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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
(for example, brushing your teeth or putting on your right sock first) tend to be performed automatically. But when we’re more mindful about these actions—when we focus on the precise way they are performed—they can instead become...
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Industrial competitiveness in high tech and science-based businesses
By: Willy C. Shih
How do emerging economies develop industrial and technical capabilities that overtake those of advanced economies? Are there some industrial sectors that are especially susceptible to such targeting? What will it take to restore America’s...
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- 2021
- Article
Fair Algorithms for Infinite and Contextual Bandits
By: Matthew Joseph, Michael J Kearns, Jamie Morgenstern, Seth Neel and Aaron Leon Roth
We study fairness in linear bandit problems. Starting from the notion of meritocratic fairness introduced in Joseph et al. [2016], we carry out a more refined analysis of a more general problem, achieving better performance guarantees with fewer modelling assumptions...
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Joseph, Matthew, Michael J Kearns, Jamie Morgenstern, Seth Neel, and Aaron Leon Roth. "Fair Algorithms for Infinite and Contextual Bandits." Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society 4th (2021).
- 2016
- Report
Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2016
In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2016 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, the report documents the faltering performance of the U.S. economy and the erosion of America’s business...
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Keywords:
U.S. Competitiveness;
Competitive Strategy;
Macroeconomics;
Government and Politics;
United States
Porter, Michael E., Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, and Manjari Raman. "Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2016." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, September 2016.
- June 2016
- Teaching Note
N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business
By: David A. Garvin
N12 Technologies was a startup founded in 2010 that employed nanotechnology to manufacture a patented material to improve the performance of carbon fiber composites, which were used in a wide variety of products, ranging from bicycles to automobiles to aircraft parts....
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Keywords:
Startup;
Organizational Structure;
Nanotechnology;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Management Systems;
Commercialization;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Bicycle Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States
- November 2013
- Case
Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance?
By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
Ministry of Supply is an entrepreneurial venture in the apparel sector. The firm focuses on a specific segment—'performance professional wear'—within the sector, specializing in clothes that use fabrics with high-tech performance features (such as moisture-wicking,...
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Khaire, Mukti, and Hannah Catzen. "Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance?" Harvard Business School Case 814-042, November 2013.
- April 2009 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Before the Fall: Lehman Brothers 2008
By: Clayton S. Rose and Anand Ahuja
This case examines Lehman Brothers in the months preceding its collapse. Following the announcement of a huge and unexpected second quarter loss, the CFO was removed from her post after only seven months in the job. This case explores the challenges faced by a firm...
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Keywords:
Communication Strategy;
Financial Crisis;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Management;
Financial Markets;
Crisis Management;
Trust;
Financial Services Industry
Rose, Clayton S., and Anand Ahuja. "Before the Fall: Lehman Brothers 2008." Harvard Business School Case 309-093, April 2009. (Revised September 2011.)
- 13 Oct 2021
- News
How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now
- 07 Jun 2021
- News
Three Strategies for Winning the Post-pandemic War for Talent
- 05 Jun 2020
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FT business books: April to June edition
- 15 Mar 2020
- News
Commercial Real Estate in the Age of the COVID-19 Virus
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
Where ESG Fails
- 18 Aug 2017
- News
Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy
- 24 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Development Banks Do? Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2009
Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem
Combining machine learning with econometric analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent in both research and practice. A common empirical strategy involves the application of predictive modeling techniques to "mine" variables of interest from available data,...
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- 20 Apr 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It
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Latin America - Global
seeds business continued to perform well. Yet Skornyakov’s outlook was sobering. He expected the war, in some form, to last as long as Russian President Vladimir Putin remained in power. And he expected many Ukrainian agriculture...
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IBISWorld | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
comprised of small businesses. Global industry reports for selected industries are also available. Also includes the Industry Wizard tool, allowing for a narrowing of industries by a number of measures - performance (ex. revenue growth),...
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Robert S. Huckman
Robert Huckman is the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, and the Unit Head for
- June 2019 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries
By: Paul M. Healy, Susanna Gallani and Esel Çekin
Building on his father’s legacy, Omar Alghanim (MBA 2002) had been working on strengthening a performance-driven culture based on meritocracy in the family business, Alghanim Industries. The task had been particularly challenging because of traditional Middle East...
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Keywords:
Meritocracy;
Social Norms;
Family Business;
Organizational Culture;
Performance;
Diversity;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Middle East;
Kuwait
Healy, Paul M., Susanna Gallani, and Esel Çekin. "Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries." Harvard Business School Case 119-019, June 2019. (Revised July 2019.)