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- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
expert-produced knowledge, we compare bias in these two models in the context of contested knowledge, which involves subjective, unverifiable, or controversial information. Using data from Encyclopædia Britannica, authored by experts, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
participation in the political process to his controversial campaigns for the U.S. presidency. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/409117-PDF-ENG
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
has proved to be as controversial as was public ownership. The huge investment in infrastructure has to be paid for one way or the other, a fact that government officials in the developing world tended rather wistfully to overlook....
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- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the developing world...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
antagonistic students, sexism, and racism. Even when case discussions raised controversial topics, Christensen's leadership was informed by clarity and confidence. David Garvin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
sharply tailored suit with close-cropped silver hair. “It probably wasn’t very bright, but I was arrogant.” But as Maj began his studies in Warsaw, Poland again fell into tumult. In early 1976, a controversial amendment to its...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
faculty faced, including plagiarism, unresponsive students, antagonistic students, sexism, and racism. Even when case discussions raised controversial topics, Christensen’s leadership was informed by clarity and confidence. David Garvin,...
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- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
qualities, achieved through the controversial technology of genetic modification. Genetically modified foods, also known as GMOs, are a confusing topic for consumers. In the United States, 95 percent of the soybeans and 85 percent of the...
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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
and project management, Art Mosley (MBA '68), ACOG's director of venue acquisition, has seen his share of controversies surrounding property issues and negotiations. So it was with pleasant anticipation that he contemplated a major phase...
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Garry Emmons
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
on the verge of collapse, and the bank's charismatic and controversial senior partner, Jakob Goldschmidt, appealed personally to the government, the central bank, and his private banking rivals for a lifeline. Purchase this...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
path to a high-paying job as they can. Fuller: So J.D., you mentioned earlier that it was controversial that this be a program that leads to a bachelor’s degree. You mentioned ETSU, Eastern Tennessee State University, as a partner. Why...
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- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation Authors:Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen, and Per Strömberg Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures from public shareholders, or whether LBO...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
of California. Although Berkeley survived the financial crisis of 2008 under the leadership of Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, new Chancellor Nicholas Dirks inherited an ongoing structural deficit and a divided faculty. New controversies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
controversy. This controversy centered around a number of insider trading cases that had been brought against consultants working for competing expert network firms. While GLG was in no way implicated in these cases, and GLG had invested...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
controversial IPO in 2007, raising $458 million. Many, including Nobel Peace Prize–winner Muhammad Yunus, have accused CB of making a profit at the expense of the poor, passing most of the earnings on to shareholders rather than lowering...
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
support actions? As the federal Highway Trust Fund is about to run out of money, how can controversies over funding sources be resolved—raising gas taxes or replacing this with user fees, such as tolls on Interstate Highways, congestion...
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- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
been dubbed the "Chongqing Model," a controversial bundle of reforms that promised public and private sector growth with benefits more equitably shared by all citizens. Yet critics found the model politically suspect and over...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
practice. We put our ideas into practice, see how they work, and learn from that how to make them even better." —Deborah Blagg Prescription: Make Medicine Personal A writer and scientist with a PhD in biophysics from Johns Hopkins, Gregory Stock (MBA 1987) is an...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
performance is controversial and the empirical evidence is mixed. High pay dispersion may act as an extra incentive for employees' effort or it may reduce motivation and team cohesiveness. These effects can also coexist and the prevalence...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per Strömberg Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds...
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Carmen Nobel