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- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
UCLA Anderson School, and Michael W. Toffel of Harvard Business School. In the quest to discover whether competition breeds unethical behavior, the researchers examined the vehicle emissions testing program in New York State, one of... View Details
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
case closes with Cirne wondering if he should push back or give up yet another remnant of his position at Wily. Wasserman (who has taught the case in The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit alumni program and in the first-year course The... View Details
- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
coauthors are Walter Swap, professor of psychology emeritus and former chairman of the Psychology Department at Tufts University, and Gavin Barton, principal and founder of GB Performance Consulting. book excerpt Bank Of America's Onboarding View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II By: Friedman, Walter A. Abstract—This article traces the growing popularity of Junior Achievement’s “Company Program” in the two decades after World War II. The program provided high... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
that. The fourth piece was executive education. Two years ago we launched an executive education program specifically for future leaders in pharma and biotech. And we've run it for the second year in a row this year. It's a very... View Details
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
number of future doctors. Many medical schools and teaching hospitals have proactive programs dedicated to recruiting would-be cadaver donors, encouraging people to explore the idea of bequeathing their bodies for medical research in lieu... View Details
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
accountable to shareholders, the CEO market is not operating in a way that can be expected to produce efficient outcomes. Without real reform, compensation programs in the world of business and the world of sports aren't even in the same... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
energy, or make the energy she uses cleaner, she is just as happy. And the way we will figure out how to get our work done with less energy, or to clean the energy we use, is by allowing businesses and individuals to figure out how best to do it. Top-down centralized... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Fund: Lean Data in 2017 No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217072-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 905-405 Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation through Litigation Brazil has just won a case action against the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
manufacturing facilities in the country increase their local content. To address both problems at once, Joachim Zahn, the head of DaimlerBenz in Brazil, arranged with POEMA, a local antipoverty program in Belem, to construct a modern,... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
January 2015 Journal of Financial Stability The Capital Purchase Program and Subsequent Bank SEOs By: Khan, Mozaffar N., and Dushyantkumar Vyas Abstract—We find that in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis banks replenished only... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or pharmacy pick-up a requirement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
front of the pump instead of paying in slower, more conventional ways, did 2.7 million people sign up for the program and increase their loyalty to Mobil by one extra visit to the pump per month? The explanation was the saving of one to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
monetize online access to content. Programming changes, new advertising strategies, and deals via online distribution platforms are presented as means to capture the value of online video consumption. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2002
- Case
Abercrombie & Kent
By: Frances X. Frei, Brian Corbett, Mark Partin and Daniel Rethazy
Describes Abercrombie & Kent, the outdoor adventure company that has provided services throughout the entire history of the outdoor adventure industry. Provides an opportunity to learn how the company successfully grown into a premier player in the industry by adapting... View Details
Keywords: History; Financial Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Service Operations; Marketing Reference Programs; Product Development; Business Growth and Maturation; Balance and Stability; Marketing Channels; Transportation; Growth and Development Strategy; Travel Industry
Frei, Frances X., Brian Corbett, Mark Partin, and Daniel Rethazy. "Abercrombie & Kent." Harvard Business School Case 603-002, September 2002.
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
that addresses part of that challenge—with a particular focus on predicting customer churn. However, several other equally important aspects of managing retention have not received similar level of attention, leaving many managerial problems not completely solved, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire outside specialists to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary marketing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
outreach; a program of employee training that helps first-rung employees move from part-time work in high school to senior management. That’s what Taco Bell does. But any manager can identify a way of meeting a need that can be the seed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
Girls Arise, an innovative negotiation skills training program designed specifically to help Sub-Saharan African women communicate effectively in high-pressure situations with complex power dynamics. “It is, in many ways, a typical... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn