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  • 24 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

who view their work as meaningful are more motivated, happier, and more productive. Given these benefits, employers should consider experimenting with rituals as a way to bring employees closer together, whether in offices or in hybrid or... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • February 2019 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

Electric Car Wars, 2018

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
Electric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government incentives and strong pioneering efforts by a few automakers over the years, electric and hybrid cars and light... View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Electricity; Electric Motors; Electric Power Generation; Electricity Usage; Electricity Distribution; Internal Combustion Vehicle; Auto Manufacturing; Automobile Manufacturing; Automotive Industry; Tesla; General Motors; History; Nissan; Innovation; Batteries; Battery; Subsidies; Government Initiatives; Government Incentives; Political Issues; Energy Generation; Production; Infrastructure; Innovation and Invention; Government Legislation; Global Range; Business History; Auto Industry; China
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  • 30 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

more telecommuting, at least among more distant employees.” While some firms, such as Goldman Sachs and IDG, are eyeing full office returns in the summer or fall, many others are considering either hybrid or full-time remote work setups... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 29 Mar 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurs, Firms, and Global Wealth since 1850

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

Account of a Research Program Conducted by the Western Electric Company, Hawthorne Works, Chicago (Harvard University Press, 1939) Edgar Schein, Organizational Culture and Leadership(Jossey-Bass, 1985) Your feedback to last month’s column Will View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency

By: Alvin J. Silk
What restrictions should be placed on advertising agencies with respect to serving accounts or clients that are competitors of one another in order to avoid conflicts in interest? In recent decades, the advertising and marketing services industry has undergone a number... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Service Delivery; Competition; Conflict of Interests; Policy; Practice; Advertising Industry; United States
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  • 21 Mar 2019
  • HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

have to keep prices up.” The company has also bucked industry trends by moving deliberately on adding technologies to its cars. While it has installed hybrid drivetrains to some of its newer models, it has eschewed connectivity and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto
  • 03 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

management, and why men tend to be promoted to upper management sooner. About 40 percent of managers are women, and their representation shrinks to just 26 percent of the C-suite, according to McKinsey. The paper’s findings also emerge as remote and View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 25 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

leveraged the formula in Egypt and in more than 100 other countries. In fact, Gilead generated substantial revenues through this hybrid approach for viral hepatitis and HIV. In doing so, this method helped patients regardless of whether... View Details
Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 16 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

percent increase in new patents between firms in those places. “Even in a hybrid world, even in a world of work-from-anywhere, we still need to occasionally meet colleagues in person for social purposes.” Choudhury and colleagues teased... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation
  • 18 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

continuation of the compensation growth and workplace improvements that we have started to see over the last few years. For instance, remote or hybrid work models appeal to many skilled workers, even if their employer would prefer them... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
  • 15 Dec 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

offices and forging new paths in hybrid and remote work models. Many workers decided they didn’t want to suffer through long commutes or return to jobs they hated and joined the “Great Resignation.” And ultimately, virus variants and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 14 Dec 2007
  • Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

published prices. Facing commoditization and non-existent product innovation, some companies retreat to serving a progressively smaller niche of price-insensitive, service-oriented customers. Others with favorable cost structures may aim to boost market share but then... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 09 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

acknowledgement of the awkward and tricky working situation. Assessing short-term goals keeps everyone on the same page and pushing forward together. As employees start to shift gradually back into the office (with hybrid... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Boris Vallee
Professor Vallée focuses on financial innovation, investigating it from different angles. This research thread has led him to relate the methods and insights of corporate finance and banking with those of other subfields, including household finance, public finance,... View Details
  • 09 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

least likely to seek it out, the researchers discovered. The findings emerge as companies worldwide navigate the complexities of training and acclimating new employees in hybrid or remote work settings. With so much in flux, it might be... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 08 Feb 2023
  • Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

familiar." The remote and hybrid work that rose up during the pandemic helped break down these boundaries. Virtual meeting and collaboration platforms helped level the playing field by increasing meeting access and giving voices equal... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

team says. Deciding who makes decisions So, who gets to make those choices? One possibility would be to set broad guidelines via legislation and empower a medical board or government agency to define the details, the researchers argue. Another possibility is to take a... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health
  • 14 Oct 2021
  • In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

firm. In fact, hybrid models can embrace WFA, with teams collectively determining when to come to the office. Instead of mandating workers to work from the office a few days every week, teams can decide to co-locate in the office a week a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 13 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

this hybrid approach is allowing companies to replace traditional customer interviews and focus groups, according to Amano and his colleagues. Understanding what prompts a customer to purchase a product—a concept known as attribution—is... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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