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- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
month. It’s video streamed all around the world. He sent his deputy general counsel. I thought these things were odd. Why would you respond that way? Why would you go into hiding just at the time when everyone wants to hear from you? And... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
general purpose (e.g., quality management) to highly market specific (e.g., knowing how to manufacture an airplane wing). To illustrate the potential of the framework to shed new light on traditional strategy questions, the article... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
Jeff Bussgang, general partner, Flybridge Capital Do you know how to get the most from your investors? Below, I have outlined the basic asks (table stakes) as well as suggestions for deeper asks. What to ask for Hiring Table stakes:... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
multivariate time series model to investigate the interaction between paid search and display ads and calibrate the model using data from a large commercial bank that uses online ads to acquire new checking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
a still-viable business model while simultaneously trying to develop a new platform for growth, it gets pulled in two directions, and both efforts underperform. Kodak, for example, needs to continue to focus on traditional competitors... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? argues that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a new View Details
- 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
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
Companies in the tech sector now (unlike during the “bubble”) produce (or conserve) goods and services that people want. They have real business models that realize revenue and profit as well as growth. "The New Economy proved to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
Marshall, fashion model Karlie Kloss, and “Magic Mike” star Cody Horn, have attended the program, sharing business challenges and contract strategies in the same room with mid- and senior-level executives who work for studios, networks,... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
In the six-year history of Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, some types of articles have always been popular with our readers. Want to generate a lot of reader buzz? Then write about negotiation strategy, managing IT,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
effect dominates the negative within-firm effect post IPO. We build a firm industry model with endogenous entry to quantify the importance of two competing selection mechanisms: an increasing share of R&D-intensive firms in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
the outcomes. Teradyne found that by using generic components offered with Windows NT software, it could slash the cost of delivering the product to integrated circuit manufacturers. Despite the significant cost advantages offered by... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
a summary measure of revenue generation and cost control. They should be controllable in that employees in the organization can actually influence improvement in the factor measured. Some of the metrics shown here are evaluations of... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
about innovation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55477 November–December 2018 Organization Science Slack Time and Innovation By: Agrawal, Ajay, Christian Catalini, Avi Goldfarb, and Hong Luo Abstract— Traditional innovation View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Karl Ulrich, Wharton professor, must decide between a commercial and "open source" model for his new business case venture. Students analyze a variety of open source and proprietary business models... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
market regulation. New Deal partnerships in planning borrowed from those efforts to manage competitive markets, yet ultimately discredited the fair trade model by mandating economy-wide trade rules that sharply reduced competition. Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
companies). Most CEOs rose in their company but a few came from outside. If they came from outside it was generally because the firm was in trouble and needed a turnaround. For example, Allan Leighton took over as chairman of the Royal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) expand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
progress in the public sphere of work, making it difficult to expose and undermine the social and cultural bases of inequality. Workers were warm and welcoming, generous with their time, conscientious in their responses to our questions,... View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
earnings growth by 6%. Consistent with the hypothesis that this effect derives from the local demand channel, we find that consumption is less responsive to local labor demand shocks in counties with more generous benefits. Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne