Small Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

revenue is larger than the GDP of many small countries, the proposition makes sense. The authors argue that the problems are systemic, and who better to attack huge issues than people who run small, medium, and huge organizations. Bower,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Pease (MBA 1967) (Deucalion) Following on Pease’s 2009 compendium, The Golden Age of Jewish Achievement, this book explores the “why” behind the “what” of Jewish achievement. Pease evaluates the major theories offered to explain the phenomenon of so many achievements... View Details

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

For decades, management consultants and the popular business press have urged large firms to flatten their hierarchies. Flattening (or delayering, as it is also known) typically refers to the elimination of layers in a firm's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

possible alliances and partnerships); manufacturers (for manufacturing set-top boxes); non-U.S. licensees; and wholesale and retail distributors (for sales). With his promising venture running on fumes, Perlman's next obvious negotiation might have been with venture... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

history of practices that insulate companies from international competition. Small retailers have been protected from big retailers. The idea took hold that the Japanese approach [of restraining competition] was superior and that it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

01 Feb 2000
News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

employees, rapidly rising health-care costs, and the likely loss of existing protection against lawsuits for pain and suffering from medical events. She then disclosed the results of a 1999 KPMG survey of CEOs and consumers about consumer-driven health care. The View Details

14 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

depended on a more dynamic development of the entire regional economy. On his own initiative, in 1997, Groot launched a private sector-driven effort to enhance the economic development in central Germany, the region located around Halle-Leipzig. Bundling together 50... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2008
News

Building a Better MBA

intended to frame the issues for potential curriculum changes at HBS. (To ensure open discussion, comments made during the two colloquia were not for attribution.) For their research project, Datar and Garvin interviewed 30 deans and associate deans and roughly 100... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

efficacy. Most important of all, they showed farmers that Notore and its products could be trusted. Earning confidence among trading partners is a slow but essential enterprise in professionalizing agriculture, especially in a country like Nigeria where View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

on billable hours, for your whole career, means that it will never become family-friendly. It is noteworthy, however, that I met my wife at the consulting firm. Small firm consulting. Upon leaving the large... View Details

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

available at positive prices. We characterize the size of the p2p network as a function of the firm's pricing strategy and show that the firm may be better off setting high prices, allowing the network to survive, and acknowledging that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

dynamic, long-term impacts of bundling on demand. The primary explanation for the profitability of bundling relies on homogenization of consumer valuations for the bundle, allowing the firm to extract more surplus. We find bundling can be... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

employees influences their startup's performance. We conducted a randomized field experiment in India with 100 high-growth technology firms whose founders received in-person advice from other entrepreneurs who varied in their managerial... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

marketers, who spent $1.42 billion on online video advertising last year in the United States, an investment expected to jump 52 percent to $2.16 billion in 2011, according to analytics firm eMarketer. Tracking Eyes And Faces To help... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

05 Feb 2019
News

Protecting the Power Grid

his family and his small North Carolina town after a nuclear electromagnetic-pulse attack wipes out America’s electrical infrastructure. The book struck a chord with Popik (MBA 1988), who was a captain in the US Air Force before attending... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; terrorism; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

so that it would act in the national interest. Exporting began to be seen as a route to development, and foreign firms offered both the technology and access to markets that might make exports possible. Many state-owned firms—some of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

MBA '83), vice chairman of advertising firm Arnold Worldwide. "It takes longer than you think to get everybody on the bus. And even then, is your vision clear? Does everyone know where they're going? Sometimes you think everybody is on... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

information, and attempting to influence the work of others. An employee with a narrow span of influence does not need to pay much attention to people outside his small area to do his job effectively. An individual with a wide span must... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

announced a small profit. Do you think this is giving heart to other online businesses? A: Priceline failed in the grocery business. But I'm not sure I would develop much out of that [the profit]. There are plenty of profitable online... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

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