Merit - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against African-American Guests

and name. “This way, the host can review and accept guest requests on a nondiscriminatory basis, considering a guest’s request on the merits (such as dates, number of people, and purpose of the visit) without information that conveys... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accommodations; Web Services

23 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

with central players because that signals you have the quality to solicit those relationships," Malter says. "But there comes the point at which you have to switch from partnering with the central players in your industry to being the central partner in your... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

portion of their award winning investor relations program, and had previously been used only to enhance communications. The case allows a discussion of the relative merit of more formally including this information in BP's planning and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

now or wait a bit. Selection It’s not possible or even a defensible investment strategy to try to reinforce every asset everywhere, and forever. High value assets in high risk areas clearly merit investment in strengthening. Think of a... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

Jacoline Loewen agreed, saying that "private equity partnerships have a vested interest in the growth of the company and hence see it as a living, growing, evolving organism that they can help." A contrary view was put forth by K. Subramanian, who asserted,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

the merit system was based on peer comparisons at the salaried level. There were no executive bonuses. Stock options were awarded as recognition. But there was also a lot of pressure in the company, said Beer. Managers of thirteen units... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

driving the wealth of nations. It also demonstrates that there has never been a single model for successful or unsuccessful capitalism. To give only one example, business and economic historians have often taken a skeptical view of the View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

because of other demands on her time. Now comes the government's anti-trust suit against Microsoft, a suit that we are told was decided on both its merit as well as the behavior of Microsoft's management, its lack of contrition, and its... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

able to share in the intellectual capital they have created. "We believe that over time, the quality of the work being created throughout the region merits sharing and merits utilization." In the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

R&D supply chain; they did not have to enter the industry as a drug company. What this has added up to is a sector filled with "islands of expertise," Pisano said, with every idea almost seeming to merit its own firm. Key... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

themselves and behave authentically. Add to that the need to judge all individuals on their merits and their performance, not making assumptions about them based on flawed stereotypes. Then companies can create true meritocracies where... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

12 May 2015
Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

artistic merit therein. The crowd identified breakout theater hits the experts sometimes ignored, but also backed a box office bomb. ©iStock.com/jganser "Crowdfunding has enabled a democratization of access [to funding]," Nanda says in... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

burdens, like student debt or mortgages. One reason for that may be that medical debt is often involuntary and much less likely to be repaid than these other types of debt, Kluender suggests. Unexpected result merits more study Kluender... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

the cost-plus contracts granted by approximately 14 percent in the eight quarters following the allegation, suggesting that fraud allegations have a significant impact on contract design, but not dollar volume,” write Heese and Perez Cavazos. For cases that were found... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

part of an effort to market the company as a caring, responsible institution and even to market the nonprofit as a credible organization meriting support. Transactional Stage. Significant numbers of firms and nonprofits are migrating into... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

their reputations and their relationships with stakeholders. Companies need clearer guidelines for determining whether a mistake merits an apology and, when it does, for crafting and delivering an effective message. In this article, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

and its reviews drop from three stars to two—does the rating system pick up on this change in a timely manner that is meaningful to diners? Is the same merit placed on old reviews as new ones? How will a diner know that the food and menu... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Cost Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business Levitt's work sparked debate on the merits of standardized versus localized advertising campaigns. But what are the economics of firms engaged in the production of... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

"cross-disciplinary" offering for independent practices difficult. Moreover, doing so would potentially extend McKesson into the clinical health services (and potentially risk-sharing) business, the strategic merits of which can... View Details