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11 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

transforming how work is done and how people are paid for it. This heightened tension between moral and material goals may be nowhere as intense as it is in journalism, a field with strong ethical... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

depth, and accessibility—it has become clear it is key to helping companies develop sustainable competitive advantage. “The new attention being given to data today is because... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

potential new generation of fans? "I won’t make any predictions, except that ... baseball is working hard to try to restore the revenue side and the attendance side." Greyser: They’re doing quite a bit, but... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

Seventeen years after the dawn of social media marketing, this medium continues to be an intriguing puzzle—a place where brands are investing more time and money, but are still struggling View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

prepare don't come true. What can be done about this challenge? Maree Conway has one prescription: "...organizations have no mainstream way of thinking about the future of their organization, and then... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)

target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. But it’s not just businesspeople who palter. Donald Trump has done it. Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, too. Chances are you have paltered. “People seem View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

movement. When other thoughts intrude, dismiss them and return to the repetition. That’s all there is to it. This can be combined with moderate exercise or View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

Obtaining an image from the Internet is as easy as right-clicking and downloading. We’ve all done it—or, ahem, know someone who has. We rarely think about who created these images or whether we have the rights View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

the globalization of firms on female career employment opportunities, remain hardly explored. Debate must be joined. 4. Businesses and the Environment. This journal is proud to have published pioneering... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

When lawyers fare better than inventors and entrepreneurs where U.S. patents are concerned, you know injustice is being done. The current system makes patents easier to acquire, sure, but renders them less... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

American business are plainly visible for the whole world to see, Mills warned. Repairing the infrastructure is critically important to restore trust in American business, and tinkering with the rulebook is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

of science return are large enough to offset the far larger number of unmanned missions that could be run for the same money. Personally, I think lots more work can be View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Apple's experience with the iPhone teach us in this regard? A: Apple has been masterful in recognizing that a lot of innovation in regard to potential applications for the iPhone and iTouch could and should View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

09 May 2018
Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and Mike Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS, experts in scheduling and in inspections, respectively. “The more inspections you have View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

completed, need not detract from productivity if it’s done right,” Amabile says. For managers concerned that offering such activities might lead to distraction or procrastination, they can View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

(like 2008) but a depression (like the 1930s.) Accordingly, we must be prepared to act in ways we’ve never done before. Second, just as doctors in overburdened hospitals, we... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

They may still be working from home, but they’re working from home in those cities. Gazette: Why does inventory remain so low across the country, and can anything be done View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

Only in some of the smaller programs are personal interviews by admissions personnel of every candidate possible. What more can be done at the MBA program entry level? Or is it unrealistic View Details