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- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
book excerpt Forecasters From the introduction of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's Economic Forecasters By Walter A. Friedman This is a book about a group of entrepreneurs who, like Evangeline Adams, identified a business... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
whom they may be able to do business with outside China as well. Stories do exist of Chinese entrepreneurs who have overcome the limitations of the state and the Party to achieve phenomenal success—take the case of Wanxiang, whose... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
given to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind." "The heart of the brand, the essence of the brand, resides in the will of Alfred Nobel," says Greyser.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
Soaring COVID-19 cases are forcing government officials to confront a critical question: Should they lock down the economy further? Whether to curb activities like indoor dining might seem like a simple choice, but the decision to ease restrictions can send a powerful... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Microsoft became dominant in software for PC operating systems; and the belief by entrepreneurs and investors alike that online grocery orders to the long-gone Webvan, the largest single start-up during the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
While many characteristics that mark a successful entrepreneur are gender blind, being a woman does make a difference, and recognizing and utilizing those differences is an equally important quality to cultivate when building a new... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
Most companies already outsource a portion of their marketing function—advertising. But what about direct-mail management, lead management, or customer analytics? Increasingly, expertise in these and other marketing areas lies outside... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
co-producing knowledge with those who will most benefit from it: the residents of the communities they study. "The common process of thinking is that from over here in our ivory tower at Harvard, we are... View Details
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
of improvement, rather than changes in income level or displacement of residents over time.) Education is a catalyst for neighborhood improvement What did seem to matter the most were two factors: population... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
Restoring American Competitiveness, which lays out their views in detail. Despite their dire analysis, Pisano and Shih remain cautiously optimistic that the United States can regain its competitive footing. Roger Thompson: When it comes... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
In separate sessions at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference, HBS professors McFarlan (HBS MBA '61 and DBA '65) and Dorothy A. Leonard dissected the dot.com disaster and found much worth salvaging. In fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial services industries, new opportunities for eager View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
Airport in two hours. “It wouldn’t go well,” he says. About the author Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading The Entrepreneurs Who... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
fail miserably," HBS Associate Professor Karim Lakhani, who helped organize the project, told a roomful of academic experts on innovation this week. In fact, the effort was so successful, Christensen—known for his work on disruptive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
Entrepreneurs and managers who can't adapt to the fast pace of change in the world—"a world that should be on Prozac"—are likely to miss out on opportunities in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
residents per hospital bed were 17 percent less likely to be sanctioned than those in the bottom quartile. "I don't say that these organizations won't be sanctioned if they provide charity care, but the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
place for permanent residents or poorly designed for families in a mass market. Finally, consider the costs of projects that more often than not go way over budget and then result View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
day rather than three or four. In addition, inspectors could plan early-in-the-day visits to the highest-risk facilities, such as elementary school cafeterias or assisted-living facilities, where residents... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
this article, we offer some basic principles and lessons for industries undergoing such a transformation. A Costly Problem, A Radical Solution In a nutshell, product development is often difficult because the "need" information... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel