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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
depending on your individual circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes, and, after that point, the course fee is non-refundable. Refer to...
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- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
financing—multinational firms with access to foreign capital, for example—recovered more quickly than companies reliant on local financing. Companies may do well to consider that fact as they position themselves to weather the next crisis, says Steinwender. “Companies...
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- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
beliefs about a group depend on the characteristics of the reference group. Because stereotypes emphasize differences, they cause belief distortions, particularly when groups are similar. In line with our...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
might be threatened. Rob Houck reminds us that considerations of potential legal liability often inhibit transparency in such cases. Should the public sector wait for an "invitation" for its intervention? The sentiment here seemed to be that it View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
relevant ideas and concerns they have is the focus of this research. Upward voice refers to communications directed to someone higher in the organizational hierarchy with the perceived power or authority to take action on the problem or...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
in a way that they never were. Twenty years ago, said Lander, information was a trivial component of biomedical research. Most of what a scientist did was based on work taking place in his or her own lab or in a few other labs. Now, of course, scientists View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Suchors (MBA 1977) She Writes Press Floundering in her second career, the one she’s always wanted, author Cheryl Suchors resolves that, despite a fear of heights, her mid-life success depends on hiking the highest of the grueling White...
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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
Bazerman The consumer decision-making literature has paid great attention to the information processing and decision making (or choice) of consumers. In the vast majority of this literature, the dependent variable is some variation of a...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
Researchers have long shown that there are differences in how socially responsible companies depend on the culture of their country of origin. Companies located in countries including Germany, Japan, and most Nordic nations are more...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
biotech industry. At HBS, Higgins currently teaches Self-Assessment and Career Development in the MBA curriculum and Strategic Human Resource Management in the Executive Education Program. What is a career imprint? Organizational career imprinting View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
differences in legitimate performance as a function of how easy people expect the task to be, or whether their expectations are set explicitly (by referring to others' performance) or implicitly (as implied by their own prior...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
to compete as efficiently as possible for customers and build the enterprise's value," Deninger said. The new business model delegates non-core activities to various specialized partners, creating what Deninger refers to as an...
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by Jim Aisner
- Profile
Prita Kumar
wellness growing up,” she said, referring to Booya Fitness, her nascent startup venture. From the age of 12, when the scorching Houston summers kept her indoors, Kumar started working out to fitness DVDs such as Billy Blanks Tae Bo...
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- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
Most compelling is the high return rate for apparel products purchased online, which mirrors the rate for catalog apparel purchases: By one estimate, returns for apparel bought from catalogs ranged from 12 to 35 percent, depending on the...
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- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
markets will provide incentives for companies to behave responsibly and companies will exhibit those behaviors because they'll have lower costs if they do. But that will depend on organizations like SASB, and to what extent they're...
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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
Slaughter, managing director and head of North American real estate investment banking for Morgan Stanley. Some refer to the post-crash era as a paradigm shift for commercial real estate. Others call it a sea change. Whatever the choice...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
right; we are most known probably for our paper storage and shredding. But you’re going to start to hear more about our path to digital transformation. We took stock of where we were and all those relationships that you refer to. And we...
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- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
account for the majority of sales and revenue. To tackle this challenge, we use machine learning techniques to estimate historical lost sales and predict future demand of new products. The nonparametric structure of our demand prediction model, along with the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
still makes a statement.” Referring to the specific action of Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, who resigned from a presidential appointment in protest, hollidsu said, “Frazier was showing true leadership. He should be commended even if the...
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by James Heskett