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  • 13 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

difference between stealth positioning and deceit. The difference is both ethical and economic. When used thoughtfully, stealth positioning is a legitimate way to diffuse prejudice about a product or company, encourage acceptance, and deliver View Details
Keywords: by Youngme Moon
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

through a combination of collaborative network building and customized advisory services. CGTI's hybrid business model and dual mission of profit and social value creation complicated the founders' decisions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

notion that the signal-to-noise ratio plays a central role in generating multiplicity with AA preferences for fairness.   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 612-701 Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

bank salespeople, who expect their customers to disregard the boilerplate language of a prospectus. What the salespeople say can be summarized as follows: "All prospectuses say there are potential problems, and we know that many... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Apr 2019
  • Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

of new fintech entrepreneurs began to change that by improving the speed and ease of the small business customer experience, and making their financial activity more visible to potential lenders. Lagace: How much do small-business owners... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services
  • June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney
In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Business Model; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Engineering; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Going Public; Strategic Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Italy; Europe; Germany; United States; China
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  • 25 Feb 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business

high-potential ventures into high-performance ventures, says professor Joseph Lassiter, depends on combining what, how, and who you know. Key concepts include: Successful entrepreneurs look ahead and say, "Two or three years from now, this is exactly the View Details
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

firms should create value wherever they are. But when we ask what kind of value and for whom, who are the relevant stakeholders, how is work actually going to be implemented on the ground, there are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

business world with revelations it had been paying bribes for contracts on a massive scale—eventually admitting to payouts in 60 percent of its markets, totaling $130 million to $275 million a year. Shopping trips to Hong Kong were the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

slightly for ISO 9001 adopters, although total injury costs did not. These results have implications for organizational theory, managers, and public policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-018.pdf A Decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

into a very powerful motivating force. In a tough economic environment, when there is little money for bonuses and a lot of concern about layoffs, Katzenbach says it becomes even more important to communicate with employees about the View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

we find it difficult to identify the tangible benefits delivered by brokers. While brokerage customers are directed toward funds that are harder to find and evaluate, they pay substantially higher fees and the funds they buy have lower... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

of projects, to try things out, to see what works. Delivery of value is ongoing. The default in this model is action. The idea is you do custom assembly, but you put a premium on the ability of those things... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

production of the primary product in order to capture more value in the by-product market. In the latter case, all waste is converted into by-product. Because the two markets are linked through the firm's (proportional) production of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 13

brands. He describes four different ad types and explains how each can influence multitasking consumers. To create an effective media mix, he recommends that companies take advantage of lean advertising principles and adopt a sequential approach to capture View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer-spending decisions by examining the purchasing behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases customers make when redeeming a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

Examples," Sebenius details how "3-D negotiation" provides practitioners with skills for effective dealmaking that create value on a sustainable basis. According to Sebenius, the first dimension of negotiation is by far the... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

implications of these effects for inventory management. To do that, we analyze data from a leading U.S. retailer who introduced a “ship-to-store” (STS) functionality that allows customers to ship products to their local store free of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

II, Tata was able to navigate his family-owned companies through the tumultuous political climate of India. He worked with British colonial officers, and later closely with several Indian leaders under both pro- and anti-business government regimes. Applying his... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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