malaysian coffee company. Three large shareholders, representing more than half of the outstanding shares, have agreed to tender their shares and... View Details

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Purchase

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars

in Persian carpets sees a desirable one on eBay. Many bidders may not be able to tell the difference between valuable carpets and cheap imitations, and so if they can identify that a dealer is bidding on a... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Web Services; Technology

14 Jul 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul

good books to read or movies to watch while traveling? Because we were traveling to three cities in six days, it was essential to have good travel entertainment material. Our book choices were: Girl on the... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

contribution to the greater good and the well-being of others. This can have practical implications for our work. It can help us develop a deeper sense of purpose, hope, and... View Details

Research Summary

Profitable Souls: Foreign Investment and the Fate of Human Rights

By: Debora L. Spar

This is a project about foreign investment, about what happens when big multinational firms invest in small, poor, and often nasty places. Typically, most observers assume that this is a largely negative relationship: that multinationals exploit the local population,... View Details

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

all of us, depending on what we want power for, and how we acquire and use it. You decide whether to embark on a developmental journey toward empathy and humility; whether to... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

2008
Book

Moral Gray Zones: Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant

By: Michel Anteby

Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Governance Controls; Production; Organizational Culture; Practice; France