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- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
program successful. Neeley, who has studied this unmined subject for nearly 10 years, worked closely on the case with Mikitani, described by some as Japan's Bill Gates. Mikitani expected that the initial... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
will be maintained." Phillip Clark weighed in with this view: "Wisdom and trust determine transparency. The comfort and motives you sense from those providing the information determines how much you will believe Transparency is doomed View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
Americans are working longer hours than ever before, with the office increasingly stealing our leisure time. But according to new research by Anat Keinan, this hectic way of life is, for many of us, far from an unmitigated negative. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
pricing. The September 14, 1998 issue of Advertising Age reports that the percentage of marketers who compensate agencies on billings (media purchases) dropped from 71 percent in 1983 to 35 percent in 1997. Furthermore, the average profit... View Details
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
leaders who don't develop self-awareness are subject to becoming seduced by external rewards, such as power, money, and recognition. They also have difficulty acknowledging mistakes, an Achilles' heel that has crippled a number of CEOs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?
nature. The resulting “100% Pure New Zealand” campaign—which targeted travelers in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore—helped boost tourist visits by 50 percent from 1999 to 2005. New Zealand couldn’t have... View Details
- 17 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees
sort of subscription offering, according to a new industry and background note coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Elie Ofek. And they’re expected to multiply in the years ahead, with subscription View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
a host of dynamic multimedia material competing for his or her attention, we wanted to create a high-quality, engaging classroom experience. Both plot and character development in the book are inspired by a popular storytelling structure... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2024
- Book
More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
and whose owner(s) can be consistently identified. The term non-fungible token literally means what it says. Something is fungible when you can exchange one unit for another without a second thought. Dollar bills are fungible; so are... View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
offer these benefits. Even getting consumers with some of the highest electric bills in the country to turn off the lights can be challenge, as California found out with a failed discount program. Why some incentives spur action while... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- March 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence
By: Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross
For years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz—a small, New York City law firm—has consistently boasted the highest profits per partner and one of the highest “prestige” ratings among U.S.-based law firms. The firm has remained loyal to a distinctive strategy ever since its... View Details
Nanda, Ashish, and Margaret Cross. "Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence." Harvard Business School Case 720-396, March 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
How did you first become interested in PRT systems? Ben Edelman: As a longtime user of public transportation, I often wish for more widespread transit links, more frequent services, and faster journeys. Yet I'm shocked by the costs of... View Details
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
firms will not invest in R&D unless they can keep their people, but other research by Mark Garmaise at UCLA has shown just the opposite." To that end, Marx and Fleming have shared their findings with government officials in their home... View Details
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
if you hold firm on your terms. Careful analysis may reveal that the other party needs the deal as much or more than you do. Then there are psychological factors to consider, like the power of working from one's own ideal number rather than getting anchored View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
The Jungle and the Debate over Federal Meat Inspection in 1906
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In early June 1906, the House Committee on Agriculture heard testimony from two investigators appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to verify allegations of unsanitary conditions at Chicago slaughterhouses that had appeared in Upton Sinclair's recent novel, The... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
the world has three. I don't mean to boast. And there are lots of things that we've been working on since the eighties. We've been trying to get an HIV vaccine since the 1980s and we've been unsuccessful. Neeley: So, where does this leave us? Frazier: Let me start... View Details
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)
By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos
The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Energy Conservation; Power and Influence; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
Cuddy, Amy J.C., Kyle Todd Doherty, and Maarten W. Bos. "OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-016, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
entrepreneurial instruction (and inspiration) at HBS and the philosophy that underpins The Entrepreneurial Manager. Highlights from the discussion, moderated by Mike Roberts, executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies, follow. Q: We've... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
benefits. Now, they say, we are reaping the consequences of that misapprehension. Employees left their jobs at alarming rates over the past year as they reassessed their lives in the face of COVID-19. Other workers are “quietly quitting,” resolving to do the bare... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding