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- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
especially when they don’t have any knowledge of a subject. Designating a common enemy has always been an efficient way at uniting people. It also typically leads to scapegoating. Politicians’ role should be...
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by Staff
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
bureaucracy in which regional managers exaggerate the need for local adaptations to defend their turf; and a deteriorating market share, financial performance, and stock price. Fords worldwide should have a View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
interested in discovering if this was an effective strategy, since a lot of people seemed to be doing it. Our assumption was that they think there's an advantage to doing it, given that it's such a common...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at View Details
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by Jim Aisner
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
sidebar "Are Board Self-Evaluations Enough?") Separate The Positions Of Chairman And Ceo. This suggestion is hardly novel—in fact, splitting the positions is a View Details
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
demand model, Stanton and Thomas estimate that hand-holding premium accounts for about two-thirds of the price increase for first-time users, while markups represent the other...
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- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
for granted in America. Interestingly, they actually invested in building the commons elsewhere because they realized its importance—but in the process, over a number View Details
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning
first, it has to undo the common perception that the product is an intimidating machine for guys. As part of its strategy, in July 2003, Sony...
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by Youngme Moon
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
genome, Goldberg has focused his most recent efforts on explaining the impact of this revolutionary discovery on the agribusiness system. "All industries that deal with...
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- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto
Harvard Business School professors David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto fielded questions about their article in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. Garvin and Roberto discuss the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
The Pattern While certain improvisations are more common in some types of negotiations than others, there is no ideal form. Try to guide your negotiation toward View Details
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
development? This paper attempts to answer this question by examining the history of bond markets and creditor rights in Brazil as well as evidence of creditor rights...
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Martha Lagace
- 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 sharing your thoughts with one...
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- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is...
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- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
by the new Information Age economy and redirecting it into the neighborhoods and communities of the country, and toward View Details
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by James Heskett
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
a social impact mission. Having a social mission is not the only way that entrepreneurs can connect with potential investors and employees. Communities based around a sport or a common connection such as a...
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- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
doctor recommendations, tests, or prescriptions." This is illustrated by the fact that some of the most common conditions such as high...
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by Manda Salls
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
restructuring as the process through which a company radically changes the contractual relationships that exist among its creditors, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne