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- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
service provider effort induce feelings of reciprocity that together mediate the link between operational transparency and increased valuation, and explore boundary conditions and alternative explanations. Read the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Alignment in Cross-Functional and Cross-Firm Supply Chain Planning
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by Santiago Kraiselburd & Noel Watson
- June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past
By: Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta and David Lane
Over the past several decades, rapid growth in Chinese investment and trade has created for Africa a new development partner. China represents an alternative to U.S. and European nations whose past imperialism, resource avarice, and economic dictates—through the...
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Copper;
Imperialism;
IMF;
World Bank;
ODA;
Debt Relief;
Growth and Development;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Labor and Management Relations;
History;
Development Economics;
China;
Zambia;
Africa
Di Tella, Rafael, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta, and David Lane. "Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past." Harvard Business School Case 717-034, June 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
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conditions that drive team performance. 6 weeks, 7-9 hrs/weekApply by May 13$1,750Certificate Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Professor Nien-he Hsieh Develop a toolkit for making tough leadership decisions. 6 weeks, 7-9...
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- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
David Grabowski, and David Cutler Abstract— Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been credited with lowering risk-adjusted readmission rates for targeted conditions at general acute care hospitals. However, these...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
Working Papers Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation Authors: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by...
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Martha Lagace
- Article
A 680,000-Person Megastudy of Nudges to Encourage Vaccination in Pharmacies
By: Katherine L. Milkman, Linnea Gandhi, Mitesh S. Patel, Heather N. Graci, Dena M. Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Jake Rothschild, Jonathan E. Bogard, Ilana Brody, Christopher F. Chabris, Edward Chang, Gretchen B. Chapman, Jennifer E. Dannals, Noah J. Goldstein, Amir Goren, Hal Hershfield, Alex Hirsch, Jillian Hmurovic, Samantha Horn, Dean Karlan, Ariella S. Kristal, Cait Lamberton, Michael N. Meyer, Allison H. Oakes, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Maheen Shermohammed, Jaochim H. Talloen, Caleb Warren, Ashley V. Whillans, Kuldeep N. Yadav, Julian J. Zlatev, Ron Berman, Chalanda N. Evans, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, Nina Mazar, Sendhil Mullainathan, Christopher K. Snider, Jann Spiess, Eli Tsukayama, Lyle Ungar, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp and Angela L. Duckworth
Encouraging vaccination is a pressing policy problem. To assess whether text-based reminders can encourage pharmacy vaccination and what kinds of messages work best, we conducted a megastudy. We randomly assigned 689,693 Walmart pharmacy patients to receive one of 22...
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Vaccination;
Vaccines;
Nudges;
Communication Strategy;
Communication Technology;
Consumer Behavior;
Health Care and Treatment
Milkman, Katherine L., Linnea Gandhi, Mitesh S. Patel, Heather N. Graci, Dena M. Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Jake Rothschild, Jonathan E. Bogard, Ilana Brody, Christopher F. Chabris, Edward Chang, Gretchen B. Chapman, Jennifer E. Dannals, Noah J. Goldstein, Amir Goren, Hal Hershfield, Alex Hirsch, Jillian Hmurovic, Samantha Horn, Dean Karlan, Ariella S. Kristal, Cait Lamberton, Michael N. Meyer, Allison H. Oakes, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Maheen Shermohammed, Jaochim H. Talloen, Caleb Warren, Ashley V. Whillans, Kuldeep N. Yadav, Julian J. Zlatev, Ron Berman, Chalanda N. Evans, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, Nina Mazar, Sendhil Mullainathan, Christopher K. Snider, Jann Spiess, Eli Tsukayama, Lyle Ungar, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp, and Angela L. Duckworth. "A 680,000-Person Megastudy of Nudges to Encourage Vaccination in Pharmacies." e2115126119. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 6 (February 8, 2022).
- June 2013 (Revised September 2016)
- Supplement
Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-he Hsieh and Lara Adamsons
Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social...
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Nike;
Hannah Jones;
Mark Parker;
Phil Knight;
Philip Knight;
Eric Sprunk;
Jill Ker Conway;
Phyllis Wise;
Don Blair;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
SB&I;
Flyknit;
DyeCoo;
Footwear;
Athletic Footwear;
Apparel;
Athletic Apparel;
Sustainability;
Greenpeace;
Detox Campaign;
Dirty Laundry;
Water;
Water Use;
Water Pollution;
Water Resources;
Corporate Responsibility Committee;
Judgment;
Board Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Footwear Industry;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Ethics;
Fairness;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance;
Alignment;
Supply Chain;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Judgments;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Asia;
China;
United States;
Oregon;
Portland
Paine, Lynn S., Nien-he Hsieh, and Lara Adamsons. "Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-147, June 2013. (Revised September 2016.)
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
gas regulations are more likely to share greenhouse gas emissions levels and reduction targets. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-026.pdf The Rich Get Richer: Enabling Conditions for Knowledge Use in Organizational...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Exchanges, June 10, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://www.world-exchanges.org/news-views/views/integrated-reports-voluntary-filing Working PapersFrom Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
their value proposition to reflect ever-evolving demand conditions and discover new growth opportunities. They adapt their approach toward HR management to preserve business viability while maintaining employees’ safety and well-being....
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- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
competitor without anyone being the wiser. Working from home has facilitated searches. Employees didn’t have to close the door and hold hushed phone conversations with recruiters (not that such efforts ever fooled anyone). At home and...
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- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
leaders of listed companies in Germany.1 Is Big Change always the right action to revitalize a dispirited organization? Could “Small C” retooling work better in some instances than an exhaustive, complete turnaround? What we’ve learned in...
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- 2013
- Working Paper
U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence
By: William R. Kerr
High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for roughly a quarter of U.S. workers in these fields, and they have a similar contribution in terms of output measures like patents or firm starts. This...
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Kerr, William R. "U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-017, August 2013.
- 2017
- Chapter
U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence
By: William R. Kerr
High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for roughly a quarter of U.S. workers in these fields, and they have a similar contribution in terms of output measures like patents or firm starts. This...
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Innovation;
Diaspora;
Diasporas;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Immigration;
United States
Kerr, William R. "U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence." Chap. 6 in The International Mobility of Talent and Innovation: New Evidence and Policy Implications, edited by Carsten Fink and Ernest Miguelez, 193–221. Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Development. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard
The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in...
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- August 2020
- Case
Zoom Video Communications: Eric Yuan's Leadership During COVID-19
In the first half of 2020, worldwide lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought explosive growth to the Zoom Video Communications platform, as people replaced in-person work and social events with videoconferencing. Months into the pandemic, CEO Eric Yuan...
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Transformation;
Communication Technology;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Values and Beliefs;
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Crisis Management;
Organizational Culture;
Working Conditions;
Strategy;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Health Pandemics;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California
Kominers, Scott Duke, Christopher Stanton, Andy Wu, and George Gonzalez. "Zoom Video Communications: Eric Yuan's Leadership During COVID-19." Harvard Business School Case 821-014, August 2020.
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STATUS
In his work on status orders, Professor Malter studies the ways in which status orders affect the returns to organizations, the incentives and opportunities in markets, social market structure, and firm decisions. Using data on a highly structured wine region of...
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- June 2017
- Article
The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This paper traces the career of Michael Jensen, a Chicago finance PhD turned Harvard Business School professor to reveal the intellectual and social conditions that enabled the emergence and institutionalization of what we call the “neoliberal common sense of capital,”...
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Keywords:
Executive Pay;
The Firm;
Michael Jensen;
Neo-Liberalism;
Shareholder Value;
Agency Theory;
Corporate Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Transformation
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital." History of Political Economy 49, no. 2 (June 2017): 347–381.
- 01 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries