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  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

political participation and bolstered economic conditions for Black communities. But the law also galvanized "racially conservative" white voters, stoking their fear of losing power and influence, a dynamic that lingers today, write researchers in a recent View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

  Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Aug 2022
  • HBS Case

Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS

immediately take off. Its first two albums flopped; its third album was a moderate success. Lead singer RM reminisced about BTS’ rough start in an interview with the Korea Herald: “At the time we debuted, I still remember how people... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta; Media & Broadcasting; Music
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

Lives Matter movement in 2020, consumers report being four times as likely to buy from companies that speak out against racism, according to Edelman research. Almost 90 percent of consumers say they expect companies to go beyond merely... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 23 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

fearing their careers could be negatively impacted. Plus, tech tools allow users to log in on their smartphones, laptops, or tablets at whatever time is convenient for them and for however long they want. “It’s a big commitment to take... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 28 Nov 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

Summing Up Let's Pay for Performance But How? In spite of its naysayers, pay for performance still makes sense to most of us, according to those responding to this month's column. But there is a difference of opinion of about when and how it View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 Dec 2022
  • HBS Case

The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

to its Russian employees and civilian customers of baby food and nutritional formula if it withdrew. "You don’t want to support war, but at the same time you don’t know if you will be making things worse or not." “It really gets at the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
  • Web

Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Poulsen, MBA, f J. Punnen, MD, g D. Shetty, MD, g and A. Milstein, MD, MPH Rationale and Objectives: To quantify the costs and work of diagnostic radiology (DR) residents using the radiology key performance indicator turn-around View Details
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

  Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

  Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

increasingly common in data mining, optimization problems, or Internet applications where the goal is to find an acceptably good solution in a short amount of time when a deterministic approach might be less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2022
  • Article

The Developmental Origins and Behavioral Consequences of Attributions for Inequality

By: Antonya Marie Gonzalez, Lucia Macchia and Ashley V. Whillans
Attributions, or lay explanations for inequality, have been linked to inequality-relevant behavior. In adults and children, attributing inequality to an individual rather than contextual or structural causes is linked to greater support for economic inequality and less... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Behavior; Perception
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  • January 2019
  • Case

Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar: A Market Research Case

By: Jill Avery and Gerald Zaltman
In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of 20 of its confectionery brands, including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Under the terms of the Nestlé acquisition, each of the purchased... View Details
Keywords: Brand Equity; Marketing; Market Research; Qualitative Research; Marketing Communication; Customer Satisfaction; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; North America; Italy
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  • 30 Jun 2022
  • HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

Critics in a New York Times article called the ad “sexist and dystopian,” and The Atlantic published a piece with the headline: “Peloton Doesn’t Understand the People Who Love It Most.” ‘A pretty hard fall’ By early 2021, equipment... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

"Every organization attempting to accomplish something has to ask and answer the following question," writes HBS professor Michael C. Jensen in the introduction to his recent working paper: "What are we trying to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • March 2024
  • Case

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)

By: N. Louis Shipley and Stacy Straaberg
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
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    What You Don't Know About Making Decisions

    Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details

    • 10 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

    it, a phenomenon the researchers call “permanent stockouts.” These are persisting in some sectors and are contributing to keeping prices stubbornly high, suggest Cavallo and the Bank of Canada’s Oleksiy Kryvtsov in their recent working... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 04 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

    and people of color to senior roles tend to hire people with similar demographics to replace them when they leave, allowing for diversity to “stick.” The findings also raise an important question at a time when many corporate diversity,... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding