by Michael Ewens - Publications - Faculty & Research

July 2023 (Revised January 2025)
Teaching Note

Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea?

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America. A staggering 97 percent of respondents expect their funding to decline during the next 12 months as the struggling economy and social distancing hurts fundraising efforts. What can... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

others are bidding for what you want? One solution to distinguishing yourself in competitive environments is to build your bargaining endowment—storing up credibility and resources by developing relationships, burnishing your reputation,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

competitive strategy expert Michael E. Porter, of Harvard Business School. The competitive challenges now facing the UK have been made significantly worse by years of inaction. “Our worry is that the UK remains mired in wishful thinking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

customers," says Senior Lecturer Michael J. Roberts. By soliciting money through Kickstarter or similar sites, a company overcomes the catch-22 that occurs when it needs funding to make a product, but... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

30 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty

researchers were inspired to investigate the link between anger and guilt five years ago after discussing true crime documentaries and the dynamics of the falsely accused being interviewed by police. “As behavioral scientists, we wondered... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

services. Health plans will eliminate their restrictive networks, allowing members to choose in a competitive (and regional or even national) marketplace the providers that offer the best value for their condition. Plans will help patients make the best decisions View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

May 2020 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (A)

By: Linda A. Hill, Allison J. Wigen and Emily Tedards

Michael Ku joined Pfizer in 2011, after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. His mission was to drive the digital transformation of the company’s clinical supply chain, but he knew he had to start with the culture. Over the next eight... View Details

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Educators

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10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

In a new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, Harvard Business School professor Michael Watkins dissects the art of give-and-take. This excerpt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

06 May 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

they carefully manage the relationship. About four months into the study, the researchers observed a much different reaction to a similar change in code ownership by the other team they were observing, which they named Team Prism. Again,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

View Video Video by Amelia Kundhardt They keep on coming—corporate scandals involving revelations of deplorable working conditions at overseas factories. If it’s not the Foxconn factories that Apple employs in China, then it’s Gap’s... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Aug 2016
News

Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal

25 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

control, allowing us to buy our way out of unforeseen bumps in the road, whether it’s a small nuisance, like dodging a rainstorm by ordering up an Uber, or a bigger worry, like handling an unexpected hospital bill, says Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

million, though the price may be negotiable. The other site, a former apple orchard of about one hundred acres, was acquired by a local bank through a foreclosure. The bank is preparing to list the property but has yet to set an asking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

"Every organization attempting to accomplish something has to ask and answer the following question," writes HBS professor Michael C. Jensen in the introduction to his recent working paper: "What are we trying to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

inspectors find safety problems is not surprising," says Michael W. Toffel, an associate professor and the Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School. At the same time, when problems are resolved, there's no way of telling whether the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

then at least in the fog” "We negotiate, if not in the dark, then at least in the fog," says Michael Wheeler, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and retired MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, who taught... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding