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- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
people: 1) those who "will never agree with the CEO and are always in the minority," 2) those who help "clean up the decision-making process," and 3) "true 'yes men' ... [who] get the job done." Cheryl Price... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
bringing them to market. Though this article presents the three diagnostics linearly, they are rarely conducted in a linear fashion. Teams or individuals searching for disruptive opportunities can start with any of them. The results of... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
future problems and opportunities for innovation. The third is a tendency to fail to probe the root causes of success. Whereas post-mortems after failure are becoming a norm in many organizations, such soul searching rarely occurs after... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to create codes of fair competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
made possible by a shifting "mix" featuring less product-centered and more information-centered economic activity. Skyrocketing price-earnings ratios of information-rich corporations are a natural result of this. Growing ratios of market-to-book value that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
because of its theoretical property of being more "learnable" than the standard second price auction mechanism. We bring this mechanism, which we refer to as the "clamped second price auction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
forecasting processes, while also trying to prepare for unexpected urgent orders and natural disasters. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107018 Google Advertising Harvard Business School Case 507-038 In mid-2006, Google... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
collaborate on a field experiment with Ashraf and two colleagues, Oriana Bandiera of the London School of Economics and Kelsey Jack of Tufts University. SFH had established a new program in which hairdressers provided HIV/AIDS education and sold female condoms at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
Z. Ahmed, and Charles Cohen Abstract We use yearly variations in the price of oil to construct a powerful new instrument to test the impact of an important but often-overlooked foreign aid channel: money given by wealthy OPEC nations to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
postadoption behavior varies depending on customer acquisition method and dynamic states. At the total usage level, in one context (an annotation and note-taking service), customers who heard about the service through search and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
The cult of the CEO is complex and persistent—and usually not good for business, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Khurana recently fielded questions from HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace in an e-mail interview about his new book, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
valuable brands list. The rival 2008 Interbrand ranking of the top 100 global brands included 13 financial services brands. Citi appeared on both lists. Today, with its brand reputation seriously damaged, Citi's stock price is in the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
tests always involve a vigorous search not only for confirming evidence, but for disconfirming evidence as well. We undertake such a search in the context of a single well-known case: the Federal Radio... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
outline a consumer-oriented research agenda that will provide individuals with good advice about core purchase decisions. My anecdotal experience is that many homebuyers search until they fall in love with one house, negotiate only for... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
investment banks, and consultancies that once shunned the practice and from the increasing influence of proxy advisory firms. But it was the many institutional investors who eventually embraced activists in their search for better returns... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
environment. It sets the rules." Apple, meanwhile, has made an art form out of curation, not only by limiting its product line but also by providing quick, clear explanations--starting with the way the company names its products. Consumers who visit Sony or Dell in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia (revised) Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
endowments, sovereign funds, and wealthy families. Most of these securities are yielding from zero to 2% annually. There is a giant search for yield in the financial markets. There is also massive need for infrastructure investment. Why... View Details
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
interactivity, including Thought tracing. Firms infer states of mind from the content of a Web search and serve up relevant advertising; a market born of search terms develops. Ubiquitous connectivity. As... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
http://hbr.org/2010/10/the-power-of-alumni-networks/ar/1 Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? Authors:Shawn A.Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne