Filter Results
:
(10,105)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(10,105)
- People (64)
- News (3,231)
- Research (3,926)
- Events (24)
- Multimedia (60)
- Faculty Publications (1,349)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(10,105)
- People (64)
- News (3,231)
- Research (3,926)
- Events (24)
- Multimedia (60)
- Faculty Publications (1,349)
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
figure into their decision nearly as much as Clinton voters thought. In fact, just as exit polls indicated on Election Day, most Trump voters reported caring most about the candidate’s economic policy. The results of this study, as well as others View Details
Keywords:
by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt of lightning shivering the key at the end of a kite (Franklin)....
View Details
Keywords:
by Michael Blanding
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
generation ago. If you are a global entrepreneur, says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, "you have to think much earlier and much faster." The new MBA second-year course Launching Global Ventures...
View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
"Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications," amid deals-in-the-making. (The most notable of these, Vivendi's acquisition of Canada-based Seagram, was officially announced just after the conference.) But both media chiefs were ably seconded View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
inroads in important ways in collaborative learning and R&D. When privatization and business applications start to enter the picture, which he predicted would happen by the year 2005, managers will have...
View Details
Keywords:
by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
article has changed minds, but I do hope it encourages people to open their minds to consider new possibilities. Things that were once seen as relatively safe are now understood as likely to be quite dangerous, such as coal burning's contribution to global warming...
View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
discuss the core challenges of fighting global carbon dioxide emissions in a shortsighted, ideologically polarized environment. To his mind, both in Europe and in the United States, government efforts to regulate carbon emissions have been costly and ineffective so...
View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
Hildebrandt, calling pay for performance "a huge waste of time," said "I think a different logic applies if it (is) used to emphasize team spirit." Others were supportive of the concept if the proper performance...
View Details
Keywords:
by James Heskett
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
In a first-ever look at the internal economics driving private equity partnerships, Harvard Business School researchers have found that many of these funds can be torn apart by greed among founding partners who take home a much bigger...
View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that...
View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
Bazerman and Valley and their colleagues herald the developments in negotiation studies, they also believe that the five emerging areas will enable researchers to comprehend—most importantly—how negotiators themselves define and create the game, both psychologically...
View Details
Keywords:
by Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
private firms differs.” So when Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Joan Farre-Mensa learned he'd been granted access to a database of accounting information on tens of thousands of private American firms, he knew it was an...
View Details
Keywords:
by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
stimulated by advocates of agency theory over the past two decades. And it brings to mind the old Milton Friedman axiom that the business of business is to make money (presumably more than the average for the market and for long periods...
View Details
Keywords:
by James Heskett
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
What do a health food manufacturer, an infectious-diseases specialist and a content-management expert have in common? Answer: All are women, all are entrepreneurs. And by virtue of being women and entrepreneurs they share one...
View Details
Keywords:
by Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
Shih: I think it becomes more and more problematic. We see the symptoms of decline, which are driven by things like labor arbitrage and industries moving assembly overseas, followed View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
Beachwood, Ohio. In this interview the researchers discuss pricing strategy and what ingredients are necessary to convince customers that higher prices are worth the cost. Sean Silverthorne: Who would benefit by View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
Traditional wisdom teaches that brands win market share by offering a wide variety of products, increasing the chance of appealing to a wider variety of customers. But how happy are you when trying to find a head cold remedy at the...
View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
the ability to understand industry structure and equilibrium behavior by firms. Working in a real-world setting with interdisciplinary teams on complex problems is part of the lure of the tech sector, says Athey, a pioneer in the field....
View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
usage and costs, the system could require programming and other actions by consumers. "Life is busy," Henderson said, adding that consumers might say, "I don't want to do this whole thing. I might View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance
Startups welcome growth but are often strangled by it. This podcast discusses how entrepreneur Vijay Shekhar Sharma is meeting this challenge with his mobile payments company Paytm. Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing...
View Details