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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem (lacking perfect foresight, it is unlikely that users will end... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
812-098 Provides practical guidelines for conducting customer visits to explore and validate demand for an entrepreneurial offering. Reviews conditions under which visits will yield superior insights, compared to other research methods. Describes criteria for View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
incentive to consume more applications than the social optimum to better satisfy their preference for variety); (2) an equilibrium selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria); and (3) a coordination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
Bower Associate Professor at HBS. “In a way, this project reminds me of my childhood,” John says, chuckling. “When I was a kid, I had a babysitter who said, ‘Leslie, your favorite color is pink.’ She would put pink bows in my hair.... View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
recommend approaching early-days hiring: First 20-30 employees. If you have inexperienced managers, review candidate resumes together with them and establish selection guidelines for what qualifies a candidate for a round of interviews.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
leaders, and cooperation between the police and neighborhoods in the control of crime. Still, he found himself facing questions from the public about the improper behavior of members of the force. He concluded that one reason was that too many of the wrong recruits had... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
the year, with "no dirt flying." In response, Theodore Roosevelt sacked the first commission. The replacement commissioners selected a civilian railroad engineer from Maine, John Stevens, to go to Panama to supervise the... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
density of working population, such as in urban areas, those selection projections may now be compromised. Another critical factor that will impact the industry is the sheer number of unemployed Americans... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
organizations use AARs selectively given the significant amount of resources required to do them well. AARs should also focus on areas that are mission critical for the greatest payoff. They offer four fundamentals of the AAR process: the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
Business of Aesthetics to second-year MBA students and select applicants from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. The course looks at the role of aesthetics in strategy, organizational structure, succession planning, and investment... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
to a well-known and admired model of industrial organization—General Motors. We will also compare the theoretical model to a much-admired high-technology firm, Hewlett-Packard. Finally we will propose a research project that would test... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
adverse selection and moral hazard, which implies that the social benefits of bank monitoring must for incentive reasons be shared between depositors and banks. Consequently, socially too few deposits are made in equilibrium. Deposit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
into these questions, we studied four organizations selected to reflect a wide range of attributes—for-profit and nonprofit, large and small, North American and European. We asked people to indicate how often they had work-related... View Details
Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
about its growth strategy. Foremost, Huffington Post management must determine whether to rely to a greater extent upon social networking technologies (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) to select and present the content delivered to specific users... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
Grove's management and leadership? A: Grove's career has innumerable lessons for the business executives of today and tomorrow. But if I had to select one, it would be "point of view." He has an uncanny ability to abstract... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
accessible, friendly man. He was always willing to talk about business, share anecdotes, and exchange ideas. He never stopped. He was a living compendium of information about the history of business. I once had a 2-hour conversation with him about my View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
that may be to do. In this article, the authors look at research from behavioral economics, social psychology, and other disciplines and offer practical tactics for leaders hoping to project a healthy amount of both qualities. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
technology helps users combat mental health disorders by relaxing, meditating, and completing other mind-calming exercises. Competitors include meQuilibrium, Headspace, Big Health, and myStrength. The research team conducted an eight-week study, View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for marketing strategies. Martha... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Research Thrust
By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details