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- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
usually aware of these activities yet turn a blind eye, says Anteby. Why? Is that because such managers are nice people? Or do supervisors see hidden yet important benefits in a company culture that tacitly encourages—and nourishes—gray... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
brand in a new market when there is lots of competition involves paying attention to every spoke of the strategy wheel, every division of the emerging, evolving organization chart. The brand is involved in everything the firm does. So if you are at Marshall Field's,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation What does it take to truly change the world? Hirotaka Takeuchi shares the practices that help leading companies turn knowledge into lasting breakthroughs. Experimentation Works: The... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
large-scale corporations and free competition, American Fair Trade argues that trade associations of independent proprietors lobbied and litigated to reshape competition policy to their benefit. At the turn of the 20th century, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
that made her such a successful executive and board member. The case also looks at the turning points in Wilderotter’s career, including the decisions she made and the way in which she built her skills. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116036-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-037 Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons An engineer and technology entrepreneur, Nobu Okada, had turned a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
19, 2014). To avoid escalation, diplomats will likely plead for more time. Granting a six-month extension, an option already built into the current process, could easily become a pattern, turning some version of the interim deal into a de... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
are so interested in health care. Not just at HBS but all around the country, schools of management are turning operational management attention to these kinds of questions, and that's fantastic. A whole lot of people are thinking about... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
non-English-speaking country and has more English-speaking analysts participating in the call. Our results highlight that when disclosure takes the form of verbal communication, language barriers between speaker and listener affect the transparency of the narrative,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
the right word—and I had to negotiate about this. That experience gave me a sense that you can't be a passive person, even with the best of physicians. You have to understand what's going to happen and to negotiate about all the possible twists and View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
distribution-enhancing policies generate fierce debate. A central goal of class discussions in this module is to have students identify, understand, and engage with the sources of these controversies. Consistent with the core lesson of the overall course, a key source... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
as advertisers. Note that both forms of exploitation are compatible and may coexist on the same service, as in the Amazon example. The difference between the two types of information exploitation is stark, but it turns out to be quite... View Details
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
Congress tried to turn back the clock by prohibiting banks from engaging in proprietary trading for their own accounts, subject to complex exemptions. Trouble is, proprietary trading was not a cause of the financial crisis and may reduce... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
a friend likes a brand, in the offline sense. Taken together, five experiments and two meta-analyses (N > 14,000) suggest that turning “liking” into improved brand attitudes and increased purchasing by either consumers or their friends... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
a book about immigrant entrepreneurs from the 1790s to the present day, and planned to begin with Alexander Hamilton. It turns out that he was more of a policymaker than an entrepreneur, but if I had to single out one person as the most... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
"Leadership" in their titles. And yet, if you were charged with teaching a course on leadership today, where would you start? Where would you turn to learn about the incredible array of approaches to teaching this ill-defined,... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
set-in-stone deadline. So far, the negotiation seems to be going well—the procurement manager communicated the order's specs, and you promised your company could fill them. When the discussion turns to price, you give what you believe to... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, a panel moderator. "But that strength has to be nurtured." She added, "We count on start-ups for job growth in America. Start-ups turn out... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
intervention by business because business had no legitimacy—"it's above my pay grade." Still others thought that business should use its influence to activate government. A final group said that companies were the only ones that had the capability to View Details