Gap - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?

wave" of new material on leadership at this time, one that threatens to overwhelm the manager who tries to absorb and, heaven forbid, apply it all? Is it a natural result of a downturn in the economy, uncertainties in the environment, or a perceived leadership... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

the organizations they studied responded to their post-reform competitive environments in roughly four stages: Stage I: Turnaround and Catch-up. Recognizing that their efficiency and quality levels were far below those of world-class competitors, the firms initiated... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

02 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores

traditional counterparts (typically a ~20% premium). However, with advancements in production technologies, the cost gap is steadily narrowing. Additionally, their availability might be limited in certain regions, but as demand grows,... View Details

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About IT: IT Planning and Service Delivery Team Profile | Information Technology

technology evolves at lightning speed (creating gaps and technical debt), and sometimes exceptions must be made. But through thoughtful governance and a clear-eyed approach to prioritization, the ITPSD team ensures that IT resources are... View Details

30 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

The gender punishment gap in hiring and firing dissipates at firms with a greater percentage of female managers at the firm or local branch level. The gender punishment gap is not driven by gender... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

credit analysts exhibit a sizable partisan gap in their economic outlook, with roughly two-thirds the size of the gap observed among households. This bias affects analysts’ decision to upgrade or downgrade... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender gap is harder to explain but is often... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

30 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 30

gaps within the organization. Purchase this note:http://hbr.org/search/413037-PDF-ENG Ringier—Building a Digital-Age Media Company Felix Oberholzer-GeeHarvard Business School Case 713-423 Overview of the strategic re-orientation and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

allowing companies to systematically identify high-potential opportunities, address gaps between the planned deployment of the innovation and the factors that will determine its success, and begin to create new-growth businesses. View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

have workers who can do the job openings at a time when millions of Americans are looking for work That's inexcusable." 2 Eureka Ed, Inc. focuses on closing the gap in American STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education.... View Details

26 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

commercialization gap left by companies, “universities will have to be very careful that they don’t shift too far into doing the commercial work,” Roche says. “Because what academia has afforded for so many decades is the freedom to do... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

approaching these issues in isolation, WayCool has devised a comprehensive platform aimed at bridging institutional gaps and fostering trust across the value chain. Their commitment to building sustainable relationships underscores a... View Details

23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

experience, but they’re not set up to gather the anecdotes from all of their staff in order to come up with generalizable insights. So, I thought, how can we bridge the gap between the insights that research is producing with the managers... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

17 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

that had introduced an innovation to address a practice gap or anomaly. It then described the innovation in articles, cases, and public conferences and proceeded to help a new set of companies implement the management innovation, which... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

http://hbr.org/product/experience-the-finger-lakes-the-groupon-partnership-decision/an/814010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-086 Learning From Extreme Consumers Traditional market research methods focus on understanding the average experiences of average... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

labs and venture capital-backed firms, you see that there are both very real strengths and some serious limitations," Lerner says. "Much of the motivation for writing this book was to bridge the gap between the two models."... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

particular skills and needs. People with ASD may also have little preparation or capacity for the common social interactions required on a daily basis at work. As Sonne and his family adapted to life raising their son, the nature of Sonne's career made him increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

21 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The VC Quandary: Too Much Money

stages is because smart people are looking at the same data. "You've got big companies that are addressing wide markets and there are gaps in the product portfolio," he said. "Engineers and product developers leave those... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Financial Services

01 Sep 2024
News

Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Oct 2002
News

Faculty Research Symposium

nonprofits to the managerial emphasison unregulated pro forma earnings, to teamwork in health-care organizations. Synopses of three of the presentations follow. Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives In 2000, CEOs were earning, by some measures, 458 times... View Details

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