Long-termism - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

of a long-term interest (i.e., I won't have that cookie today because I can see that I will regret it down the road). In the area of social interaction, the impartial spectator allows us to see things from another's perspective rather... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Journal of Research in Marketing for "Assessing Long-Term Promotional Influences on Market Structure" (with Carl Mela and Kamel Jedidi, May 1998) Sunil Gupta : Winner of the 1998 Marketing Science Institute Best Paper Award for "Long Term... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

careers—as investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and in government agencies such as the State Department—both doing deals directly and advising on them. This long-term engagement with deals and dealmakers has left us increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

others deem crazy (see getting married at 21). We have course corrected when things are not working and recognized that our long-term marriage must always win out over any short-term decision. We have never regretted choosing the other... View Details

Blog

Leading Successful Digital Transformation

may be disrupted in the future is not the best recipe for long-term success. Experimentation: Companies often run hackathons and innovation days that inspire employees to start many new digital projects. Senior management encourages these... View Details

18 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

compensation package added up to $15.2 million in 2013, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That compensation includes a vast array of factors, such as salary, bonuses, stock options, and long-term incentive payouts. Interlocking... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

long-term goal of expanding to encompass a comprehensive range of financial solutions. Sophy Wang: MOONWISE is a venture that aims to increase menstrual health literacy in China through digital media and online education. A lack of proper... View Details

06 Jun 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Banking Regulation and the Low Risk Anomaly

Keywords: by Malcolm Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler; Banking; Financial Services

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

turnover or asset utilization tends to be higher. Disruptive innovations tend to be off-the-shelf products, in which the customer turns either to a group of specialist firms or to themselves to provide postsales service. A company that has a business model based on... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

our archive. The Center retains recordings for reference during our long-term relationship with clients. They are helpful in multi-year comparisons, but most importantly, they are incredibly helpful for our work with new faculty.... View Details

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

profit into long-term investments that aligned with the company’s decarbonization goals. Maersk has a unique scale that makes its decarbonization targets particularly important, with the company singlehandedly responsible for... View Details

Profile

Erin Kaivan

mates came to my baby shower. They all wanted me to feel as included as possible – my daughter has 90 new aunts and uncles!" Erin is still considering her long-term ambitions, but for the summer, she's enthusiastic about joining BCG... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

revenue. As a new CEO, Lee again operated with a long-term perspective, gradually building a company where people wanted to work, creating hundreds of jobs, and fostering a community of employees who worked together to meet the same goal:... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

November 2022
Teaching Note

Proximie: Using XR Technology to Create Borderless Operating Rooms

By: Ariel D. Stern, Alpana Thapar and Menna Hassan

Founded by Nadine Hachach-Haram in 2016, Proximie was a digital medicine platform that used mixed reality and a host of digital audio and visual tools to enable clinicians, proctors, and medical device company personnel to be virtually present in operating rooms (ORs),... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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2009
Other Unpublished Work

Singapore Competitiveness Report

By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Ashish Lall and Boon Siong Neo

The 2009 Singapore Competitiveness Report, the first in this new series of regular assessments by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, provides data and analysis to inform the discussions on the impact of the crisis... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Singapore

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25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

will take maybe two or three years to sort out whether betting is a medium- to long-term phenomenon versus something that could be viewed as a fad. Also, I think that when betting is an endemic part of any sport, it raises the ante for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

positive values contribute to a company's effective day-to-day functioning, as well as its reputation and long-term sustainability. In the book, I trace these connections in some detail and show how they play out in practice—sometimes in... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

off to meet with older client executives, Marvin insisted that we all wear hats during our travels to and from the firm. The only non-American among us was a Brit." Daniel made his mark as part of the team that advised Mobil Oil. That View Details

Research Summary

Why Do Consumers Contribute to Connected Goods? A Dynamic Game of Competition and Cooperation in Social Networks

Social network platforms and media rely on the voluntary contributions of individual users to stay relevant. Consumers (users) contribute content such as photographs, videos, tweets etc.: these are available to any of their friends or peers, but not... View Details

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