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- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
York, which is great for customers but also means that even some businesses with solid reputations on Yelp can be hard for people to discover,” Luca says. Dai adds: “Going into the project, we weren’t sure exactly what to expect, but our... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
have conspired to enable insider trading? And if so, what did that mean for the future of the Firm? Purchase this case: https://hbr.org/product/mckinsey-co-protecting-its-reputation-a/415021-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-022... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
consumers that sharing the yacht means "there is no guarantee you will always be able to use it when you want." This apparent limitation is precisely what helps consumers make it a treat. Limiting your access to everything from... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
skills. However, should you decide, as we did, that the leverage lies much deeper, in the BE component, be prepared to think differently about what development really means and how to go about measuring and influencing it. Second,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
see if America believes you. Every position you take has to be defendable.'" So Chiarello, at Mandelbaum's suggestion, did market research. "Five of us sent out an e-mail questionnaire to ten of our friends, asking what Napa View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
the boss. They're in charge. That's what we teach here at Harvard Business School. But in this case, the board is an advisor because if Mark doesn't want to do it there's nothing the board can do. They can take a vote. It doesn't mean... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
overarching goals such as enhanced productivity. What does it mean for businesses and the government—in their own spheres and together—to be strategic and comprehensive in pursuit of making the US competitive again? MP: The challenge of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
market coming as a major systems house customer came to GUC directly. Did this mean that it was enabling competition with TSMC's most important customers? Was it fostering disintermediation, and what did this portend for the future shape... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
"These peak events are a way to generate excitement, especially for a well-established player like Amazon. It's a means of creating news and buzz by coming up with your very own Black Friday out of nowhere." Gupta pointed out... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
buy the right to retransmit the games and sell ad space to their local advertisers. Another key principle of the Economics of Attention is that attention is valued in a "superlinear" manner, which means that advertisers place... View Details
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
primarily by the sale of the glasses themselves. VisionSpring is what organization scholars call a "hybrid" social venture, since it combines the social welfare logic of a nonprofit and the commercial logic of a for-profit business. When hybrids work, they can be a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
As chair of the investment committee for a college, Sam Hayes was faced with a challenging dilemma: Should the committee invest only in socially responsible funds even though the outcome might mean fewer scholarships and teaching... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
our spare time so we kill it." I assume he means that we engineer our lives so that we are always busy, thereby avoiding spare time. Aurin Bhattacharjee admonishes us to "moderate our ways and appreciate the passage of time for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
one. Sometimes there's no effect. For example, bidding for a condo at one resort won't affect your opportunities in other locations. But when relationships are at stake, courting one prospect may mean forsaking others. Sometimes going... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
program for training pediatricians was also ranked number one in the country. Madeline Bell, who had been President and Chief Operating Officer, was named Chief Executive Officer in 2015. A pediatric nurse who became a hospital administrator, Bell saw the network as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
overestimate how much distant others appreciate socially responsible gifts because they focus more than recipients on the symbolic meaning of the gift. Critically, givers have the most to gain from distant others, in terms of strengthened... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
approach decisions regarding endorsements. Similarly, because star athletes and other celebrities are "brands" that have certain meanings for consumers, companies can spend millions of dollars to align themselves with those... View Details
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
Does that mean that Toyota will become a Microsoft OEM anytime soon? Probably not, but they will certainly be an awful lot closer to each other! The winners will be of course the providers of the most versatile and flexible software... View Details