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- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
future.” Book Excerpt Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies Ranjay Gulati Chapter 2: The Art of the Tradeoff If you buy Gotham Greens’ fresh produce, you’ll notice that it comes packaged in single-use plastic... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
These findings challenge previous recommendations for optimal advice-seeking behavior. Harvard Business School Case 617-059 Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing Kate Wilson, retail analytics manager at Flashion, a fashion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS professor Ananth Raman and Wharton professor Marshall Fisher.... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
contribute to citations listed in issued patents—and that this could complicate interpretation of findings in this literature. In 2001 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began reporting examiner and applicant citations separately. In this paper, we analyze... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
desirable part of an employee’s day, our theory and results point to the benefits of viewing it as a useful time period to engage in goal-directed prospection. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50419 Diversity and Team View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
did. Most teaching around being a successful negotiator focuses on preparations before discussions start, and on strategies during the talks. The problem: We don't spend nearly enough time after the negotiations to grade our performance... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
performance of procedures rather than for accurate diagnosis and effective prevention. Aspinall and Hamermesh call for coordinating regulation and reimbursement so that incentives are provided for the right outcomes. Finally, the authors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
to bolster and enhance the taste of nearly all processed foods because manufacturing techniques weaken the real flavors. The development of those added flavors requires a high degree of customization and expertise, and the practice remains more an View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
firm to examine how such changes may affect the accumulation of experience within, and the performance of, teams. We find that the level of team familiarity (i.e., the average number of times that each member has worked with every other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
also consider the relationship of these outcomes to the immigrants’ age at arrival to the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51811 2016 Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
tend to rebalance more actively. We find some evidence that households rebalance towards a higher risky share as they become richer. We also study the decisions to trade individual assets. Households are more likely to fully sell directly held stocks if those stocks... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
the rating system. He said that federal financial aid should go to those schools that perform the best. The President eventually abandoned the idea after hearing from many college presidents that there is simply no way to reliably rate... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces By: Shore, Jesse, Ethan Bernstein, and David Lazer Abstract—Using data from a novel laboratory experiment on complex problem solving in which we varied the network structure of 16-person... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
performance and health outcomes will mean that 2022 will be a year of learning and reflection. Digitization in health care should be seen as a means to an end—improving the quality, patient-centricity, equity, and convenience of the... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
institutions. Risk-adjusted CCA balance sheets facilitate simulations and stress testing to evaluate the potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13607 Does Individual View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
offer a useful approach to a positive optimal tax theory. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2425225 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 514-033 Barbara Krakow Gallery The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
makes huge investments to acquire, develop, and market concepts with strong hit potential, and then banks on the sales of those titles to make up for the middling performance of their other content. Today's leading film studios,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Case 707-431 Minoru Mori is the CEO of Mori Building, which has built Roppongi Hills, an ambitious large-scale, mixed-use development in Tokyo, Japan that includes high-end retail, restaurants, hotel, office, library, and art museum. A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
ensure accountability, cultivate collaboration, and encourage initiative. Individual and system accountability. Jim Kilts said it best: "A promise made is a promise kept." As we have seen, confidence is enhanced when people are held accountable and accept... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
these sources of money is actually looking for an economic return. They're definitely looking for a social return. That being the case, I don't think that nonprofits should quickly jump at creating for-profit enterprises. In certain segments like health care, and even... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson