Meanings Of Work And Retirement - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

investments—and make hard choices, often under pressure, since delay frequently means loss of a competitive edge. They work collaboratively, since critical decisions usually... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

structure, value, and finance large, "Greenfield" projects. He also has created the Project Finance Portal. Perhaps fittingly, his HBS office is just a few miles down the road from one of the most... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

action outweigh the potential benefits of inaction, they cannot be expected to act. Breakthrough negotiators thus work to channel the flow and pace View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

scrappier start with very little upfront money. Through a trading card deal, free tickets from a relative who worked for an airline, and lots of time on the phone View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

increasing focus and intensity. In many cases, they are well-informed, well-organized and extremely passionate about advancing their cause." HBS Working Knowledge asked... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

corporations are primarily economic instruments, the purposes of the corporation actually get defined and worked out differently in different countries View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

red on food service. But Southwest doesn't pay much attention to that, because getting better at food service would slow its turnaround time, which is a big green for the airline when it comes to pleasing its customers. So we work on... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

important open-ended question: What does a positive outcome mean to you? "We were getting all these different answers, and very few of them mentioned survival,"... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

29 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

Fraud," is published in the December 2006 Journal of Accounting Research. Miller, whose favorite non-academic business reading includes the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the investor... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

The results, written up in new working paper Effectiveness of Paid Search Advertising: Experimental Evidence, showed these restaurants enjoyed a significant spike in exposure, in actions such as map requests... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

the person show evidence of imagination? Of really knowing what it means to work very hard and persevere to solve... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

Apple Computer knows how to make headlines. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh and is enjoying the fruits of its launch into the digital... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2010
What Do You Think?

What Is Customer Opinion Good For?

dominance, mainly through the design of new businesses and products before the competition might get to them. They wrote, "To set a company on a strong, profitable growth trajectory it won't View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Technology

03 Mar 2014
HBS Case

Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato

to lower their prices by paying less for their tomatoes. We took a different approach and concentrated on quality." This meant going to the start of the supply chain: the tomato farmers. ("You can't put the... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Food & Beverage; Retail

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

of your prospective deals suddenly evaporates. Losing your fallback—even an uncertain one—means that you're operating without a safety net. Nevertheless, don't overreact and accept unfavorable terms in your... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

were the basis of a second proxy. When corporate income taxes decline, investment opportunities of the firms improve—fewer taxes means companies can keep a larger fraction... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors.... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge 4. Develop cross-functional teams able to... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

have a lot of choices. They certainly don't have to work until they're sixty-five. And many of them have left. Many women say, "I have... View Details