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- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
"Cases help to develop 'pattern recognition' skills that are very important in decision-making ...." Dave Schnedler added that cases help develop "critical thinking," teach that "digging hard pays off,"... View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
which concerns itself with research in supply chain management. The paper attempts to provide some context for those addressing issues of sustainability. Its intent is to get us beyond questions such as, Is sustainability desirable? or Does it View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
her stance on immigration and border controls, aligning with what polls say many Americans want. “Candidates and parties clearly pay attention to polls to understand which issues are important to voters,” says Pons. “Trump is realizing... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
that people in the bottom 20 percent were not just in low-paying jobs. Unusually large numbers that wanted jobs had none and hadn't had paying work for months. Couple that with the following: How many times in the past twelve months have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
data?'" That's Paul Nicholas' reaction after reading most of the responses to this month's column. It's not a bad "sense of the meeting," in which many contributors offered suggestions to managers wishing to get the most out of so-called big data and avoid View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
head of the European Commission's competition authority, was widely believed to be looking for an opportunity to assert Continental independence. It seems the real reason Welch was surprised is that he just didn't pay enough attention.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
Wise's consulting group charges fees for their efforts, and he conceded that the price might put his services out of reach for cash-strapped but worthy nonprofits. However, he said, foundation grants can be tapped to pay for consulting.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
what business can properly be supposed to support. "I am inclined to think that this intense market pressure keeps most managers in most companies meeting what they have committed to investors, customers, and other core groups," he says. "It's easy for them to View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
primary appeal of Expedia had become convenience—and change/cancel fees were not convenient. Analysts looked at customer satisfaction rates, and they were particularly low for customers who had to pay the fees. Expedia's call center... View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. Q: What do you think about the issue of flexible work... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
broad-based guarantees of mortgage-backed securities [MBS]. This approach would be most similar to the current system except that the new firms would not be government sponsored and would have to pay for the government backstop. Our paper... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
product based not on what it costs or what people want to pay for it, but based on another format that is completely different, just because you want to keep that format alive," he remarks. So the ongoing power struggle between... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
more balanced and comprehensive if management believes that directors might seek an independent opinion. It should be noted that there is a precedent for providing directors with independent funding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that audit committees have their own... View Details
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
pillars to hire contract workers with non-traditional backgrounds. Typically, these candidates, who lack relevant experience or academic qualifications, wouldn’t be eligible to work for a large corporation with a comparable reputation. Contracts last for three years... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
"low-talent" wages in the oil industry. Among the most talented workers, finance industry wages were 40 percent higher than oil industry wages. "Oil still pays very well," Vallée says, "but the wage sensitivity to your talent is much... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
turns waiting tables. (In fact, when Pisano first dined there, Oldani was his waiter.) This leads to a significant reduction in labor costs, even while allowing Oldani to pay his staff higher-than-average wages. Still, the chef insists... View Details
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
starts paying attention to something or someone, it happens in one of two ways: executive control (that person deliberately chooses what to focus on) or attentional capture (the attention is captured by a stimulus in the person's sensory... View Details
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208108 Radiohead: Music at Your Own Price (A) Harvard Business School Case 508-110 In October 2007, the British band Radiohead caused a stir when it announced it would allow customers to decide how much to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
claim." When the global stock market and interest rates began to decline in 2000, many corporations faced a double whammy when returns on pension assets were well below expectations and pension liabilities rose by much more than expected. "At that point, CEOs... View Details
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
view sales networks only in terms of direct contacts. But someone who knows lots of people doesn't necessarily have an effective network because networks often pay off most handsomely through indirect contacts. Moreover, the density of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne