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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
Through hundreds of years of experience in the sciences, and decades in commercial product development, researchers have discovered a lot about how to design experiments to maximize learning. We know, for example, that an effective... View Details
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Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 07 Jul 2023 Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Recruiting Advice Recruiting Strategies Candidates consider many View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
illustrative example, we show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
contribute to a majority of the company’s U.S. profit and with a strategic focus on embedding women’s ideas and contributions in product development, Campbell has delivered cumulative total shareowner... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
overseas suppliers. One example is Hasbro, which began sourcing from firms in India, Vietnam, and Mexico in the last five years. Moving existing suppliers out of China. Goertek, a supplier of Google’s Pixel watch, and Foxconn, a manufacturer of Apple’s MacBook, have... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
would have you, and themselves, believe in how 'hard' they work it's about productivity in spite of how workers report about how hard any of us 'feel' we work." TNoble101, arguing for better economic justice for overtime workers,... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
point to a surprising explanation: their gut. “If they relied solely on pro-con lists, or what the hard numbers look like for the company at their current state, probably none of these investments would be made,” Huang says. “Gut feel is the View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Market Research Meets the “People Factor”
used? According to HBS professors Gerald Zaltman and Rohit Deshpandé, the "people factor" behind market knowledge and its transfer is at least as important as the straightforward information the research conveys about a product... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
we fail to recognize that people consider many factors and make complex tradeoffs before making a decision. “Clinton voters didn’t consider that some Trump supporters actually may have voted for him in spite of—rather than because of—his... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
challenges associated with developing, overseeing, or interacting with a platform business Explore strategies for transitioning a product or service into a platform Build offensive and defensive plans to effectively develop or compete... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
vertical production and financial linkages with parents exhibited greater resilience. Finally, in contrast to the crisis period, the effect of foreign ownership and linkages on establishment performance was insignificant in non-crisis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library
labor problem in a hypothetical shoe manufacturing plant of the same name: workers were routinely leaving the plant 45 minutes early, adversely affecting production while the plant was struggling to fill its orders. The one-page case... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
QUITE SOME TRICK: Randal rendering an HBS classroom speechless, at least momentarily. Innovation and magic are kindred activities: Both can amaze and upend reality while introducing something new or totally unexpected, as if from nowhere,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
investments in research and development, was emphasized by several respondents. Mark Hopkinson remarked that "most big companies rely for their tech pipeline of new products on the innovation that comes from small business, acquiring... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
need to cross. It’s also conducting research to identify the location and frequency of giraffe crossings, map out roadkill hotspots, and understand the factors that influence giraffes to attempt crossing. The work is not for the faint of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and traditional equity research Scott Bolick... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Board Leader, and Transitions and Transformations. Long-term goals for this committee include determining which programs resonate with alumni and then defining a well-targeted marketing effort to increase cross-class and total alumni... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
commercial activities? And if so, how? Addressing this question is crucial at a time like now, when an increasing number of organizations engage in hybrid organizing.” Battilana pursues that big question in a new paper, Harnessing View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Case
This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly
overcome their shame, giving them a sense of purpose in the office that leads to better morale. Indeed, Turkasset has routinely made “best place to work” lists in Turkey, an unheard-of distinction for a debt collection agency. Total... View Details