Time Use - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

Detainees are randomly assigned to judges, and ideological differences across judges translate into large differences in the allocation of electronic monitoring to an otherwise similar population. Using these peculiarities of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Nov 2010
HBS Case

United Breaks Guitars

Tweets are in the air we breathe. Most of us know that "friend" can also be a verb. Social media are part of the public discourse now, whether or not we're active users of them. A new case coauthored by HBS marketing professor... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

paper explores the effects of monetary policy parameters and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian model with habit formation and discrete regime shifts in 1979 and 1997. The increase in bond risks after 1979... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

of climate change at the same time that corporations have achieved unprecedented political power. No longer can CEOs claim substantial doubt or lack of influence. As a result, history will judge CEOs not just on their stewardship of firm... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

organizations, which are so good at helping promote innovation in normal times, prove to be woefully inadequate in times of crisis. Crisis demands a rapid centralized response and this, in turn, requires a very clear line of command and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

and to Tactics Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Abstract The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates, and how it creates value for its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

agencies are messing up all the time,” says Sikochi. “What we wanted to find out was, are there times that they actually do a good job? Do we find they provide ratings that are accurate? Do they provide ratings that are relevant? Are they... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

December 1999 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade

Focuses on Millennium's strategy to grow and revolutionize drug development through the use of new technologies such as genomics. Describes how Millennium Pharmaceuticals--a fast-growing biotechnology firm in Cambridge, MA--has used strategic alliances to finance the... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Financing and Loans; Medical Specialties; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Time Management; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cambridge

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15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

product according to how valuable it is to the customer. "The case also proved useful in dealing with other complex issues related to distribution and market segmentation, two very important issues in marketing," Shapiro... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

get "more bang for their buck" from their board members' time? The answer to all three questions is yes—if what a company expects of its board members is redefined and if the meeting process is redesigned so that the board's View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

while confirming and further exploring some basic challenges that have, more or less, remained the same. "There are three core strategies that any MNC has to pursue to build layers of competitive advantage," Bartlett says. "The first is to View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

Web

Research Services - Faculty & Research

distraction of fundraising and the constraints of third-party grants or sponsorship. HBS also provides a wide array of services to support faculty in the development of a large number of breakthrough business ideas, innovative course materials View Details

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ハーバード - Global

Launched in 2002 as non-membership service, the NP Atobarai product has given Japanese consumers an alternative to paying with their credit cards when using ecommerce (EC) websites. Despite having strong adoption and industry low... View Details

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

work and how the parts fit together. We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with." In short, Roth has determined that successful marketplaces require three key elements. "They must be thick, uncongested, and safe," he... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

Careers Leverage LinkedIn Careers Leverage LinkedIn LinkedIn is a powerful networking tool. Whether or not you're looking for a new role, recruiters may be using it to look for you. Having a good profile can open you up to possibilities... View Details

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

even generate sufficient high quality capital-budget projects to use the available resources—and therefore go on merger-and-acquisition expeditions. The stock market is telling managers what the scarce strategic resource is. When it... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

to manage the risk of the total portfolio. Over the period 1975-2005, we find that a risk-minimizing global equity investor should short the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, and British pound but should hold long positions in the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2017
What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

leaders, such as Donald Trump, who presumably have beaten bureaucracy in their own organizations. What happens, though, at least according to US history, is that leaders who only have experience in business often are frustrated when they... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

knowledge is directly applicable to your life, this combination becomes highly combustible. So, for instance, we can learn about the spike proteins on viruses, and then we can use that knowledge to create a vaccine to counter these... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

January 1993 (Revised November 1993)
Case

FCB and Publicis (A): Forming the Alliance

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Two of the largest ad agencies form a partnership to be able to offer their clients global capabilities. After five years, how is the alliance faring? May be used with FCB and Publicis (B): Managing Client and Country Diversity and (C): The German-Led Network. View Details

Keywords: Alliances; Partners and Partnerships; Globalized Firms and Management; Advertising; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Market Timing; Outcome or Result; Advertising Industry; United States; France; Germany