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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?
and lessons for a United States whose flag may not continue to have fifty stars. What causes countries to “untie”? There’s a whole series of theories to explain why that happens: religious, cultural, and language differences. But often... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- News
Fellowship Funder
about Hank,” Mencoff continues, “is not finance and tax theory but his consistent emphasis on the importance of maintaining one’s ethical compass in business and in life.” Thus inspired, Mencoff, on the occasion of his 30th HBS reunion... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
study seeks to understand the effect of access to sex selection technologies such as ultrasound, and consequently skewed sex ratios, on the marriage market and intrahousehold outcomes of females in India. Existing economic theory and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1
findings that have implications for theory and practice, and that suggest new directions for future research. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
wrote in 1990, Executive's Guide to Motivating People: How Freudian Theory Can Turn Good Executives into Better Leaders. The book is an introduction to psychoanalytic theory and aims to help the executive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Matt Thurmond
class, you see a specific business situation; you have to apply a multitude of theories and ideas to come to a decision, an action. For me, it means creating a habit of informed decision-making. And it develops my communication skills.... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
didn’t know what body we would be born into, an idea from A Theory of Justice by John Rawls. If that were true, we would create a society that was best for the worst-off people. I admired Buffett for being someone who has so much and yet... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
optimize use of resources, encourage knowledge exchange and development, and increase innovation. "This book grounds the concept of a differentiated network more firmly in organization theory and tests its validity more rigorously by... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
narrowed. "Much of what we teach in management theory is that there is one best way to do things," West observes. To explain the existence of two "best ways," he cites differences in the institutional contexts in which U.S. and Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
appointment book—it was largely empty. Like Buffett, Spier’s investing approach is iconoclastic. He moved his family to Zurich to escape the Wall Street Sturm und Drang. His theories on economic behavior are pulled not from economists but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
2018 Pearson Education Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan Abstract—Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 2010
- Article
Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry
By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
This study focuses on the imprinting of institutional environments, particularly how founding institutions impact intra-organizational capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Banking; Organizations; Theory; Policy; Government and Politics; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Competency and Skills; United States
Marquis, Christopher, and Zhi Huang. "Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010): 1441–1473.
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new strategies for improving decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206046 PublicationsLasting Success for the Christian in Business Author:Laura L. Nash Periodical:Business and Professional Ethics Journal 23, no. 4 (spring 2006). A Decision Perspective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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When Soup Improves Livelihoods: My Summer at a Social Enterprise Sara Marcus 25 Jul 2018 Ten months ago I arrived at HBS hoping to answer a question: How can I use business management sk... Quantum Theory & the Rise of the B Corporation... View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
that extended management theory and improved management practice. This paper draws upon public sources and the authors’ personal experiences to describe how three management consulting companies created and sustained several big... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
currently have waiting periods.) Yet this research shows that even if a waiting period isn’t necessary to complete a background check, it can serve the important purpose of slowing down gun purchases long enough to prevent deaths. “If the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
anecdotal learnings on the role of gender in social venture commercialization,” says Liza Mueller, director of operations and knowledge management at the New York–based organization. “The research findings on proximity and exposure to female leadership are affirming to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
contribute to decision theory and management. Their work most applicable to business, however, was often overshadowed by that of economists. But as the assumptions of rational behavior and "perfect information" that formed the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett