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The Transformation of Microsoft
In early 2015, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a fundamental choice. Was the company ready to invest in …
Harvard Business SchoolAirbnb benefits local economies. But mainly in white neighborhoods, study finds.
Airbnb frequently touts its economic impact in “diverse” neighborhoods, saying guests spend money locally and boost businesses in areas where tourism is not already prevalent.<p>But a new Purdue University study found that white neighborhoods – not their black or Latino counterparts – are the ones …
HospitalityChanneled Attention and Stable Errors
by Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch, Matthew Rabin, and Joshua Schwartzstein<p>Overview — As humans we are surprisingly good at neglecting unexpected information …
Harvard Business SchoolTrump’s Protectionist Threat to Latin America | by Laura Alfaro, et al
WASHINGTON, DC – Despite many dire predictions, the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China has not resulted in a global economic …
EconomicsHow Strong Leadership Helped Save The Thai Soccer Team
Listen<p>Nancy Koehn | How Strong Leadership Helped Save The Thai Soccer Team<p>The entrapment and rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from a …
LeadershipNew Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
• forthcoming<br>• Journal of Financial Economics<p>By: Di Maggio, Marco, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla<p>Abstract—This paper shows that …
Harvard Business SchoolBBC World Service - World Business Report, How Will Europe Respond to UK Brexit Proposal?
Listen now<p>You must enable JavaScript to play content<p>How Will Europe Respond to UK Brexit Proposal?<p>World Business Report<p>Attention now turns to Europe for its response to the UK's new Brexit proposal. We get the views of Ilja Nothangel, of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and further …
The Harvard MBAs Trying To Upend Stock API Investing
Alpha Vantage co-founders Olivier Porte (left) and Steve Zheng. Courtesy photoIt’s not that Y-Combinator hates MBAs. The Silicon Valley-based …
StartupsThe Real Problem With Stock Buybacks
Many critics say buybacks crimp investment. But the real problem is that they transfer wealth from shareholders to executives, two professors say.<p>By<p>Jesse M. Fried and<p>Charles C.Y. Wang<p>There is a problem with share buybacks—but it isn’t the one many critics and legislators are obsessed with.<p>Some …
InvestingOvercoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
Selling technology that is new to the market involves tricky tradeoffs around prospect targeting, channels, and tactics. Frank Cespedes makes the …
Harvard Business SchoolThe Unintended Effects of Open Office Space
Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein's new study uses wearable technology to unearth some important new discoveries about open office architecture.<p>As …
Harvard Business SchoolCEO Activism Will Only Get More Ubiquitous
Continuing our conversation of CEO activism and speaking out on controversial issues with Aaron Chatterji, associate professor at Duke University’s …
Harvard Business SchoolThe Main Drivers of CEO Activism
Aaron ChatterjiIt seems like CEO activism is such a constant in the news that researchers Aaron Chatterji and Michael Toffel are finding new material …
LeadershipIndependent Streak: Against the odds, small book stores are on the rise
By Gina Beavers - Jul 5, 2018<p>Raven Used Books. Photo:Gina Beavers<p>Raven Books in Northampton is the quintessential New England used bookstore. Winding …
BooksHenry Kissinger's Lessons for Business Negotiators
Henry Kissinger's negotiations with world leaders helped shape the geography, public policy, and laws that mark the 21st century world. A new book,</i> …
ManagementBuying the Verdict
by Lauren H. Cohen and Umit G. Gurun<p>Overview — This paper documents systematic evidence that firms engage in specialized, locally targeted …
Targeted AdvertisingChina’s new $15bn tech fund emulates SoftBank’s Vision Fund
THE story of China Merchants Group began in the 1870s. After its defeats in the Opium wars, the Qing government tried to learn from the West by …
ChinaFaculty News, In the News | WGBH: Boston Public Radio | 03 Jul 2018<p>What George Washington Can Teach Us On July 4<p>Re: Nancy Koehn<p>Managing an employee …
George WashingtonHow to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis
We all have life events that distract us from work from time to time — an ailing family member, a divorce, the death of a friend. You can’t expect someone to be at their best at such times. But as a manager what <i>can</i> you expect? How can you support the person to take care of themselves emotionally …
Financial ServicesNew Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
• forthcoming<br>• IMF Economic Review<p>By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk<p>Abstract—In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond markets …
Harvard Business SchoolFaculty Summer Reading Recommendations
Harvard Business School faculty members share their summer reading lists, pulling from the worlds of technology, history, and fiction to inform their …
BooksShould CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
Microsoft employees are putting heat on CEO Satya Nadella to cancel its contract with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. What would …
Satya NadellaFor the first time ever, a study finds out what CEOs actually do
CEO time has never been studied in this kind of detail.<br>Read More
CEOsIndependent Movie Theaters Can Survive the Rise of Streaming
Independent cinemas aren’t doomed. The resurgence of the indie bookstore can help us understand why. Quick refresh: <b>You’ve Got Mail</b> is a rom-comedy of …
Tom HanksThe madness of executives’ obsessive time management | Financial Times
I don’t know exactly how the world’s best-known business professor and the dean of Harvard Business School spend their days.<p>I do know Michael Porter …
Michael PorterCorporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
New research by Ethan Rouen and colleagues suggests that corporate tax cuts contribute to income inequality.<p>In the worlds of economic theory and …
EconomicsPlanning every minute of your workday can backfire — here's what the most successful leaders do instead
A Harvard Business School study of how CEOs manage their time has yielded some fascinating findings.<p>Michael Porter, a University Professor at Harvard, based at Harvard Business School, and Nitin Norhia, dean of Harvard Business School, began collecting data in 2006 and have just published an …
Time ManagementThe IRS Can Save American Health Care
Letting workers spend pretax dollars on insurance would do a lot—without requiring Congress to act.<p>Health care is fast becoming an unsustainable expense for American families. This year the total cost of insurance for the typical family of four eclipsed $28,000, according to the Milliman Medical …
Health CareHow A Shared Passion For Travel Built This $43 Million Fashion Brand
An unlikely pair of friends, Leigh Rawdon had just finished a Harvard MBA when she met Emily Meyer, a fashion designer. The two had little in common, except a shared love of travel. Combining their passion with business and design experience, Rawdon and Meyer joined forces to create Tea Collection, …
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