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- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
that postpone this matching until the end of the regular season. We show that the matching of teams affects efficiency as measured by the resulting television viewership. We also demonstrate that the reorganization has promoted more...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
must overcome severe individual and organizational biases that prevent managers and employees from thinking deeply and analytically about their risk exposure. In this paper, we draw lessons from seven case studies about the multiple and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. Abstract The empirical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
firms that have already joined the UN's Global Compact to promote social programs around the world. To put the WDC in place, a number of actions would be needed. First, the UN would draft a corporate charter to define the purpose of the...
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by George C. Lodge
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Annual Report FY20 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
rigorous citations and the insights that [Baker] brought to the table. I would love to work with B4B again.- Meredyth Lacy, MBA 2017 Baker for HBS Staff Our work enables HBS staff to make decisions about web site content, design and marketing initiatives in order to...
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- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
2020 prompted reflection on how we could expand Edwards' active community engagement to provide even more support for our employees and communities, particularly as it relates to social equity and justice," said Scott Ullem (MBA 1994),...
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- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
feedback, managers should ask themselves whether they're getting truthful evaluations from their subordinates. (In all likelihood, they aren't.) It takes time and discipline to persuade your employees to tell you about your failings....
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
building the faculty through the recruitment and promotion of outstanding faculty members, strengthening research, enhancing Executive Education, and launching important initiatives in ethics and social enterprise. He also oversaw a major...
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Dean
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
professional growth? An artist may start out as an artist. Then do I promote them and properly train them to be head of story? The next position could be to become co-director and eventually to the director of a movie. So in the case of...
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- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
for employee or employer. If women are forced to choose between, say, putting their child to bed or making that 7:30 pm meeting, both entities suffer. Flexibility on both parts will lead to a more harmonious and profitable relationship....
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by Wendy Guild
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract This study examined the convergent and construct validity of ratings of individual creative contributions in a team context. A sample of 201 employees and supervisors, working on 26 team projects,...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
environmental and social change—to transition employees to remote work, attract new customers, and spur innovation. The faculty produced nearly 700 cases and course development materials in fiscal 2020, along with more than 400 books,...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
of CP Group This case describes the megafarm model launched by the CP Group as part of their efforts to ensure the safety and quality of their supply chain of agricultural products (particularly eggs) in China while also promoting the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
The company could also revisit the previous two applications, tracking and tracing processed meat and tracking employee safety practices. At the other extreme, after seven years of R&D and marketing efforts and millions of dollars in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
aimed at promoting spatially defined agribusiness/agro-industrial investments and strengthening agribusiness and agro-industrial competitiveness. It analyzes five agroterritorial planning and policy instruments—economic corridors,...
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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit Harvard Business School Case 409-090 Barbara Norris struggles to address the many problems facing her as a recently promoted nurse manager in the General Surgery Unit (GSU) at Eastern...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
fulfillment drive work engagement. Employees have needs (e.g., a desire to be authentic) and they also have expectations for how their job or their organization will fulfill them. We argue that experiences at work that confirm employees’...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
grown up in the business all of my career, and when I finished college and came back I was a full-time employee for the first time. After a year or so I was promoted to work under my dad as one of the...
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- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
new ideas. Case in point: At Bing, a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled experiment—an A/B test—to try it out. The test...
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Carmen Nobel
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
different options and find one that’s a good fit? The flip side of that, of course, is how do employers find employees who are a good fit for them? And part of that is about being transparent around your values and what the company is...
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