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- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
that will be perceived as doing the least harm to a status quo that is not perceived by most (at least in the U.S.) as being currently painful? What kind of trade-offs should be made between personal responsibility, free enterprise, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
differently while pregnant?” The focus is on practical, actionable recommendations. Risks are put into context so women can make their own choices, aware of the trade-offs they’re actually making. Pursuing Other Opportunities: A Corporate... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
brunt of the work/family trade-off decisions. And classroom discussions indicate that students just assume that's the way it goes. In the case, Nohria recalls his experience teaching the first-year required leadership course: "When... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
for designing such mechanisms—how the stakeholders are motivated to participate and how the company uses their inputs and makes decisions. For any choice there are trade-offs to be considered. He concludes by identifying the design most... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
to do in the past. Consumers need to think beyond just the monthly cost of their premiums and consider the trade-offs involved in their decisions, especially the risks and constraints of high deductibles and narrow network plans. From... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
thus subject to the same phenomenon of language. "While we might hope that companies do good for the community because it's the right thing to do, in general they think of it as making a short-term trade-off for a long-term return. It... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
identities, and positions. By separating brand from product, this approach aims to highlight possible ways in which brand owners in international corporations can address the trade-off between global integration and local responsiveness.... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
have big parts to play. That can be positive. It will be difficult and it will involve lots of complicated trade-offs and wrenching decisions, but nonetheless, we need a lot more than hunkering down and hoping we get through. Nancy Koehn... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
RS: Absolutely. And hopefully these new models will dispel the idea that there is a trade-off between providing excellent care and actually making money. There may be a sense that it has to be one or the other, but that is not always... View Details
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
planning for the long term, however, good judo strategists must also be prepared to "pivot," as Rob Glaser (chairman and CEO of RealNetworks) says. "When we make trade-offs between short-term gain and long-term... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
VC firm called Onset Ventures, which lays out a "test" for all entrepreneurs it considers backing. It's called the "Rich versus King" test. It gets to this essential trade-off around what drives an entrepreneur: Is it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
understood why a sponsor might feel she's a safe investment. And I understood better what her life is like, what the value of time is for her, and what trade-offs she makes. These are not necessarily things you can learn from academic... View Details
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
Austin, Fearing develops a "fairness" metric that (in the case of severe weather, for example) balances the trade-off between the most efficient and the most equitable allocation of delays. The FAA's current Traffic Flow... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
constraints and fears that prevent executives from taking a big-picture, strategic view. Alumni Bulletin: There are some strong generational differences at play, with younger generations prioritizing flexibility over almost anything else. How do those View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
find that tax cuts lead to an increase in real investment, suggesting a trade-off between investment and inequality at the state level. This paper studies the effects of corporate tax changes on income inequality. Using state corporate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
success hard-wired to results achieved by the machines. The trade-off between service levels, revenues, and profitability became less obvious, particularly given the intense price competition from foreign manufacturers experienced by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) - Course Catalog
these familiar benefits of competition? This question of trade-offs is not just theoretical, because there’s a growing sense that SpaceX is building a monopoly—or, in some respects, already has one. Class session 11: Public funding and... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
contracts model of vertical integration choices into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. Integration decisions are driven by a trade-off between the pecuniary benefits of coordinating production decisions and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
for Firm Heterogeneity, Predicting Firm-Specific Coefficients, and Estimating Strategy Trade-Offs By: Alcácer, Juan, Wilbur Chung, Ashton Hawk, and Gonçalo Pacheco-de-Almeida Abstract—Although Strategy research aims to understand how firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
reduced margins and increased risks that come with entering a number of domains that already have established incumbents, and the trade-offs between maximizing shareholder return (for example through investments in full tariff power... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace