by Charles Cohen - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Putting the Project Puzzle Together

may not make a good portfolio if, for example, seven of the twenty all impact a single department of an organization. The confusion can result in an implementation disaster. The portfolio analysis forces these issues to the front so they can be better analyzed.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2017
News

How to Make Money on Japanese Stocks

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

business utility akin to Zoom, but the early stages will be dominated by gamers.” Charles Morrissey saw a practical use now, saying that “the virtual university will finally deliver an alternative, low-cost... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

When electronic cigarettes first appeared a little over a decade ago, they were hailed by many as a godsend: a tool to help smokers quit while mitigating the most harmful effects of tobacco. "The [e-cigarette] market is producing, at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

the authors of Channels of Influence, by Harvard Business School Associate Professors Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy, and Umit G. Gurun, an associate professor at the University of Texas at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Mar 2014
News

Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn on the SAT's Volte Face

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

company control midfield by playing only in midfield? The answer is "yes" but only if there is a precise and persuasive value proposition. Until three years ago, Charles Schwab had lost its way.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

11 Jun 2021
News

Behind the Research: Raffaella Sadun Q+A

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

to research by Harvard Business School Professor Raffaella Sadun. “A CEO transition is a major organizational event, and communication inside the company is such an important aspect of that transition.” Sadun and colleagues describe how a... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Editor's Note: Christian Ketels wrote this paper for the World Bank's Development Debate, "What Do We Mean by Export Competitiveness and How Do Countries Achieve it in an Uncertain World?" held March 29, 2010. Ketels is... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

days would call African Americans 'Aunt' or 'Uncle' or by their first name, Ben or Sarah or whatever. They would never address them by their surname." Although Breedlove's marriage to a newspaper... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

(Hugh Quick); and (8) management that does "not observe sanctions when trust is violated" (Tony Smale). Charles Green added that "We don't have it because we haven't taught it, learned it, practiced it." In fairness,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

frustration and a path to burnout that is all too common in today’s workplace, says Robert Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Today’s jobs are expanding in terms of what is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Mar 2018
News

Giving stock away to staff doesn't absolve share buybacks

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

Andrew Binns, a consultant affiliated with HBS’s Digital Initiative. Tushman, the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, chairs the Advanced Management Program at HBS. He co-wrote the book with Binns, a principal at Change... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

December 2010
Case

Digital Divide

By: Sunil Gupta

In November 2010, Charles Henry, chief marketing officer of a major consumer packaged goods company, was trying to convince his senior managers to enhance the digital presence of the company's brands by significantly increasing their online marketing budget. However,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Digital Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Information Technology

Citation

Educators

Purchase

28 Sep 2012
News

The predictability principle

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

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