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10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

punctuated by bursts of progress until an agreement is reached or breakdown occurs. Decision makers make hard choices (such as to make an unfavorable concession) only when they lack more attractive View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

is not always possible and suggests an alternative approach. First, when teams discuss what we call "hot topics," substantive disagreements (task conflict) tend to trigger negative attributions... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Huang I like to switch up what I’m reading—so I often alternate between fiction and non-fiction, different time periods and settings, and books that I’m reading for the first time read versus books that I’ve... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

alternative means of understanding these decisions that is highly complementary to the large-sample research in several ways. First, the cases in the book serve as manifestations and validation of some of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

locations (even if on a sofa) going for as little as $25 per night. Nightly rentals are beginning to exceed the volumes of the largest hotel chains. What happens if the chains, with much higher marginal... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

cameras are almost expendable devices, offering much less quality but good enough to be incorporated into cell phones and PDAs reaching mass markets. Solar cells met limited success as alternative energy... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

discuss—master bedroom suites, home schooling, the passion for genealogy, extreme sports, organic foods, alternative health, and the profound popularity of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Capitalism will find its renewal in these social... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

of perfect information." Among the suggestions for managers were these: Help "data analyzers consume and translate the data" (Scott Kemme, who also suggested an alternative title for the column, which I instead used above), Know "what not... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

touched controversial issues including gender equality and the conflicting emotions experienced both by women who work and those who stay home to raise families. Other popular stories, listed below, looked at such diverse topics as the... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

days, because consumers' demand for information about goods and services tends to be inelastic. As the model illustrates, additional forces drive industry change as well. Alternatives View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

rethink its entire go-to-market strategy rather than just its channel incentive programs. Design problems usually don't get fixed by tactical actions. Designing And Managing A Channel In a typical arrangement, a supplier has four View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

Credit: malerapaso For as much as American politicians and their constituents complain about taxes, the truth is that tax reform packages to address those complaints are rare—the last major reform of the tax code was passed in 1986 under... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

What does it need to do on the financing side to accommodate the transition of its business model? The company is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is thinking about issuing additional convertible... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

bankruptcy. In the post-Milken era, Gilson points to a hybrid approach that has blurred the line between Chapter 11 and restructuring, offering alternatives to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

chunk of money from hotels like Claridge's in London or the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo that pay a subscription fee up front to have Noma set up shop. Norton: It's interesting View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

Douglas B. Holt says brand managers have little appreciation for how myths in American culture can be used to create "extraordinary" brand-building opportunities. In this e-mail interview, Holt discusses a recent working paper... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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