European Research Initiative - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

trips that don't happen. As a result of increased online shopping, traffic across the retail sector is falling (by as much as 50% when the holiday months of 2010 are compared to those of 2013). Exacerbating the traffic decline, when shoppers do leave their homes, they... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

01 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

mid-1970s, young Dal ended up with a backside full of splinters. His penance, as he searched for a pair of tweezers with needle points to pull out the painful shards of wood, was to discover the difficulty of finding any kind of suitably surgical tweezers. This led to... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

expertise to improve the lives of children and youth of low-income families in the Washington, D.C., region. Morino is the author of Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity. Alnoor S. Ebrahim is an associate professor in the General Management Unit... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

public role in ensuring the industry's survival. Indeed, governments from London to New Delhi have announced venture initiatives in the past few months. Q: Why is there a need for government encouragement of entrepreneurship and VC?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

16 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input was considered crucial. Qualitative data collected in 190 interviews with employees... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

want to capitalize on the first-movers' research and development. . . . Regardless of the type of complexity, whether product- or choice-related, the consumer is ultimately overwhelmed." Addressing the issue of product complexity, K.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

initially positive indirect network effects decrease in strength, reach their limit, and eventually turn negative. The limit to network effects is different for different types of agents. For agents with few outside options, the limit to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

This is partly because the relationship between infrastructure spending and economic growth, if focused only on the United States, has been hard to update. The US Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, after all, was signed into law through the Federal Aid Highway Act... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

approach he terms "vocal silence." Insights from the research might help leaders instill values or morals in their own organizations. Book Excerpt Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education Michel... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

proven business tactic. For every newsworthy instance of a corporation putting profit ahead of social good, there are multiple unheralded examples of companies using social good-oriented initiatives to expand their markets or enhance... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

03 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

weakening both consumer confidence and the consumer spending—much of it on credit—that has been buoying the U.S. economy. Companies should bear eight factors in mind when making their marketing plans for 2008 and 2009: 1. Research the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

14 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism

most during your research for this book? A: What was most interesting when I traveled to Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine and talked to these people in the government and in these political parties was to find out what exactly they took... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

take advantage of change in fundamental ways. In a presentation to an overflow crowd of HBS alumni, Kanter discussed the characteristics of companies that thrive with change and those that are swamped by it. She illustrated the talk with View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 18

situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

professor Wasserman to learn more about his research.New Business: Tell us about your research. Noam Wasserman: My research focuses on founder frustrations in entrepreneurial firms, with a particular emphasis on the core issues of... View Details

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

always, more than half the challenge is creating and implementing the new management processes that make smart technologies work. In short, the so-called "soft stuff" presents challenges that will occupy management researchers and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

money, bought out his partner, and relaunched the company with new people, eventually moving over to an advisory role as chairman of the board. Potentia initially accepted small amounts of funding to pursue several ideas before zooming in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

declining. Banking and other financial services are now more important to the national economy. Security forces initially fired upon demonstrators, but withdrew after President Obama intervened with a phone call to the king. Some... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

shared #MeToo stories of abuse after Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault in October 2017. “With the Weinstein story, a dam broke,” says Colleen Ammerman, director of Harvard Business School’s Gender Initiative, which supports View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

and written about Apple for the last decade, generating several case studies. His latest case, Apple Computer 2004, co-written with research associate Debbie Freier, was recently published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Yoffie sat... View Details