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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
began to move into the position of dominance that it enjoys in the MBA curriculum today. Building on the foundational work of Adolf Berle and Gardiner Means on the separation of ownership and control in the large corporation, and of... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
restricted number of candidates coexist alongside those offering a larger number of candidates, even though the existing literature on network effects suggests that the latter should always dominate the former. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
after much smaller scale errors or "near misses." These formal studies were forums designed explicitly for the purpose of learning from mistakes by probing deeply into their causes. In addition, cross-functional teams, known as... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
ramifications for Facebook’s long-term business success. But can Facebook avoid changing its business model? What do you think? Original Column Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, one of the most dominant firms on the internet... View Details
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
rather than the level of joy impact viewer retention most. The effect of joy is asymmetric, with higher gains for increases than losses for decreases. Based on these findings, the authors develop representative emotion trajectories to support ad View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in forming public financial policies from 1775 to 1817. Part II surveys 12 merchant and investment banking firms founded during the nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
when a better price can be found online. The change in shopping habits will only speed up as the younger generation becomes a dominant force in retail shopping. These consumers are increasingly comfortable buying online in categories that... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
for entrepreneurs and startups. The authors discuss issues of power and of managing privacy, fairness, and public trust. Martha Lagace: What trends are you seeing around platforms? David Yoffie: The first question one must ask is: Are platforms the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
I am also looking at how incentive systems can be designed to promote long-run performance. Excerpt From rethinking The Mba: Business Education At A Crossroads By Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick G. Cullen Voices from the... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
affects emotions. Finally, work in economics on the design of monetary policy makes several assumptions (e.g., a representative agent, a summary measure of emotions akin to utility exists and that individuals only care about income and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
take many years to design and build and then have decades of useful life. This means that it needs to understand now what sorts of missions it may be required to perform in 10, 20, or 30 years and what assets and infrastructure it will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
fixing this gap. For 40 years, economists have drawn from the well of Utilitarian theory—which has the goal of maximizing overall well-being in society—to help design tax systems in the United States and around the world. Although the... View Details
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
That's a significant shift. Until recently, people's perceptions about quality for value and technological prowess were tied to the nations from which products originated. "Made in the USA" was once important; so were Japanese quality and Italian View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
software), these strategies have endured for many years and enabled the growth of large and successful firms (such as Intuit and Siebel Systems). A well-executed niche strategy, because of its focus, will exhibit strong defenses against a keystone and View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
bundle. Dominant firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
Editor's note: Building and landscape design can do much more for an organization than provide an inspirational headquarters or appealing work spaces. At Harvard Business School, the leafy, orderly, community setting helps reinforce a set... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
proposal involved changing a basic design feature of LinkedIn by allowing members to contact each other without intermediaries for a fee. Fewer members would avail themselves of this feature, but those who did would be willing to pay as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
international competition as well as technological innovation. Now consider these facts: In the US, there are 10 non-governmental jobs in the service sector for every manufacturing job. The ratio is roughly comparable in Western Europe and is even 3 to 1 in a country... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
television advertising influences online shopping. We construct a massive dataset spanning $3.4 billion in spending by 20 brands, including measures of brands' website traffic and transactions as well as ad content measures for 1,224 commercials. We use a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-062.pdf September 2014 Managing Consumer Services: Factory or Theater Customer Experience and Service Design By: Karmarkar, Uday, and Uma R. Karmarkar Abstract—While services already... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne