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- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
tradable digital currencies that can be used to purchase future goods or services offered by the startup, possibly on more favorable terms than in the real market. According to one report, 140 startups have raised over $2 billion in this View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
Unfortunately, superior decision making is distressingly difficult to assess in real time. Successful outcomes—decisions of high quality, made in a timely manner and implemented effectively—can be evaluated only after the fact. But by the... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
figuring out what to do at an intersection if a traffic light fails. In testing new AVs, De Freitas and his colleagues propose that companies should adopt a standard they refer to as SPRUCE—teaching AVs to drive in a manner that is:... View Details
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
accidents. A surprising number of important discoveries and inventions are associated with stories about spillage, breakage, and other manner of unintended action that led to valuable, though unexpected, outcomes. Probably the most famous... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
of highly specialized knowledge, laypersons may not be in a position to pass accurate and fair judgment on the conduct of specialists. Most normative codes, like the ancient Hippocratic Oath for doctors, clearly articulate a profession's higher aims and social purposes... View Details
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
on specific problems. "Yet at the same time, compared to the average MBA class, the PLD class has richness. There are decades of experience in each class. People share contexts; they live many of the problems. It's exciting in that View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
son to succeed her husband. But she grew increasingly convinced that her son would not support the values of the company and would harm the culture that had made the company strong and the family proud. The new CEO's arrogance and disrespectful View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
productivity would improve—especially as the bricks-and-clicks retail model worked in an increasingly coordinated manner to offer the consumer a seamless shopping experience. The Internet Threat While recent retail sales figures seem to... View Details
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
sent you to the Web site where you could see the films in their entirety, which starred the same dashing young actor driving BMWs amid all manner of car chases and plot twists. Because it was kind of an underground thing, young people... View Details
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
the effects of geographic distance and a "hot" IPO market on the formation of networks in the venture capital industry. The fact that the world is connected through spanning ties has huge effects on the spread of all manner of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business
things in the manner that is widely accepted and to adhering to industry norms and culture. What Legal Mistakes Should I Watch Out For In Starting A New Company? Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs The life of a startup can be... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
of war. We have reached the tipping point where Pax Americana now threatens Brand America. For some, the problem is the Bush administration's pattern of unilateral decision making. For others, especially in Europe, Bush's manner has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
happiness. We conducted a number of studies—from national surveys to a field study in which we examined how the manner in which employees at a Boston-based company spent a profit-sharing bonus impacted their long-term happiness—in which... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
after category, achieved their success simply by figuring out a way to be radically and dramatically different from the rest of the crowd. The idea in the book is not only to celebrate these mavericks; it is to deconstruct and demystify what they've accomplished in a... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
distortions that may result as interest groups or politicians seek to direct the public programs in a manner that benefits them. While the most dramatic effects are seen in the U.S., this is a global problem. The patent system has many... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
was no more certain than a crystal ball. Moreover, despite efforts of forecasters to distance themselves from astrologers and popular conjurers, the emergence of scientific forecasting went hand in hand with rising popular interest in all View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
executives need to figure out how the product, labor, and capital markets work—and don't work—in their target countries. This will help them understand the differences between home markets and those in developing countries. In addition, each country's social and... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
participation. Just setting that goal institutes a standard that other people will strive to match. Such goal setting could help companies push up participation rates in all manner of employee programs, from charitable donations to health... View Details