Detailing - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

to be developed and prioritized. A great attention to detail Being meticulous with detail aids not only in attaining a better appreciation of the nuances of each situation, but also in gaining the capacity... View Details

07 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

Keywords: by Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin & Willy C. Shih

Research Summary

Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

surprised that this giant of business history—whose major works I had read for my oral exams in graduate school—seemed lost in the details of what was then a new research project. There were facts everywhere, but not an argument to be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

bookkeeping, which would be covered in greater detail more than 30 years later in Luca Pacioli’s Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita (1494), a first edition of which is housed at Baker. Cotrugli also notes the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

in rural Haiti. Using a costing system developed at Harvard Business School, researchers found that the cost of care varied dramatically from clinic to clinic. The research and the concerns it raises are detailed in a recent case study,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

developing new medical innovations. They were issues of execution of known activities,” he says. “Particularly in the early days, the pandemic truly placed a premium on those with management expertise.” As Huckman details in a paper in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

meaning Special Experiment). 49 Land devoted massive efforts toward the secret project, which took place concurrently with other routine Polaroid manufacturing activities. Reams of daily research reports, diagrams, and test photographs in the Polaroid corporate... View Details

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

executives on Wall Street. According to Chua, their research found that "people who were made to think about luxury prior to a decision-making task have a higher tendency to endorse self-interested decisions that might potentially harm others." Their findings... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

05 Nov 2019
News

Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO

Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997) has been named the new CEO of McDonald’s. Previously serving as McDonald's USA President, Kempczinski was instrumental in the recent turnaround of the iconic burger chain, a process which was detailed at... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

paid in full (in U.S. Dollars) prior to your course’s enrollment deadline. At this time, Harvard Business School Online cannot accept: Checks Veterans Affairs Benefits (please see our Grants section for details on military grants) Awards... View Details

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

retailers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and Kroger, and on the menu in upscale restaurants as a sweetener in everything from cocktails to main courses. After focusing on details for several years, Turner hints he is once again... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Feb 2021
News

Andy Jassy Named Amazon’s New CEO

most recent quarter, AWS had net sales of $12.7 billion with an operating income of $3.6 billion, more than half of the company’s overall operating income,” the Journal reports. In a recent episode of the HBS podcast The Disruptive Voice, Jassy View Details

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

study highlights two vastly disparate companies—Coca-Cola and McKesson—that sought patents within the same technology class. The companies proposed devices that used carousel-like storage systems to dispense beverages and medical supplies, respectively. While both... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

Running Jobs Guidelines for Choosing Resources 14ms Whether running an interactive or batch job, it is important to understand the resources being used in the background of your submissions. Choosing Your Resources See our Choosing Resources seminar for more View Details

22 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

detailing is 5 percent to 7 percent more effective in driving share growth, she said. And what about that claim that 75 percent of doctors will write a prescription if the patient asks for it by name? "Not really," Wosinska... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical

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Career Support - Business & Environment

organizations is based on the employing organization's contribution amount. Students founding their own ventures must provide a thoughtful and detailed plan for the summer (i.e. roadmap for development, experimentation, and accomplishing... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

underinvestment in behaviors like handwashing with soap that we see. If they are rational, it can affect the design of interventions and incentives that policymakers can offer to encourage positive habit formation.” The team’s experiment and findings are View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

personal details just to explain that people like me do exist. All the while, I have a voice in the back of my mind saying ‘wouldn't it be easier to just say you are straight?’ and questioning whether I really do belong in this community.... View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

different culture and were engaged in positive (harmonious), neutral, or negative neutral interactions—six scenarios in all. After viewing the videos, participants were given details about two cultures—a Mongolian tribe called the Ewenki... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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