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- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
consumers are veering away from soft drinks, so they are already adding healthier alternatives to their product lines. "There could be situations where graphic warning labels could make people feel badly about themselves, so are we... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
closest airport), he kept broadening his perspective. He asked a lot of questions. He checked in with the air traffic controller and the first officer; everybody’s perspective was brought in. He considered many alternatives when most of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
Fountain House provides that alternative for over a thousand people in New York alone." De Chazal hopes his new schedule at Morgan Stanley will allow him to sharpen his focus on others. "We live in an incredibly rich country during a time... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
alternative strategies for local newspapers so they can continue to exist,” he observes. What’s clear is that contacting the media remains a critical first step for many whistleblowers, and the local paper is a dissemination tool to get... View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style
discovered that computer analysis proved to be a robust, yet fast and cheap alternative to generating emotional data. Does CEO style correlate to performance? With that data in hand, the researchers grouped CEOs into one of five distinct... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
(In medieval Europe, it was consumed daily because the presence of alcohol made it a safer alternative to water.) And the recipe has remained largely unchanged. To make either low- or no-alcohol beer, one begins with a batch of full-test... View Details
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
needed to find alternative models that overcome the IPS, and he hopes that the FSL model will be applied in other studies that examine the effectiveness of marketing instruments. "It would be interesting to apply the FSL model in a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
for well-educated, successful people to work in the public sector. Especially when it comes to the military, the alternative is a risk of increased insularity and a schism between those who serve and those who don’t. Personally, I... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
yuri_arcurs Recent research shows for the first time that diversity in venture capital firms not only spawns creativity and alternative viewpoints, but also improves financial performance. Paul Gompers, Eugene Holman Professor of Business... View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
Performance. An alternative explanation might go the other way: Financial Performance = Gender Diversity. Well off firms have much more flexibility to experiment, meet diversity goals and so forth.” Patrick Schild, while disagreeing with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
downside consequences are more certain. Google has some 700 employees in China, the best of whom are already finding alternative employment. So de facto, Google is going to be a much smaller entity in China. It seems unlikely to me that... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
Meeting." The fact that no one suggested an alternative to the PMM was fairly typical of our findings. Individuals are frequently convinced that keeping quiet is the best way to preserve relationships and get work done. In the... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- Research Summary
The Toyota Production System: Rules for Activity, Connection, and Pathway Design and Improvement
Researchers have established that Toyota enjoys advantages in cost, quality, lead time, and flexibility when compared to its competitors in automobile assembly. Differences in generating value have been attributed to differences between the Toyota Production System... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-062, January 2018.
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose
In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Justice; Corporate Purpose; Shareholder Value Maximization; Ethical Reciprocity; Economic Systems; Business Ventures; Mission and Purpose; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Salter, Malcolm S. "Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-104, April 2019.
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
the table,” she says. “Renewable natural gas from sources such as landfills and animal manure, and green hydrogen produced with renewable energy, are alternatives worth pursuing.” Judson says “access for all” is the most important feature... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
examples of high strategic intelligence. What do they have in common that makes them successful? A: If I had to summarize very quickly, I'd say they have a pretty clear strategy, but they are not satisfied with it. They are always trying to improve it and look for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
decreased reliability over time and sensitive to their growing visibility to regulators and to potential litigation. This result is robust to numerous alternative explanations such as the changing composition of regulators, the growth of... View Details
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
through the problem. The coaches are constantly present, working with the teams at the home site before training begins, during training, and after CAP classes. The training alternates between learning the CAP framework— straightforward... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin