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- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
explanations for the phenomenon and its success or failure. These included such things as the nature of the industry or product, the way such goals are implemented, and the size of the organization making use of them. There were,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
seem like an odd fit. But the fact is that the business world has been paying increasing attention to how the brain works. The field of neuroeconomics has gained ground in the past 10 years, with work exploring the brain processes that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business... View Details
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
STORY Some quantitative analyses are like police procedural television programs; they attempt to solve a business problem with quantitative analysis. Some operational problem crops up, and data are used to confirm the nature of the issue... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
Bernstein. “But it's still important to remember that there's no secret sauce here. Startups are still incredibly risky ventures to join.” You Might Also Like: Does Venture Capital Attract Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Field... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
314-087 Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time-inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism that may contribute to the demand for commitment technology: the desire to signal to others. We present a field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
Tobin Project brought together a dream team of researchers, from various fields and universities, to develop a novel set of experiments on inequality and decision-making. Joining Moss and Tobin program... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
correlated with less individualism. We provide three short models that help interpret this correlation. One implication of this finding is that societies that depend heavily on oil, and perhaps natural resources more generally, will View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
Spearheads of Democracy (inspired by his Labor Department duties, which had taken him to Latin America, Africa, and Asia), he decided to leave the School to run for the U.S. Senate as the Republican candidate against Edward M. Kennedy. Lodge lost the election but was... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
traditional businesses may struggle to adapt to the constantly changing nature of ecosystem strategies. In his book, Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win, Feng Zhu provides principles to help... View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
makeup. While oncology currently leads the way in precision medicine, therapies are also available to treat cystic fibrosis, for example; and the field has the potential to impact treatment of all diseases, including crippling... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 to 1994. The interaction of this preexisting network structure with patent growth in upstream technology View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
and to calculate metrics to compare their levels of modularity. Our research takes advantage of a natural experiment in this industry, where products exist that fulfill the same function, but that have been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
care, security, and more). These are valid reasons. But there are workarounds that work. At Harvard Business School, my research looks at ways that the private sector can finance and deliver public infrastructure. For the last three years, I have led an Immersive View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
typically build up around a geographic location where natural resources, an appropriately educated labor force, and a university or other research institution co-mingle. In recent years, some economists have argued that manufacturing... View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
problems like advertising auctions and market design. The accelerating phenomenon has given rise to a new field within economics called the economics of digitization. Research from the field is quickly... View Details