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- 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007
inventors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-042.pdf Electronic Hierarchies and Electronic Heterarchies: Relationship-Specific Assets and the Governance of Interfirm IT Authors:Andrew McAfee, Marco Bettiol, and Maria Chiarvesio Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
open collaborative sample. Based on a detailed analysis of the cases in which the mirroring hypothesis was not supported, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency as a means of achieving... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state pharmaceutical licensing exam, opened a drugstore with her husband in Stockton in 1915. Following his death, she became the sole proprietor and later opened two additional drugstores in town. Gleason... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015
communication and collaboration between practitioners and academics by introducing key vocabulary and concepts used in rigorous impact evaluation methods, starting with randomized controlled trials and comparing them with other methods... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
are on average exhibiting good corporate governance, especially in light of the markedly different business strategies they typically undertake. Moreover, unlike many past conceptions of business groups from financial economics,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
case: http://hbr.org/search/513053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-09 IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept IBM, through its corporate citizenship arm, demonstrated the role of business in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
effectively ward off a predictable surprise." What's a veil of ignorance and how can it help executives avoid predictable surprises? A: American philosopher John Rawls developed the concept of a veil of ignorance to encourage us to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
researchers say, is, it depends. "The technology we use to negotiate affects our definition of the negotiation game and the behavior deemed appropriate for the interaction," write Bazerman, Valley et al. Generally, face-to-face meetings foster rapport and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
question—it’s clear.” Simply put, inefficiencies in the development of precision medicine can best be addressed by a business-analysis approach. With the mapping of the human genome completed 15 years ago, the sci-fi concept of using a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
mask concept explains most if not all of mankind's woes of today." Those arguing a middle ground put forth some interesting suggestions, such as Leamon Duncan's: " sometimes leaders must mask feelings and emotions in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
In his book, Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work (Harvard Business School Press), HBS professor David Garvin argues that Nike left open a critical gap between encouraging innovative thinking and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
those taken in the name of social responsibility. Corporate actions that encroach upon the role of government also include those that fall into the narrower realm of economic endeavors. Criticisms of corporate social responsibility quite quickly View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52469 2017 Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter places the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
“If you have a concept to communicate that is 20 minutes long, you will be competing with other instances of 20-minute content,” Greenstein says. “Don’t expect households to take two 10-minute slots and put them together for you. That’s... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
Determination Through Brand Biography Authors:Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, and Juliet Schor Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of an underdog brand biography (UBB) to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
concept is very large scale. The lower-tech investments require a great plan from the very beginning to roll things out nationwide. Understand the industry. The first thing that is important to understand is what venture capital is meant... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
In the opening minutes of the only classroom video ever made of the man widely recognized as the world's leading authority on case-method teaching, Professor C. Roland ("Chris") Christensen carefully arranges desks in an empty... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007
1998, the concept has been adapted and diffused to new settings that extend beyond software. While the open source community has maintained control over which software licenses can be considered "open... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
teach—including what moral stand (if any) to promote. As I shared my draft with colleagues in and out of the School, many noted that my descriptions of daily activities did include, however, many unspoken cues on how to behave. That's how I arrived at the View Details