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- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
of countries has its own fascination. That's why we prefer to think about a cross section of countries and understand what is similar and different. We focus on many different emerging markets to develop a theory that spans all emerging...
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
options across thirteen studies involving diverse samples (executives, law/business/medical students, adults) and contexts (public policy, business, medicine). These distortions appear to primarily reflect decision biases rather than View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Sandberg (MBA 1995) and HP president and CEO Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) as well as entrepreneurs such as Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008), who cofounded the social marketing software developer Wildfire in 2008 (selling the 350-plus employee firm to...
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April White
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
clinic to accomplish this. So often we find that big institutions find it extremely difficult to find educators, social services, to get local or state governments to provide services that provide this wraparound that you’re describing....
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- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
actually increase overall social welfare. We also consider the environmental impact of BPS and derive competitive conditions under which BPS reduces and increases emissions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-098.pdf ...
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Martha Lagace
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
they said, “Look, we’re really not interested in becoming a manager and moving up through the ranks. We much prefer getting greater and more-interesting experiences, because that helps us actually think about where we’re going to go...
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- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for liquid stocks. Tests with no...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article: http://hbr.org/2010/07/are-you-ignoring-trends-that-could-shake-up-your-business/ar/1 Vision Statement: Mapping the Social Internet...
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Martha Lagace
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
a system that’s ripe for innovation and streamlining. Change has come relatively quickly. Social media and digital platforms have “re-intermediated” the connections between students and recent graduates, recruiters, career counselors, and...
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- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
Danielle Abstract—Evaluators with expertise in a particular field may have an informational advantage in separating good projects from bad. At the same time, they may also have personal preferences that impact their objectivity. This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
feature advertisements, and aisle displays) at the fiscal quarter end when they have greater incentive to boost earnings. Our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey, and Rajgopal, 2005) and...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
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practice to incorporate non-traditional preferences and criteria? How do such activities affect risk and return? Do these new practices actually alter company behavior, or create social value? How is and how...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
vision," they say, "is to be the preferred provider of food for West Africans." Ndidi and Mezuo, both children of university professors, approach the ambitious challenge with a combination of academic rigor and devotion to View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
studies the direct effects of managers' biases and nonstandard preferences on their decisions. We review relevant psychology, economic theory and predictions, empirical challenges, empirical evidence, new directions such as behavioral...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Art Nature Business
about environmental conditions at different moments in time. The sheets of newspaper form concentric circles, evoking time in the same way as recorded in trees." Lagos prefers newspapers because, in his words, "the essence of...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
world? Or what’s extra and different now about the cloud environment?Lindner: So the answer is, yes, it would’ve been preferable for the CFO to be always this business adviser function. Oftentimes, however, distinct processes were really...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
set professionals need to provide investment data, analysis, and advice. We’ll also talk about the social and political pressures influencing perceptions of sustainability and diversity as business metrics. And we’ll consider how...
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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Charles C.Y., and Jesse M. Fried Abstract—It’s no secret that the American economy is suffering from the twin ills of slow growth and rising income inequality. Many lay the blame at the doors of America’s largest public corporations. The charge? These firms View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Common Asset Management, Boston, Massachusetts Leaders should learn empathy and seek employees who bring greater empathy to their work. Social intelligence distinguishes a firm and leads to superior outcomes. Having diversity of...
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