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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
problems ripe for innovations that can make a difference in the world. It is a privilege to work with enlightened SuperCorps to create partnerships across sectors combining capabilities for the greater good. That has the potential to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
of values and purpose, we have come to privilege efficiency and rationality as paramount. This tendency is most marked in modern business organizations. It should not be surprising, therefore, that organizational scholars should no longer...
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
interference when identifying an object from others' spatial perspectives, and relied more heavily on privileged knowledge when inferring others' beliefs. Using both experimental-causal-chain and measurement-of-mediation approaches, we...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
that scenario. My advice to Biden: Continue to reveal your deep devotion to America and its core values, but also ask us for a better version of ourselves. It will be the privilege and burden of President Biden to make sure that the bar...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
value over the short, medium, and long term. These audiences will be privileged for resource allocation purposes, and they will determine what the company deems to be material for reporting purposes. If the board decides, for example,...
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by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
Communist heaven. Master passions—passions that create our world and are in turn proliferated by these very creations—are ubiquitous. But ubiquity is a privilege that accrues to those who can make themselves invisible. So the master...
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by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
million every four years just for the privilege of using The Rings in their advertising—with hundreds of millions more spent on the advertising campaigns themselves. They aren't the only ones banking on Olympic success. NBC, which paid...
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- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
unconcerned. Engagement on various applications on the Facebook platform is up. Users appear comfortable with the trade they make to give up privileged information in exchange for a range of convenient and free services. Without a push by...
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by George Riedel
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
built brands that shaped perceptions of beauty and the business organizations needed to market them. They democratized access to beauty products, once the privilege of elites, but they also defined the gender and ethnic borders of beauty,...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
the privilege of collecting loyalty card customer data. As former Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy put it in his recent book referring to the 1 percent loyalty discount: "It was a thank you, pure and simple." Can such small rewards...
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- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and grant‐making bodies. Little is known about the degree to which the crowd differs from experts...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
PFA Pension was the biggest commercial pension provider in Denmark. At the end of 2015, the company had decided to boost its investments into the alternative asset class, an area where it was lagging behind its competitors. The aim was to View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
faculty co-chair of the Harvard Business School Digital Initiative, who has studied academic influence on policy. The more important factor is being willing to weigh in when the time comes. “It’s a privilege—that’s exactly the right word,” he says. “It’s an absolute...
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by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and grant‐making...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
was highly constrained by the Great Powers of Europe. This resulted in considerable distortions on the economy and society. For example, special legal privileges were given to Europeans and non-Muslim minorities, which was one reason why...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
business models at the base of the pyramid. Students seem quite enthusiastic about the nature of the cases and discussion topics we bring to the classroom. It is indeed a privilege to have the benefit of over a hundred bright minds...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
distributional side they [the plan’s authors] seem to be sending signals that they don't want this to be criticized as just a tax cut that privileges people at the top. But they have some work to do. I think it's not easy to sell this as...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
Abstract—Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
717-515 VMware and the Public Cloud (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717515-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-418 CyberArk: Protecting the Keys to the IT Kingdom CyberArk was the recognized leader in the...
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Carmen Nobel