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11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

"Selling tickets isn't where the money is," says Higgins, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, a veteran venture capitalist, and an owner of the Portland Pirates hockey team. "Sports media content is such a big View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

million. CHI Inc. is now part of Enel Green Power, part of Enel, the world's largest publicly traded electric utility. There were positive IRR investments in the consumer goods category, Honest Tea and Zip... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

http://www.directorsandboards.com/html/curissue.html Working Papers Principals and Their Car Dealers: What Do Targets Tell About Their Relation? By: Bouwens, Jan, Eddy Cardinaels, and Jingwen Zhang Abstract—In this study we describe... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

platform businesses. We have five major themes in the book: 1) The world’s most valuable companies are all platforms, in part because platforms have network effects, with the potential for a winner-take-all or winner-take-most outcome. 2)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

launches an initiative to solve this problem and identifies the number of spare power supply parts it sends out weekly as the measure it will use to track the progress. The transactional measure—the number... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

make cities in smarter ways, so that they are built more quickly, with less waste and overall impact on the environment during the construction process. Environmental performance will improve in part due to building better buildings. For... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

behavior on an ongoing basis. Communication is a central part of that story. Negotiators can have good reasons for not saying everything they're thinking. Holding back information can be a simple matter of self-defense. If a seller... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

Prius, would be a good example. In spite of great technological innovation, the Prius drives like any other car on the road. As a result, consumers don't need to change anything about the way they interact with their automobiles. Other... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

business leaders, moderated by HBS professor Myra Hart, at the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference. Robin Chase said that being a woman did not hinder her ability to start Zipcar, a service allowing customers to rent cars... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

commences with an overview of why industry research is relevant, then offers detailed guidelines on how to approach and what to consider when investigating an industry as part of the analysis necessary to make a decision about investing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

audacious goals among managers in some parts of the world to a lack of wealth, resources, and the risk aversion that accompanies these conditions. Sandeep, on the other hand, citing those who have risen from poverty to achieve... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Mar 2021
Book

Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

either full or part time, while only 13 percent said they don’t want to work remotely at all post-COVID-19. In fact, the pandemic has accelerated the virtual work trend, acting as a no-going-back turning point for many companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

is: job ownership: nature or nurture? What do you think? Original Column There’s an age-old question: “Does anyone ever take a rental car to the car wash?” For years, Bill Marriott instinctively has picked... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

AI’s capabilities to help solve business problems, particularly in parts of the world with fewer resources and less access to technology. “The fact that generative AI was a little over a year old, and we could use it to advise several... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

19 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 19

broad interest, especially in "knowledge industries" and "knowledge economies." It is also a topic filled with frustration on the part of practitioners, and the level of resource commitment to this function waxes and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

and agricultural residues, while for Canada they are expected to be energy crops and logging residues. The significant differences in study estimates are due in large part to the number of biomass categories included, whether economic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)

ago. Or the first Newton, Tang, or Roomba. Everyone knows and understands a better mousetrap when they see one—no selling skills really required. But a 3-D printer? Why would I want that? How much does it cost to maintain? What’s wrong with my current method for making... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Consumer Products; Electronics; Industrial Products; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Medical Devices & Supplies; Retail

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

In the late 1970s, the Chicago Police Department noticed that the city's crime rate increased when cops stopped walking the beat and started driving around in patrol cars instead. They wondered why, and asked the political scientist... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

grew it into the largest auto parts company in the world. Recently the company even helped bail out Detroit by investing in US auto parts companies that were going belly-up, and is becoming a leader in... View Details