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- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716068-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-073 Leading Global Teams This module aims to help students become effective leaders and members of global teams that must work together across national boundaries and toward a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
be a useful factor for me when considering which businesses to support with my consumer and investment dollars." In short, Mohan's dad was clearly not the only consumer who cared about executive pay. But would knowledge of a company's pay...
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- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
integrate management across the company. First and perhaps most important, he had the leaders of all the breakthrough projects report to a single executive, Adrian Hunter, the vice president of R&D, who had a deep knowledge of the...
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- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
practice. Chi square tests were used to assess the correlations in the data. Among the careers that were tracked (n = 195), there was significant heterogeneity in current primary employment. The most common sectors were clinical (27.7%),...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
functional administrators. Beginning in 1912, Harvard offered a required second-year course in "business policy," which was designed to integrate the knowledge gained in functional areas like accounting, operations, and finance,...
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by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
process. Provides in-depth information on three endorsement opportunities that each represents a common way in which talent can (choose to) get compensated: through a fixed-fee payment, a bonus payment structure, or a revenue-sharing...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55860 in press Journal of Consumer Psychology The Feeling of Not Knowing It All By: Yang, Haiyang, Ziv Carmon, Dan Ariely, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—How do consumers assess their mastery of View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
compete in the age of Amazon.” “What happened in this sector has potential implications for other brick-and-mortar stores attempting to compete in the age of Amazon.” All independent bookstores are unique, but Raffaelli has identified View Details
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
that body of knowledge was derived primarily from companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. But as emerging markets in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America continue to grow, so does an interest in how they came to be...
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by Julia Hanna
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
an action plan to implement back home what they've learned on campus. We then visit each district a few months later to check on the progress of their action plans, and to identify topics to study in the next cycle. Then the knowledge...
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- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for...
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- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
less common as manufacturing loses influence, in the following email Q&A Anteby explains that moral gray zones operate everywhere, at all levels of organizations. What's more, they will probably remain strong in the years to come....
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
companies in at least five ways: as a source of knowledge and expertise, as a sounding board and constructive critic, as a driver of accountability, as a stimulus for innovation, and as a resource for the full board. In an accompanying...
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Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
huge loss of capital. And, in fact, a lot of knowledge was lost in that transition. Many people had to figure out new things, had to learn how to operate under difficult circumstances. But for Akın, who was as an outsider in the previous...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
informal Twitter pollI recently conducted, 56 percent of entrepreneurs who responded said their most common ask of their investors is for hiring help. Second to that (31 percent) are asks for introductions to potential partners or...
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by Julia Austin
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
height, so we can redistribute income without hurting incentives by using tags. My research with [Harvard economist] Greg Mankiw, which has also been profiled in a Working Knowledge Q&A, develops this point in detail. Q: Your new...
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- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
knowledgeable about a country, a company, or an issue. Instructors are also more likely to provide closure at the end of a class or unit, with a clear set of "takeaways." Building The Tension In most classes, debate revolves...
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by David A. Garvin
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
applicants were being discouraged by many employers from going to full-time MBA programs, that part-time MBA, executive MBA, and other masters programs were seen as attractive substitutes, and that the students who came were not as engaged with the academic curriculum....
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- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery...
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