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- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
followed by people who are 100 miles away, and so forth in concentric circles. My research on ethnic networks suggests this channel facilitates faster knowledge transfer and faster adoption of foreign...
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- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
personal connections amongst U.S. politicians have a significant impact on Senate voting behavior. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians are consistent predictors of voting behavior. We estimate sharp measures that...
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Anna Secino
- 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30
Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to potentially influential...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
new framework for regulation is proposed involving a networked approach among industry, NGOs, and government regulators. Download the paper: http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/eh/13.4/daemmrich.html Mission-Driven Governance...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010
India, China), but they overlook significant ethnic markets within the United States. For example, the combined African-American and Hispanic markets in the U.S. are larger than the economies of all but 13 countries, and more than 2...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to...
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by Rachel Layne
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
defined as the extent to which an actor's network contacts are connected to one another, affects the initiation and adoption of change in organizations. Using longitudinal survey data supplemented with eight in-depth case studies, we...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates
When companies try to hire employees from specific ethnic or racial backgrounds to meet their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, an uncomfortable feeling often creeps into the process. Particularly among well-intentioned white...
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by Kristen Senz
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How to Apply - Predoctoral Fellows Program
in academic research – a critical step in establishing a more robust pipeline of racially, culturally, and ethnically diverse researchers, faculty, and PhD students. The work and well-being of HBS is profoundly strengthened by the...
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Volunteer - Alumni
and ethnic backgrounds. Get Involved with a Club Volunteers play a critical role in the work of regional clubs, associations, and shared interest groups. Your expertise and leadership can help connect and serve HBS alumni in your...
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
(278) Environmental Accounting (7) Environmental Sustainability (177) Equality and Inequality (44) Equity (24) Ethics (165) Ethnicity (7) Executive Compensation (13) Executive Education (11) Expansion (1) Experience and Expertise (6)...
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Project. Slides Readings: Building from the Botton Up Hidden Networks The Partnership Imperative Navigating the Brave New World of Cryptocurrency BankruptcyProfessor Stu Gilson + More Info – Less Info In this session, corporate...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human...
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach By: Lakshmi Ramarajan Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers have long recognized that people have multiple identities—based on attributes such as...
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Student Research - Doctoral
organizations must sustainably attend to multiple goals embedded in different institutional spheres. Past research has highlighted the value for hybrids in recruiting board members representing different logics to avoid attentional drifts; yet, diverse boards... March...
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
a high propensity for earnings management. Overall, these findings suggest that country factors explain mean reversion in accounting returns and are therefore relevant for firm valuation. Article Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
of the HBS Executive Programs for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Since joining the HBS faculty in 1986, she also served as Co-Chair of the HBS MBA Program, Chair of Field Based Learning, and Co-Chair of the Harvard Policy Group on View Details
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Events - Business History
Oct21 21 Oct 2019 Business History Seminar Do Merchants Have No Country? Companies, States, and Transnational Networks in Europe’s Early Modern Expansion Felicia Gottmann, Northumbria University Oct7 07 Oct 2019 Business History Seminar...
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- July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
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Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century
By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium...
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History;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Ethnicity;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Groups and Teams;
Trade;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
China;
United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey, Elisabeth Koll, and Alexis Gendron. "Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century." Harvard Business School Case 805-010, July 2004. (Revised October 2018.)
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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity
we will identify, support, and advise organizations with missions to increase racial and ethnic diversity in pre-doctoral and doctoral programs. For example, The PhD Project is an organization devoted to diversifying the pipeline of...
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