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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron’s board (which was... View Details
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
wanted to find out whether a delay between order completion and order delivery would have an effect on which items the customers chose to buy. In other words, would a customer be more likely to choose kale over Kit-Kats if he ordered his... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
to double plant capacity, sell the plant to outside investors, or perhaps make no major changes. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708021 The Turnaround of Chris-Craft Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
The programs reduce some pollution, or get rid of some waste, but they require a new allocation of money every year.” And when times get tight, that allocation is often first on the chopping block. In short, “Those top-down point solutions have not been shown to be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
panel displays were ¥140 billion in 2006 (approximately $1.2 billion), with the market expected to double in size by 2009. The company is also expanding into cosmetics and dietary supplements. As it happens, the technology that prevents... View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
that something was happening." To evaluate the effects of planning regulation on independent retailers, Sadun studied the retail landscape in the United Kingdom between 1998 and 2003. Not surprisingly, she discovered that the... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
the downsides of the cluster phenomenon. After the French tire maker Michelin introduced radial tire technology—which in effect doubled a tire's useful life—Akron tire companies quickly began to lose their... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
than doubling the unit cost of the aircraft. The amount of electronics equipment in a modern fighter aircraft is astounding. An Air Force general captured the essential change: "In the past, the Air Force used to buy airplanes and... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, management insiders... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
effect on productivity and innovation. As I showed in my book Confidence, organizations on “winning streaks” thrive on a culture of respect, which underlies speed and innovation, while “losing streaks” are full of secret anger, shunning... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find someone who can help you overcome... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
but I'm the steward. I aspire to that HBS mission of being a leader who makes a difference." The metrics show that CEE is effecting change. Last year, 10,000 students took part in the National Economic Challenge, almost View Details
- Profile
Henry McCance
drug development, exponentially increasing the chances of finding effective treatment and prevention. In 2004, the three families founded the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (CAF) to support Tanzi’s work and other Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
liberal. To double check, the researchers ran the numbers excluding Scandinavia and found they still held up. “The idea that language affects a business strategy is pretty fundamental to our results” Furthermore, they performed a unique... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
Summing Up This month's column presented two views of the importance of customer loyalty management, one challenging its feasibility and long-term impact (Michael Treacy, Double Digit Growth) and one concluding that it is one of the most... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business
an effective general manager. I never could have imagined the extent to which the required curriculum (RC) would deliver so much knowledge in nearly every essential aspect of business, from marketing to finance to operations to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
high leverage and its effects on managerial incentives and firm performance,” says Esty. “The projects I currently study are financed with 65 to 90 percent debt, compared with 25 to 35 percent for the typical industrial firm.” Both the... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
after his third entreaty - a telegram - she acquiesced. Her column, titled "If I Were a Negro," helped the sales of Johnson's magazine to double overnight, from 50,000 to 100,000. "That was a turning point in my career," said Johnson.... View Details