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- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
interesting for researchers because the changes these countries are making are enormous for the local economy, and it is also a point in time where, in the case of India, there is very good recordkeeping and data. Even if you wanted to... View Details
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
exposed to loads of information and you have to be shrewd enough to decide what to take and what to disregard and focus on the right things,” Casadesus-Masanell says. While HBS is known for its case study... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
Innovator's Dilemma as well as studies conducted more recently—might help angels, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs get around one of the heartbreaking paradoxes of success. Outpacing Consumers Every market entails a trajectory of... View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
Despite earning two engineering degrees at Stanford, HBS associate professor Lee Fleming says he always knew he "wanted to study more than electrons." Even so, the former professional musician and bike racer, who worked at... View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
cannot get out of health care, no matter what kind of health insurance system is put in place. They bear the cost of poor health in the form of sick days, absenteeism, reduced productivity at work, and early retirements of skilled contributors. Recent internal company... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
a new study coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Shai Bernstein. “Attracting high-quality talent is an important challenge for any young firm, and it’s critical to establishing reputation and growth.” “One of the key challenges... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
overweight the risks, punishing the charity simply for not being perfect. “People exaggerate a charity’s metrics to the extent that they use it as an excuse not to give at all,” she says. In her current study with Judd B. Kessler, a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
than local firms." With Kathleen Luchs, Desai and Moel also wrote a series of case studies on the topic, titled "Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny [(A)-(E)]." Desai recently shared his... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
communicate and made abbreviations like RT (retweet) and ICYMI (in case you missed it) part of the lingo of Twitter users everywhere. What to make of all this? Senior Lecturer Chet Huber, who joined the School's General Management unit... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
us every two to four weeks during that period as we prepared a case study describing his efforts. He also gave us access to his daily calendar, as well as to assorted e-mail correspondence and internal... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
entrepreneurs everywhere. Sarah Jane Gilbert: How did you first become interested in studying growth in newly founded firms and young organizations? Mukti Khaire: Only one out of every ten newly founded firms in the United States grows to... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
Why would a business school professor want to write a case study about a string quartet? The answer was easy for Robert Austin, a scholar with research expertise in the management of innovation. While... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
builds a belief that you can accomplish things. Almost every well-done case has those three elements. We're instilling certain attitudes to help create great entrepreneurs. Anytime you study something you... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
job seeker might not get a top salary even with a high level of perceived power—but the end result would reflect concessions on both sides and a larger overall pie to be shared. One possible reason: Parties perceived to be on a near-equal footing will share more... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
this month's column. Bruce Bockmann stated the case for the "flat-worlders" in reminding us that "it is the responsibility of government to support technology in its own country. If government does that, the capital and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
continue to deteriorate sharply despite decades of talk about business and sustainability. Participants eschewed focusing on the handful of win/win cases to explore why attention to environmental sustainability is just plain hard. Some of... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
users out of luck. Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner and his colleagues are studying how SSOs balance the interests of users against the interest of sponsors to gain widespread acceptance of new technologies. Their paper,... View Details
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
not underestimate or ignore undesired results. How Can Individual Performers Be Developed Into Team Players? HBS Cases: When Good Teams Go Bad Know when teamwork doesn't work—and how to fix it. Professors Jeff Polzer and Scott Snook teach "The Army Crew Team" View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
cost/quality tradeoff for a Michelin-starred restaurant," said Gary P. Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the lead author of the HBS case View Details