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- 24 Apr 2023
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks
successes haven’t come easy. At the very outset, fundraising was hampered by challenges unique to the cannabis industry, such as investors’ fears about backing ventures while sales were still illegal under... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
However, Cavallo speculates a fear of customer backlash kept them from recouping costs by increasing their retail prices. “These companies were worried about antagonizing their customers if they quickly... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
street-to-prison cycle that had ravaged his youth. He had passed a high school equivalency test and had earned a college degree, and by that point could envision a bright future as a budding accountant at Arthur Andersen, the firm he... View Details
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
Employees often feel stressed when their firms are bought by other companies, fearing they could face layoffs, demotions, or lousy working conditions. While it’s true that organizations tend to restructure... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 21 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
this dramatic run for two years." About $100 billion of the $814 billion the US government disbursed through stimulus payments found its way to the stock market. That was one of the key findings of a recent working paper co-authored by... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
There's an old fable in which a scorpion asks a frog for a piggyback ride across a river. The frog fears getting stung along the way, but the scorpion argues that stinging the frog would be fatally stupid; the frog would die and sink and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?
that, then that company has more capital and can do things that it couldn't otherwise do.” Doing well by doing good is an important trend in business generally and venture capital specifically, with the sphere of impact investing no... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
typically adopt the strategy of remaining silent about race and inequality to avoid being labeled “agitators.” In a 2017 study by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and colleagues, 78 percent of black professionals said they have experienced... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM
- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
firms often hunt for target companies they see as undervalued. By cutting costs or reorganizing, the acquirer can improve productivity and position the firm for profitable operations or a future sale. In some quarters, View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize
As the number of casualties from COVID-19 ballooned at an alarming rate last year, some feared that government officials were failing to report several coronavirus-related losses and the actual death toll was much higher worldwide. While... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?
behavior bubbles below the radar An employee may not come forward right away to expose wrongdoing at a corporation for many reasons. In the absence of directly observing egregious behavior by a particular individual, an employee may not... View Details
- 05 Feb 2024
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire for Attitude?
cross-training—as opposed to the fiefdoms and management by fear typical of other fine dining establishments—on the job. Nearly all that I spoke with mentioned what they were learning—and in some cases,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?
came from a sample of customers.” While the recent emergence of ChatGPT has reignited fears that machines may replace humans in the workplace, the results of this study don’t necessarily mean that AI is going to gut marketing departments,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
Corn Laws, the British decided to move toward free trade in wheat. It was a controversial move. Skeptics feared that other countries that supplied wheat to Britain could use it as a weapon, by threatening to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
submitted by drug developers, doctors, lawyers, and consumers. The analysis revealed no difference in the frequency of adverse events reported for BTD drugs versus similar drugs that lacked BTD status and took longer to gain approval. The... View Details
- 28 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need
found that the “resource” most desired by respondents (31 percent) was a more open culture around mental health. In recent years, many workplace wellness programs have focused on ways to lower healthcare costs, but these programs haven’t... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson