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Professor Ron Adner says having a great idea is not always enough to succeed.
Professor Ron Adner says having a great idea is not always enough to succeed.
The European Union is bailing out Greece again. The bigger worry, says Tuck professor Espen Eckbo, is that Italy might be next.
Current Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is nothing like his predecessor. That’s a good thing, says Professor Syd Finkelstein.
If last summer's debt-ceiling crisis taught us anything, says professor Richard D’Aveni, it’s that the United States needs a transformational economic strategy. In his new book, Strategic Capitalism, D'Aveni offers one.
Vijay Govindarajan says the locus of innovation is shifting to the developing world.
M. Eric Johnson offers managers a new way of governing employee access to data that allows for both greater flexibility and control.
Punam Anand Keller wants to help you make the right decision for your health.
Scott Neslin examines patient compliance and persistence in pharmaceuticals and finds valuable lessons for marketing and public policy.
Marketing professor Kusum Ailawadi studied how gasoline prices impact consumers’ grocery shopping behavior.
Professor Vijay Govindarajan posed this question in his blog on the Harvard Business Review website last August and the response was overwhelming.
The lengths online retailers will go to avoid collecting sales taxes is consistent with new research by Leslie Robinson that shows companies can and do avoid taxes not based on income.
M. Eric Johnson, the Benjamin Ames Kimball Professor of the Science of Administration and director of Tuck’s Center for Digital Strategies, says bad software is to blame for information breaches.
More and more companies are using innovation ecosystems to bring better products to market. But Ron Adner, Associate Professor of Business Administration, says all of this collaboration comes at a cost.
The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup has been criticized for its overly complicated points system. But new research by professor Rendleman suggests organizers have it right.
Mortgage renegotiation has done little to stem the tide of preventable home foreclosures in the United States.
Andrew Bernard makes the case that big, productive exporters—not entrepreneurial newcomers—hold the key to U.S. export growth.
Richard Sansing does the math and shows that tax deductions for R&D may only break even for U.S. taxpayers.
The way consumers remember negative events can affect how distant they feel from them and how likely they are to assign blame to those involved.
Judith White says identifying with a strong role model leads to more inspired leadership.
Professors Jonathan Lewellen and Katharina Lewellen take a more nuanced look at corporate cash flow and investment—and find a strong correlation.
Markets may hate uncertainty, but traditional earnings volatility measurements, which allow investors get a better handle on risk, aren’t helping to clear things up.
In July, the federal government pushed through an unprecedented package of reforms to prevent another financial crisis. But will they work?
Kopalle specializes in the study of pricing strategy, particularly new-product pricing and development.
Espen Eckbo finds that, contrary to assumptions and biases, putting bankrupt companies on the auction block is more efficient than Chapter 11.
Punam Anand Keller uses social marketing research to devise a better—and less costly—way to persuade people to save for retirement.
Karl Diether has studied the uptick rule and finds that its effects on liquidity and volatility are small and best viewed as distortions caused by the rule itself.
Brian Tomlin explores how companies can manage risks lurking in their supply chains and discovers that the nature of the risk matters.
Peter Golder’s study of brand persistence shows that a recession may be a top brand’s best friend.
Assistant Professor Y. Jackie Luan has developed an econometric model to help film studios find balance—and maximum revenue—as theaters and DVDs fight it out.
Investor behavior has long been at odds with investor wisdom. Most investors chase potential profits by actively buying and selling stocks—or by hiring someone else to do it for them—although trading costs and management fees significantly reduce their net returns. New research by Tuck Professor Kenneth R. French quantifies the costs of such active investing and provides strong evidence that a passive approach is better for most investors.
Ron Adner raises new issues regarding the design of business models in the collaborative partnerships known as innovation ecosystems.
Andrew King worries that industry self-regulation may attract “undue credence,” but his research is discovering factors that can help make it a success.
Leslie Robinson and Phillip Stocken’s creative use of closely-held accounting data shows a long-term trend to more autonomy for U.S. overseas subsidiaries.
Robert Shumsky finds that sharing agreements among alliance members may limit revenue for the alliance as a whole.
Leslie Robinson’s research reveals surprising results on the repatriation decisions of U.S. multinational corporations.
Praveen Kopalle’s research demonstrates that so-called “emergent consumers” can help create more appealing products.