Online Product Reviews - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

opportunity, says Teixeira. "A second screen can be a competitor, but it can also be a collaborator," says Teixeira. After all, if consumers already have their smartphones or laptops in hand, it only takes a few clicks to visit an advertiser's website and buy... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

into the business to the day the product departs the shipping dock. The researchers encouraged businesses to think of that order as the actual customer, and watched as they routed that person here and there among departments, perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

in multiple innovations, including smartphones, search, online purchasing, and social media. Lead director John Thompson led the board committee that chose insider Satya Nadella as its next CEO. Nadella completely changed Microsoft’s... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

Publications Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK Authors: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim Publication: Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

problem. Of course, it makes it easier that those companies are industry leaders with unique products customers want regardless of any inducements, says Healy. But he suspects another factor is also at work. "People know they are not... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

Published: January 10, 2011 For retailers offering deals through the wildly popular online start-up Groupon, does the one-day publicity compensate for the deep hit to profit margins? A new working paper, "To Groupon or Not to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

up,” says Benjamin G. Edelman, an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on consumer protection related to online businesses. “It’s not because regulators... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

fantasy but as a horror movie. "This season's biggest holiday extravaganza, 'The Polar Express,' should be subtitled 'The Night of the Living Dead,' " groused CNN reviewer Paul Clinton. "If I were a kid, I'd have nightmares," wrote Geoff... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 1

increased visibility in the public arena. Yet organizational research has lagged behind in recognizing and studying this category of organizational members. This article offers a critical review of this growing body of research. More... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

climate change and other crises,” Ndidi Nwuneli says. “There is an urgent need to transform and strengthen our food ecosystems.” AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd., cofounded by the Nwunelis in 2009, processes, packages, and distributes branded food View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

Entrepreneurs aren’t short on ideas for exciting new products or companies, but they are often short-sighted when it comes to finding ways to fund and build those projects. “There is a huge amount of discussion about how you come up with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

the business to 'roughly' understand what a person was earning . Each role was assigned to a pay range. The greater percentage of that range was awarded dependent on performance, benchmarked through goals and objectives agreed earlier in the year and an in depth 720... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

parents, they wanted to be proud of me and wanted to feel confident they had launched me on the road to a better life. Although most of us grow up as products of our families, we are also heavily influenced by the social norms manifested... View Details

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

Review article, “What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?” The article itself, with its two-by-two matrix of strategic space configurations, is an illustration of the value of face time. “This project would very much not exist... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

says Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration. “They can’t rely on data scientists alone.” Experiments have come to have an outsize influence within tech companies from Uber to Zillow, which test everything from new View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

Publications June 2015 Review of Accounting Studies Speaking of the Short-Term: Disclosure Horizon and Managerial Myopia By: Brochet, Francois, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract—We study conference calls as a voluntary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

entrepreneurship " Peter McCann pointed out that things are déjà vu all over again. "There will be increased productivity but the day of zero marginal cost for more than a small set of goods and services is not even on the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

20 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 20

the U.S. Department of Agriculture's approval of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we find that product assessments by powerful stakeholders and peer agencies influence product approval and that their... View Details