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Research Summary

Advancing Leadership: Research and Teaching

By: Nitin Nohria

Despite the fact that most business schools' mission statement proclaim their commitment to developing leaders who can contribute in a meaningful way to the betterment of their organizations and society, research and teaching on leadership remains a fragmented and... View Details

July 1998 (Revised October 2004)
Case

Custom Research Inc. (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Susan Harmeling

Custom Research is considering terminating service to many clients to eliminate unprofitable work and concentrate on the more profitable client projects. View Details

Keywords: Customers; Profit; Decision Making; Service Industry

28 Jun 2018
Video

Improving Health Care Through Research

Research Summary

General research interests

Effects of marketing actions on food choices, energy intake, and obesity.
Psychophysics of package and portion size perception and preferences.
Mere-measurement and self-generated validity effects in survey research.
Attention and choice... View Details

April 1976
Case

Moleculon Research Corp.

By: Norman A. Berg

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16 Mar 2008
News

Research Backs Rebates

01 Dec 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers? Every corporate mission statement pays lip service to respecting customer needs, but actual customer expertise is typically a mile wide and an inch deep, says Professor John Quelch. Here’s why every CEO should spend at... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Faculty Research Online

“I Read Playboy for the Articles”: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences When people behave in ways that might appear selfish, prejudiced, or perverted, they employ a host of strategies designed to justify questionable behavior with rational excuses: “I... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2009
News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Marketing After the Recession This downturn has likely changed... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

1996
Chapter

Behavioral Decision Research

By: M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Decision Making; Behavior; Research

Web

Research - Health Care

Faculty & Research Research November 2024 Teaching Material Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau Teaching Note for HBS Case No.... View Details

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Research Misconduct | About

Research Misconduct Integrity in scholarship and research is one of Harvard University’s—and Harvard Business School’s—fundamental values. Allegations of misconduct in scholarship and View Details

January 1979 (Revised February 1987)
Background Note

Note on Market and Consumer Research

Discusses scope of market and consumer research, steps in the research process, and how managers use research in marketing and decision-making. View Details

Keywords: Research; Marketing; Decision Making

March 1992
Background Note

Researching and Monitoring Consumer Markets

By: Robert J. Dolan

Describes the major research techniques for consumer goods new product development, i.e. pre-test markets and electronic purchase monitoring. Provides students with information on availability and utility of these services. View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Product Marketing; Product Development; Research

September 2000 (Revised January 2001)
Case

Managing IBM Research in Internet Time

IBM must adapt its research process to the volatility of the Internet market. Issues include incentives, research charter, reward systems, and linkages to business units and customers. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Research and Development; Information Technology Industry

01 Jun 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager It’s not lonely at the top anymore. Today’s CEO has an average of 10 direct reports, according to new research by Associate Professor Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe of Columbia Business... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

and Indian scientists and engineers have made an unexpectedly large contribution to U.S. technology formation over the last thirty years, according to new research by Assistant Professor William Kerr. But that trend may be ebbing, with... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management

October 2023
Article

Laboratory Safety and Research Productivity

By: Alberto Galasso, Hong Luo and Brooklynn Zhu

Are laboratory safety practices a tax on scientific productivity? We examine this question by exploiting the substantial increase in safety regulations at the University of California following the shocking accidental death of a research assistant in 2008.... View Details

Keywords: Economics Of Science; Risk Perception; Safety Regulations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Working Conditions; Safety; Performance Productivity