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digital strategy and marketing. Microsoft acquired the company in 2007. In 2009, Jim set up Third Floor Enterprises, an advisory and investment firm focused on advertising and marketing technology and services where he has served as a... View Details
- July 1, 2024
- Article
Research: Speed Matters When Companies Respond to Social Issues
By: Alison Wood Brooks, Jimin Nam, Maya Balakrishnan and Julian De Freitas
Companies and their leaders face new pressures to make public statements about controversial and sometimes divisive social and political issues. New research shows that timing matters: consumers perceive a relationship between speed and authenticity, and discount... View Details
Brooks, Alison Wood, Jimin Nam, Maya Balakrishnan, and Julian De Freitas. "Research: Speed Matters When Companies Respond to Social Issues." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 1, 2024).
- 2015
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Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Proceedings of the Michigan Meeting, May 2015
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, Kirsti Ashworth, Chase Dwelle, Peter Goldberg, Andrew Henderson, Louis Merlin, Yulia Muzyrya, Norma-Jean Simon, Veronica Taylor, Corinne Weisheit and Sarah Wilson
What is the role of the academic scholar within the discussions of the global challenges that are relevant to society, such as sustainability, health care, gun control, fiscal policy, and international affairs? How do scholars engage in a world in which knowledge is... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J., Kirsti Ashworth, Chase Dwelle, Peter Goldberg, Andrew Henderson, Louis Merlin, Yulia Muzyrya, Norma-Jean Simon, Veronica Taylor, Corinne Weisheit, and Sarah Wilson, eds. Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Proceedings of the Michigan Meeting, May 2015. Michigan Publishing Services, 2015. Electronic.
- July 2021
- Article
Making Medications Stick: Improving Medication Adherence by Highlighting the Personal Health Costs of Non-compliance
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Joe J. Gladstone, Dan Berry, Charlotte L. Kirkdale, Tracey Thornley and Adam D. Galinsky
Poor compliance of prescription medication is an ongoing public health crisis. Nearly half of patients do not take their medication as prescribed, harming their own health while also increasing public health care costs. Despite these detrimental consequences, prior... View Details
Keywords: Prescription Drugs; Medication Adherence; Personal Health Costs; Health; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Communication Strategy
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Joe J. Gladstone, Dan Berry, Charlotte L. Kirkdale, Tracey Thornley, and Adam D. Galinsky. "Making Medications Stick: Improving Medication Adherence by Highlighting the Personal Health Costs of Non-compliance." Behavioural Public Policy 5, no. 3 (July 2021): 396–416.
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
There’s a lot of self-learning that goes on in the process of adjusting to a different environment. “Some students are better at reaching across cultures and being effective communicators in ambiguous situations,” continues Abrami, who... View Details
- January–February 2000
- Article
The Electronic Negotiator: Negotiations over Email
It's tempting to save time and money by negotiating through e-mail, rather than in person or by phone. But new research finds that people can be contentious-even dishonest-when negotiating solely by e-mail. View Details
Valley, Kathleen L. "The Electronic Negotiator: Negotiations over Email." Harvard Business Review 78, no. 1 (January–February 2000): 16–17. (Reprint F00103.)
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
before—coordinating all the top minds in the top office. "CEOs are spending more and more time with their direct reports, in larger and longer meetings," says Julie M. Wulf, an associate professor of strategy at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Ebrahim notes, organizations view performance measurement the wrong way around, allowing what they can measure and communicate easily to drive strategy; instead, the organization's strategy should drive what... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
disregard—advice all the time. A widely recommended strategy for figuring out the most accurate solution to a complex problem is to reach out to multiple people to leverage the wisdom of the crowds in weighing alternatives. Prior research... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
Church, Virginia, with his wife and three children, “They told me, ‘Oh sorry, we’ve closed.’ The upside was that my severance paid for a new company.” That company was the Delve Group, which focused on branding and communications services... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
fleeting sense of community created by the experience. Upon graduation, he continued, we miss the togetherness of our campus years. “It’s the togetherness that people thrive on,” he said, providing the answer I was looking for. For HBS... View Details
- February 1979 (Revised July 1985)
- Case
Fiber-Optics Industry (A): Products, Technology, and Markets--1978
Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Hardware; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Fiber-Optics Industry (A): Products, Technology, and Markets--1978." Harvard Business School Case 379-136, February 1979. (Revised July 1985.)
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Poverty and Security
At the IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings in October, World Bank president James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) declared that along with its fight against terror, the global community must also address the longer-term issues of “poverty,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Invisible Edge: Taking Your Strategy to the Next Level Using Intellectual Property by Mark Blaxill (MBA ’84) and Ralph Eckardt (Portfolio) With the right intellectual property (IP) and the right strategies, companies can command premium... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
had to undertake a complete transformation of how Merck operates," he said, outlining strategies that included stepping up resources devoted to scientific research and marketing, integrating divisions of the company, and heading off... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
In their HBS working paper "Overcoming the 'Silent Killers' to Strategy Implementation and Organizational Learning," HBS professor Michael Beer and Russell A. Eisenstat, president of the Center for Organizational Fitness, outline six... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- November 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A)
Examines the implications of Whole Foods' CEO's anonymous message board postings including its potential impact on the company's proposed merger with Wild Oats. View Details
Keywords: Forms of Communication; Acquisition; Communication Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Kimbrough, Michael D., Sudhakar Balachandran, Madhav Srinivasan, and Rachel Gordon. "Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-029, November 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
India, Peru, Rwanda, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and Vietnam to observe local economies, study management practices in the field, and interact directly with business and community leaders. In addition, domestic programs took... View Details
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Sidestepping Some of the Partisan Debate: An Interview with Max Stier
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Whereas some organizational leaders are engaging in CEO activism by speaking out on social and political issues not directly related to their bottom line, some leaders want to avoid doing so. Some, in fact, hold neutrality as a core component of their strategy. But... View Details
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "Sidestepping Some of the Partisan Debate: An Interview with Max Stier." Special Issue on HBR Big Idea: Leadership in a Hot-Button World. Harvard Business Review (website) (March–April 2018).
- May 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (A)
By: Willy C. Shih and Gregory Dieterich
This case examines the early history of the color television receiver market and the global consequences of an historic 1958 consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice that opened RCA's patents to licensing by domestic competitors royalty-free. This externality... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Patents; Rights; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Business History; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy C., and Gregory Dieterich. "RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (A)." Harvard Business School Case 614-072, May 2014. (Revised July 2016.)