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- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
they work,” either by allowing them to work remotely or by providing incentives to move closer to offices, Wu says. The highest performers suffer the most While previous... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 26 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
established brands are facing a loss of credibility as they are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands,” says Vettese, whose research project was guided by HBS professor... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable
Pacelli says. You Might Also Like: Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter? Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay Feedback or ideas to share? Email the View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
The dot-com implosion has left many managers wary of the promised wonders of information technology, but those who ignore the next phase of the Internet—dubbed Internet2—do so at their peril, says HBS professor Richard Nolan. "The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When driving... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
patients. “The extremely high profit margins in medical devices offers a setting in which the risks are often overwhelmed by the potential rewards to innovate, especially when competitors face their own product failures,” according to the... View Details
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
owed $130,000 in sales commissions for the work he had done prior to being fired from the firm a few months earlier. The executive, on the other hand, claimed the employee was owed nothing—in fact, he insisted the employee had been... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
the past two decades by following an approach its founder calls “the Walmartization of healthcare.” The hospital delivers world-class results for cardiac patients, provides an excellent work environment to... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
- 20 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Positive Professional Image
As HBS professor Laura Morgan Roberts sees it, if you aren't managing your own professional image, others are. "People are constantly observing your behavior and forming theories about your competence, character, and commitment,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
delegate responsibility for designing and implementing plans to achieve those ends to the maximum degree possible." Joseph B. Fuller (@JosephBFuller), professor of management practice and co-leader of the HBS Managing the Future of View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
when there's another just down the hall. All of these reasons create a workplace in which authority is at best an uncertain means of influence. Your Formal Authority by Itself Cannot Generate Commitment You need more than people's simple... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
communication exchanges, are not going to happen unless managers better integrate common standards. McAfee studied IBM's B2B midrange ordering system and interviewed key players to find out what worked and what didn't. Using his case... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 08 Aug 2022
- HBS Case
Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS
Push Through the Pain? Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
introduced the idea of IP as not sustainable as a competitive advantage ... . It is knowledge that allows speed to trump IP." As E. Hassen put it, "Intellectual property is not just about product but process as well. Speed is an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jul 2013
- Video
Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending - Buying Experiences
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
unlikely issue for professors in a business school to take on, but they say they are lucky that HBS independently funds much of the research conducted by its faculty and doctoral students. That’s important,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
financial crises, and weak intellectual property rights. HBS professors Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu, authors of the new book Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution (Harvard Business Press), offer an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
From resolving a labor dispute to orchestrating a merger to getting a new company off the ground, negotiation plays a vital role in nearly every facet of business. In response, Professor James Sebenius, founder of the HBS Negotiation Unit... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
fashionistas? And if companies focus more on these consumers, how is the broader consumer pool impacted? Farronato studies these questions in a working paper recently published by the National Bureau of... View Details