Investors who offer “precise” bids for company shares yield better outcomes than those who offer round-number bids, according to research by Petri Hukkanen and Matti Keloharju. | Continue reading
Rituals—even seemingly silly ones—help employees bond and add meaning to their work, says research by Michael Norton, Francesca Gino, and colleagues. After two years of pandemic disruption, who wouldn't welcome a workday pick-me-up? | Continue reading
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The key to a successful business strategy lies in asking good questions, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. An excerpt from "Seven Strategy Questions." | Continue reading
Introverts can be better leaders than extraverts, especially when their employees are naturally proactive, according to Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino. | Continue reading
COVID-19 forced many shoppers to make their first online purchases. But will these customers stick around? Research by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and colleague. | Continue reading
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6/16/2003 The story behind Dean Kamen's Segway scooter, and his combustive meeting with the kingpins of Apple and Amazon. Excerpt from Code Name Ginger. by Steve Kemper Steve Kemper was given complete behind-the-scenes access to Dean Kamen and the Segway design team during develo … | Continue reading
New research by Francesca Gino, Gary Pisano, and colleagues shows that taking time to reflect on our work will improve our job performance in the long run. | Continue reading
Independent bookstores are resurging. Their strategies offer lessons for many disrupted industries to compete against Amazon and other digital retailers, says Ryan Raffaelli. | Continue reading
Days before yet another Democratic presidential debate, Vincent Pons reports that TV forums don’t influence voters. | Continue reading
Many business execs are mystified about how to reach potential customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski has answers. | Continue reading
It’s hard to call it quits on a business venture, but entrepreneurs can wind down a struggling startup while keeping their reputations and sanity intact, says Tom Eisenmann. The first step is knowing when to accept defeat. | Continue reading
WeWork's IPO has been one of the most debated in recent memory. But the real controversy, says Nori Gerardo Lietz, is what is contained in the company's prospectus. | Continue reading
How should we learn to discriminate a fine wine or chocolate? Tradition says use a flavor wheel and map the taste into vocabulary. Kathryn A. Latour and John A. Deighton find that works for novices, but, beyond a point, it is counterproductive. Enthusiasts perform more like exper … | Continue reading
Is experimentation the right strategy for startups? This analysis of the adoption of A/B testing technology by 35,000 global startups provides evidence that a strategy based on repeated experimentation will improve performance over time, but benefits vary. | Continue reading
Letting independent workers choose their locations can boost companies, employees, and even the economy, according to research by Prithwiraj Choudhury and colleagues. | Continue reading
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Letting independent workers choose their locations can boost companies, employees, and even the economy, according to research by Prithwiraj Choudhury and colleagues. | Continue reading
Newspapers with reputable brands and unique content are finding success behind paywalls. For most papers, however, the future is not so clear, says Doug J. Chung. | Continue reading
Jill Avery and Michael Norton explain what marketers can learn from consumers whose preferences lie outside of the mainstream. | Continue reading
Even unfounded allegations by whistleblowers can force government contractors to renegotiate their terms, say Jonas Heese and Gerardo Perez Cavazos. | Continue reading
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12/9/2002 IBM was in deep trouble when Louis V. Gerstner came on board as chairman and CEO almost a decade ago. But as he told MBA students at Harvard Business School, he wasn't the only one responsible for the change: He had lots of help on the inside. by Martha Lagace, HBS Work … | Continue reading
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Amazon has more economists on staff than any university economics department, and technology firms are snapping them up the minute they graduate, says Michael Luca. Why? Call it the economics of digitization. | Continue reading
Firms that allow their software programmers to "give back" to the open source community on company time gain benefits--even though competitors might benefit too, says Frank Nagle. | Continue reading