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- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
Can it be corrected, and does it matter if it can't? Car Trouble Every novice driver is instructed to beware of "blind spots" in which overtaking cars advance unseen. It's a lesson American carmakers apparently forgot. "For... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—Partnerships that foster the translation of scientific advances emerging from academic research organizations into commercialized products at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
and gift certificates for post-pandemic gatherings. Large businesses and state and local governments need to make small business contracting a priority. Biden administration policymakers and mayors from the Bloomberg Harvard City View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. Using matching methods, panel data, and instrumental variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
PublicationsIndispensable: When Leaders Really Matter Author:Gautam Mukunda Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract Will your next leader be insignificant-or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
Business Review and launched the Advanced Leadership Initiative, which equips late-career leaders to be “change agents for society.” Today, how would you advise young scholars who want to make a difference... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
PublicationsRecent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Publication:,em>Annual Review of Economics Vol. 2 (2010) Abstract We present a survey of recent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
Case 308-071 In 2007, the leadership of the Indesit Company is focused on long-term corporate strategy. After three decades, the company has emerged as the number two home appliance producer in greater Europe. Should they invest further... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
leadership change that does not rely on Schumpeterian creative destruction: platform envelopment. By leveraging common components and shared user relationships, one platform provider can move into another's market, combining its own... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
intrinsic or extrinsic incentives, and, for a wide range of settings, when the principal is more confident about the right course of action. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-085.pdf Publications Quanto Sei (a)Morale? View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
PublicationsManaging School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership Authors:Stacey Childress, Richard F. Elmore, Allen Grossman, and Susan Moore Johnson, editors Publication:Cambridge: Harvard Education Press,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Standards Board (GASB) required local governments to publicly report their OPEB liabilities. But GASB did not require cities to fund their OPEB shortfalls. As a result, even the worst funded city pension funds are 50% or 60% funded, while almost all cities have minimal... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
process does not have these features, deal price should receive no weight. This approach would represent a middle ground between the competing approaches advanced by 29 law, economics, and finance professors in the DFC Global appraisal,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
believe that they are more than money-making machines: they are a vehicle for advancing societal goals. They deliver more than just financial returns; they also build enduring institutions. At great companies researched for this article,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
A. Arnaout Publication:Nature Biotechnology Abstract Advances in biotechnology have fueled the generation of unprecedented quantities of data across the life sciences. However, finding analysts who can address such "big data"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410065-PDF-ENG Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rakesh KhuranaHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49624 Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the political participation of immigrants could View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
General Management Program Harvard Business School Note 407-022 Discusses the importance of living room groups (eight participants who share a living room) at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program developing into effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
development interests on asset management, risk management for global investment, and negotiation and deal structuring. He also served in a variety of leadership roles: as chair of the Finance Unit (1986-88); as senior associate dean,... View Details