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- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
to be processed more slowly, leading to longer stays in the bankruptcy “hospital.” Not only would professional fees go up (especially burdensome for smaller businesses), but process delays would force companies to wait longer to obtain new financing or sell off assets,... View Details
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
employee-employer relationship pays off for both parties? The most effective executives and managers are applying these strategies: 1. Align career growth with company goals. When a company helps its employees develop expertise that... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
and Rangan in a recent working paper. In his talk, Narayandas explained how he has answered three questions that bedevil researchers: 1) From the supplier's viewpoint, does it pay off to be in long-term customer relationships? 2) If yes,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
advantage. As a result, he said, companies should rethink how much they pay for IT given this reduced return on investment. HBR received a large number of positive and critical responses to Carr's piece including a letter we offer here... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
how much I was learning and if I was developing into the person I want to be after two years at HBS. It was simple yet transformative advice. And though I still have to work at it, I have a feeling that learning to define success for myself is a skill that will View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
accounting at night while working days and came to HBS at the urging of his boss, who even offered to pay his application fee. Saladrigas's friendly, regular-guy demeanor belies his lengthy list of personal and professional... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Side Effects: The Case of Propecia
managers" in families, she said. The Doctor Is In And if a balding man could be persuaded to pay a visit to the physician's office, would the doctor necessarily write a prescription? Doctors are comfortable treating medical... View Details
- Web
John H. McArthur | About
impressing people.” Shortly after announcement of McArthur’s decision to step down as dean, a group of HBS alumni organized an effort to pay tribute to his leadership with a special gift to the School. In a relatively short period of... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
required to pay an administrative fee (the Industrial Funding Fee), which is based on a fraction of their self-reported sales. To encourage more accurate self-reporting, the GSA moved the required signature box from the bottom to the top... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
entire network distributed globally, it is tough to regulate.” Hamad Sheikh asked, “the greater question should be, how will we regulate it and who will pay for its regulation?” How will digital currencies be regulated? What do you think?... View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
solutions to this issue include membership-only stores or allowing for price matching so that the consumer is unlikely to leave the showroom without making a purchase. Retailers must find ways to get consumers or manufacturers to pay for... View Details
- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
consider whether football players at Northwestern University could unionize. Proponents of paying college athletes say that since they are what people buy tickets to see, they should take a piece of the pie. Supporters also argue that if... View Details
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
Altogether, he "spent about $350,000 on Intuit, a sum pieced together from life savings, home-equity credit, credit cards, and loans from his father." During one particularly difficult period, he said, "What kept me going was just fear that I didn't know... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their workplaces. What makes them... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
Reinventing State Capitalism
In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize
“In times of crisis, leaders need to be brave and not afraid of criticism,” Rouen says. “The government is going to need to ask people to make sacrifices, and not all of them will pay off as expected. They have to have faith in their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
digitization and digital transformation while paying attention to issues such as ethics, privacy, bias, and cybersecurity. This understanding will be vital to successful organizations in the future. Both BiGS and D^3 will provide faculty... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
the source for its highest paying jobs. What’s more, most of those jobs are not in supplying parts, but rather in supplying services, such as in engineering, computer programming, and design. Their findings offer a new way to break down... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
it does in most of the rest of the world since per capita consumption is an order of magnitude higher in the United States. Coke is therefore a cautionary tale of a company getting carried away with globaloney and paying for it—but is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace