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- 29 May 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division
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by John W. Pratt
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors Timothy Simcoe and Michael View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Supply Chain Screening Without Certification: The Critical Role of Stakeholder Pressure
- 07 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency
- 27 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
actually needed them, allowing the start-ups to take advantage of them quickly. Second, the networking leads to preferential access, not preferential treatment—a subtle but crucial distinction. Preferential access means being able to call a meeting and receive the full...
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- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
heavy-handed we had to be." John puts it another way: "Cost transparency doesn't fall apart until we say, 'Hey guys, we're ripping you off.'" Meanwhile In The Real World The researchers took the academic experiments into the real world...
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- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
Finding and nurturing future leadership talent is a primary concern for most organizations. How can they identify top people, train them, and—here's the catch—retain them? And do so in the face of ever-increasing global challenges? Harvard Business School professors...
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by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
Working PapersShamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Information Disclosure Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel. Abstract We apply institutional theory to explain how firms respond to information disclosure. Considering the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Walter A. Friedman's new book Birth of a Salesman chronicles the rise and development of modern sales management from the 18th century to the present day. Its fascinating cast of dynamic business figures and academic leaders includes John...
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by Laura Linard
- 15 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care
conference and survey from Harvard's business and medical schools may prove particularly timely. Delivered by the Forum on Healthcare Innovation, which was formed last year with encouragement from the respective deans of the two...
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- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
“Oh, they were the ones who said, ‘We’re going to be out by Christmas.’ And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they’d say, ‘We’re going to be out by Easter.’ And Easter would come, and Easter...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
Policy,” in which University of Michigan Professor Andrew J. Hoffman wrote, “One of the reasons (among many) that the public discourse on critical scientific issues of our day has become so confused is that too many academics, according to a 2014 study View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division
By: John W. Pratt
Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an item in proportion to their entitlements if they receive nothing else. The "price" procedures of Pratt (2007), including the Nash...
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Pratt, John W. "Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-094, May 2008.
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Here are the 20 most popular stories published by HBS Working Knowledge in 2008, and the five most-read working papers authored by HBS faculty. Most Popular Articles 1. Creating a Positive Professional Image...
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by Staff
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
the right times. They'd done it by implementing techniques and technologies at an unprecedented pace; among them, the lean production method introduced by W. Edwards Deming,...
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by David Stauffer
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
honest conversation, to undermine their ability to develop a trust-based culture for years to come. Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, co-founder and director of TruePoint Partners, and the Center for Higher Ambition...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
Nordisk. At United Technologies, whose products include Carrier air conditioners, Otis elevators, and Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, a recent integrated report focused on such nonfinancial metrics as lower fuel consumption and...
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by Staff
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract—A firm's costs are typically tightly guarded secrets. However, across six laboratory experiments and a field study we identify when...
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Sean Silverthorne