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- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
advice to restaurant owners, staff, investors, and patrons that we offer below. How did it deteriorate so quickly? Restaurants are universally labor intensive—by any productivity metric they rank among the least View Details
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Career Networking - Alumni
about what's going on within your own community. Executive Presence (Behind a Screen) Speaking up on a conference call, presenting your analysis to your boss, or simply "showing up" online as your best self—how do you make your presence... View Details
- 12 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?
line has an end and there is an identifiable person who occupies it,” says Buell. “They know they’re last and everyone around them knows it as well.” The anxiety we feel about being last can affect how consumers experience waiting for a View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning
joined by Julia Minson, an associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School who researches the psychology of disagreement at the Minson Conflict and Collaboration Lab, for “How to Engage in Productive Disagreement.” The event... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
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Case Services - Faculty & Research
with faculty to maintain records of their research papers and publications as well as provide a wide audience of educators and practitioners around the globe access to their research. Services The team committed to providing faculty with high-quality customer service... View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Evolution of Corporate Structure, Internal Governance, and Leadership
My research documents the evolution of the internal governance of senior management in large US firms over a 20-year period and explores, via multiple methods, the causes and consequences of these changes. My findings suggest that... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
incompatibility. We also investigate how factors such as exclusive content and hardware-only adopters affect compatibility incentives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55682 January 4, 2019 Harvard Business View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Supreme: Remaining Cool While Pursuing Growth
By: Jill Avery and Sandrine Crener
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-006. Following VF Corporation’s acquisition of cult streetwear brand Supreme, consumers and industry pundits were nervous that becoming part of a large, public corporation would put an end to Supreme’s slow and careful growth... View Details
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People - Advancing Racial Equity
McNeill Coordinator of Class Giving, External Relations Simeen Mohsen Managing Director of Marketing and Product Management, HBS Online Cynthia Montgomery Faculty / Strategy; Director of Research Jen... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
These People Is Your Future CEO? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Andrew Hill, and Toby Johnson Publication:Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract Americans have long believed that U.S. military officers—trained for high-stakes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
their research findings. The researchers are excited about one particular data source: the online platform Yelp, which runs business listings and reviews written by customers. Unlike traditional Census data,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20
compensation plan. Substantively, the paper sheds insights on how different elements of the compensation plan enhance productivity. We find evidence that: (1) bonuses enhance productivity across all segments; (2) overachievement... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 04 Apr 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?
OK, so they could just as easily have seen a post from Larry Page online if they had still been working after 5 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. Working from their homes and seeing a post that simulated the bulletin board at the office, would... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
PublicationsHarder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Authors:Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract Being a great leader today is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
funny mix. When we review an investment opportunity, entrepreneurs have to have a pretty good story to tell about what they want to do. I think it helps to be cocky, there's no doubt about it, but if you're not sufficiently confident,... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
The Auction for Travelport (A)
By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal
A senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs),... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Product Positioning; Cost vs Benefits; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Competitive Advantage; Auctions; Industry Structures; Travel Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Misha Sanwal. "The Auction for Travelport (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-474, April 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14
conceptualization of products in this context, as reflected by product feature choices, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We study digital cameras introduced from 1991 to 2006 by firms from three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne