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Tony He

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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South Asia - Global Activities 2020

perspective—about the BRI. The connectivity project, which comprises the overland Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, involves a vast collection of development and investment projects stretching from East Asia to Europe.... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

professor Ernest R. Berndt), HBS professor Alvin J. Silk looks at both internal and external forces affecting the industry, with particular attention to the impact of the Internet. According to Silk and his colleagues, changes in the... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

prisons, and garbage collection among them — has been attempted, When All Else Fails argues that government has been and will inevitably continue to be the nation's ultimate risk manager and insurer of last resort. Drawing on history and View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

describes how investors can—and do—pay closer attention to retailers' inventory levels. “When it comes to implementing science in retailing, the 'missionary' is more important than the scientist.” Raman, who specializes in operations... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

06 Oct 2011
What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

talent who combine analytic ability with a basic understanding of the business, as well as increased attention given to analytics (the "new managerial economics?") in business school and traditional View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

problems associated with the profit measures by directing managerial attention to activities that have longer-term consequences on firm performance. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

finance and restructuring, explains the ins and outs of Chapter 11, while Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter focuses on the human element—the need for the new company's leadership to pay attention to its people and corporate culture. A Second... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

Experienced negotiators are generally comfortable working out the terms of an economic contract: They bargain for the best price, haggle over equity splits, and iron out detailed exit clauses. But these same seasoned professionals often... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

20 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

developments. Imagine if you were allowed to represent your income on your tax forms and on your mortgage application differently. In a moment of weakness, you might portray your economic situation in two distinct ways. Unlike... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

Psychology The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work By: Brodsky, Andrew, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

reported whether they relied on those people for economic resources, emotional support, career guidance, or task advice. The people we surveyed also indicated the degree to which they felt two kinds of trust—affect- and cognition-based... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
News

Lesson Plans

“I think it's a combination of two things,” he says. “First, people have the time, because they're stuck at home. Second, there’s a lot of economic uncertainty, and people are worried about their job security.” In this interview, Mullane... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

Debora L. Spar's research in Africa has looked at the diamond industry, the AIDS crisis, and the democratization of South Africa since apartheid. Now she has turned her attention to Botswana, where an era of sustained growth has been... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

strategy that was explicitly based on the perceived strengths and weaknesses of its competitor, Ford.2 In the 1930s, Chester Barnard, a top executive with AT&T, argued that managers should pay especially close attention to... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

01 Apr 1999
News

An Eye to the East

of Taiwan's Acer Group and a pioneer Asian brand-builder, to raise his hand. (Throughout the conference, Shih was a case study of the dynamic CEO: when he wasn't in his seat listening attentively or in front of the audience imparting... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

07 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

California, Berkeley. “Any prediction that says there’s going to be a long-term advantage to one party is inevitably going to be wrong.” Pons and Calvo teamed with Jesse Shapiro, the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

productivity and employment. There are few significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

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