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- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
hiring, and promoting minority workers, and he hopes the research will spur them to re-evaluate ways of reducing segregation. “These research findings are depressing because we value integration as a social goal,” Koning says. “Americans spend a great View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
deal monetized Branch’s performance with the Patriots, capitalizing on his reputation as a big-game competitor and paying him far more than his statistics justified. In five years with Seattle, Branch started only 40 games and failed to...
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- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
And many are jumping in without doing their homework to determine the distinct financial needs of consumers in the countries they are targeting. “Successful operators deal with the unique circumstances of countries to provide a product...
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- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
government needs to reach an agreement with creditors as soon as possible. Every day that goes by, it is getting closer to going back to the drachma or striking a worse deal with its creditors. As the economic health of Greece...
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- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
informed individuals is likely to lead to improvements in dealing with the problem of economic benchmarking. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2517496 Scale and Innovation During Two U.S. Breakthrough Eras By: Nicholas, Tom...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26
model. The case describes the various marketing channels employed by the BabbaCo team (Search, Email, Social Media, Deal Sites, Affiliates, etc.), including the strategy and effectiveness for each. Readers can use this knowledge to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
so common? A: Our research shows that there are psychological, organizational, and political factors that conspire to keep us from dealing with problems that are worthy of our attention. Psychological vulnerabilities have to do with...
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
employees must help frustrated customers with their problems, but because Indian call center employees are often expected to 'de-Indianize' many elements of their behavior—for example, by adopting a Western accent and attitude," the paper explains. Wipro was View Details
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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy - MBA
differences, and dignity of others, honesty and integrity in dealing with all members of the community, and accountability for personal behavior into every aspect of their experience at the School. Those who choose to express dissent,...
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- 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18
inflation with a devalued currency, despite massive capital inflows and a huge current account deficit. At home, the government has carefully managed between Islamicization, democracy, and secularism. And abroad, it deals with a difficult...
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Anna Secino
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
has to be implemented across a large, distributed organization. "Large firms definitely had some work to do to adopt," says McElheran. "But it seems that the best firms had practices in place to deal with the complexity. The real...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 07 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 7
communicating with employees were appropriate to its next stage of internal development and external growth. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411077-PDF-ENG Globant Mukti Khaire, Gustavo A. Herrero, and Cintra ScottHarvard Business School Case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
clearly political content to what we are suggesting," says Bower. "We talk about the need for leaders of companies to develop skill sets that they might not have—a lot of our business leaders have not been brought up to be comfortable in View Details
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by Maggie Starvish
- 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5
School Case 112-096 In June 2010, Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services operator, acquired the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion-the largest ever cross-border deal in emerging markets. Bharti's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 17, 2008
NBG’s offer, they can evaluate given valuations of the bank and analyze why the proposed deal is structured so the Özyeğin retains a stake and buys back the non-Turkish operations. Students can also consider the offer from the perspective...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
There's just no way to isolate the issue from the rest of the environment, the immediate family, the external environment, the prevailing cultural norms. We're talking here about a point of entry into an intervention, as it were—but you can't even define the problem in...
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
profits later" pitch. Dayton said venture money would flow once the business opportunities become apparent, but deals will be for hundreds of thousands of dollars, not millions. Predictions For Broadband: 2008 In another panel...
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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
performance—and the issues about how top executives seem to be getting a different kind of deal than employees get, there is a fundamental cynicism about the free enterprise system. The closed CEO labor market and the consequences it has...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
angels asked to change some conditions in a radical way one day prior to the closing. This put us in a delicate cash position, yet we refused to renegotiate, and the deal collapsed. In the end, we were lucky enough to be oversubscribed...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
difficult when I can’t see if someone is smiling or not. I just finished reading Erik Larson’s The Splendid and the Vile, about living in WWII London during the Blitz. They carried on, they figured it out, and they went about their business. People are resilient. We’ll...
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