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- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
(iStockphoto/Rawpixel) The subject of power has a certain intoxicating aura about it. Maybe that’s why I studied and wrote about interorganizational power in channels of distribution while teaching courses in marketing too long ago. The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
typical consumers think. That's fine if you only want to keep making incremental improvements to your products, says Jill Avery, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a former brand manager at Gillette, Samuel Adams, and AT&T. "Traditional market research... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
tasks, including data entry. All participants completed day one of the study (receiving $35 for their trouble). They were given the choice of whether to return on the second day (in which case they'd receive... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
of attention, and we use this framework to study the “attentional stability” of common errors and psychological biases. While many costly errors are prone to persist, in some situations a person will recognize her mistakes via “incidental... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
firm, or between an upstream and downstream firm. We claim that misalignment is costly both to the involved functions/firms and to the rest of the organization or supply chain, and focus the paper on studying the circumstances under which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
extensive research of Russia, Ukraine, the politics of oil and gas, and sanctions. He has written case studies about the Russian government after the fall of the Soviet Union, energy politics in Europe, and... View Details
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Historical Data & Sources - Business History
23, 2013 UNESCO, “Progress of Literacy in Various Countries, a Preliminary Statistical Study of Available Census Data since 1900,” (1953), accessed April 22, 2013 UNESCO “World Illiteracy at Mid-Century,” (1957), accessed April 21, 2013... View Details
- 27 May 2022
- Blog Post
Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023
together and with our son. An MBA seemed like a natural transition to develop my business acumen and explore industries that interest me. What advice do you have for others in the military considering an MBA? Don’t self-select out! View Details
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
group of retailers is challenging this notion of an industry built on the backs of crummy jobs, very prosperous companies that include Costco, Mercadona, Trader Joe's, and QuikTrip. What do they know that their competitors don't? In a new View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
finishing work on a case study about Airbnb, where anyone can offer a room in their house or an apartment for short-term rentals. "Compared to restaurant choice, people are taking a big risk when... View Details
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
Healthy Minds by philosopher John Kaag. This book is a fantastic summary of the life and work of William James, the father of modern psychology, and a professor right here at Harvard. James endured intense personal struggles and is known to have View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
study the dynamics of multi-round position auctions, considering both the case of exogenous click-through rates and the case in which click-through rates are determined by an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
MBA/Executive education from the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management. Maria P. Roche : Runner-up for the Best Paper in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the 2024 Industry Studies Association Annual Conference for... View Details
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
chapters draw upon systematic interaction with companies and practice and this is presented in the examples and the case studies cited. The Handbook of New Product Development Management surveys this area in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Where is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
how other companies can begin to adopt it. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51074 Forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Does Aggregated Returns Disclosure Increase Portfolio Risk-Taking? By: Beshears,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
which I conceptualize and describe as different calculative cultures. The study suggests that calculative cultures, which in these cases shaped managerial predilections towards ERM practices, are relevant,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace