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- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
Criticism, and The Age of Parody. "We tried to extrapolate bigger themes that would be helpful to brand managers as they looked at this new culture," Avery says. The Age of the Social Collective refers to the way that social... View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
robustness by consistently incorporating technological innovations and by providing a reliable point of reference that helps participants respond to new and uncertain conditions. And they can encourage... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
fund managers will know exactly what caused an investment to be a success or a failure. From the point of view of most investors, including the banks that claim expertise when they intermediate investors' money, invested funds go into a... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
join the conversation as Moss asks the class to consider possible solutions to these problems. “What does James Madison think?” he asks, reminding the class that this is 1787. This isn’t a question of what a student thinks, from her Skydeck vantage View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
use of power is the objective, they ask, why is it that the wrong people often possess power? They point to several reasons. Power-seekers self-select. They appear to want the job more. They also impress us—“many of us are disposed to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
in favor of the railroads and firms having interests in each other. “[The railroads] sought to influence the people who could regulate and control the bottlenecks and choke points of legislation and administration,” Richard White... View Details
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Dilan Gomih
think now." As an example, she references her Technology & Operations Management course, “which teaches you how managers can make things more efficient. Now, even when I'm in a cafeteria line, I'm thinking of how to make the line... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Gender Changes the Negotiation
candidate's mentor. The negotiators were given no reference points or standards for agreement, creating a highly ambiguous negotiation. Female executives negotiating as the mentor secured compensation that... View Details
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
means to be politically correct. They used the responses to help create the definition employed in their research: “using language (or behavior) to seem sensitive to others’ feelings, especially those others who seem socially disadvantaged.” “‘Correctness’ doesn’t... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
As Miki pointed out, “Respect and valuing employee input have little to do with education and much to do with personal values.” We’re told that personal values are very difficult to change beyond a very early age. How can we prepare... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
will your section be filled with peers at similar points in their careers, but you’ll be put into peer learning teams that you interact with throughout the program. Peer learning teams will rotate once per term so that you can develop... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
fashion quotient quickly!” How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work at PCL? “Given that my role involves working extensively in strategy and growth, what I learned in my classes on finance, negotiations, strategy, B2B sales, and operations helps me... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
introduced low cost production methods to manufacture highly accurate quartz watches. Swiss business historians refer to this as the "Quartz Crisis." Companies like Seiko and Casio seized the quartz market. By 1983, two-thirds... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
resources-processes-values framework. Resources refer to tangible and intangible assets, processes deal with activities that turn resources into goods and services, and values underpin decisions employees make and how they make them. (See... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
also add to the bottom line? A: I've alluded to some of the ways positive values can add to the bottom line. And research points to others that I discuss in the book—better access to talent, enhanced employee commitment, better... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
"signaling incentive," include the "career concern incentive" which refers to future job offers, shares in commercial open source-based companies or future access to venture capital, and the "ego gratification... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
references to scientific studies and other patents. When companies apply for patents, they must cite all of the past technology, research, and products that underpin their proposed inventions. Applications that directly View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Web
Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
for “Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks” (with John Y. Campbell and Carolin E. Pflueger). 2013 Malcolm P. Baker : Second Place Winner of the 2012 Jensen Prize for the Best Corporate Finance Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics for "The... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
underserved, and overburdened by pollution while increase access to affordable and accessible clean energy.”[7] In Executive Order 14008, which established the Justice40 program, the same key points arise: investing in the economy to... View Details