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- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Negotiation Journal BATNAs in Negotiation: Common Errors and Three Kinds of 'No' By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—The Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (“BATNA”) concept in negotiation has proved to be immensely useful. It is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
- 11 Jun 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
women who apply to them; they assume that all schools and all applicants are basically the same. In fact, business schools are quite different from each other, and Harvard probably is even more different than others. So at one level,... View Details
- 29 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
external events in the late 1990s, accelerated dramatically with the accounting scandals of the Enron era plus the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, and then continued to change under the pressure of shareholder activism. There's a lot more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
Rakesh Khurana
Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College.
Professor... View Details
Keywords: executive search
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MBA Experience - Leadership
(FIELD) Field 1: Communication, Voice, Self-Awareness Field 1: Communication, Voice, Self-Awareness Field 2: Into the Field Field 2: Into the Field Second Year (Elective Curriculum) During the second year, students choose from an unparalleled range of elective courses... View Details
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
writes. More fundamentally, biotech suffered from a basic mismatch between the objectives and requirements of science and those of business. Specifically, Pisano argues, the business side of the industry was continually challenged by... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
science and math play an extremely important role, and I'm worried that we're not educating our young people enough in science and math. We also need the arts to open their minds and their imaginations, but we need those basic skills in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
The admiral elaborated further on the concept when, at a West Point graduation, he was asked if he dwelt on the end of his imprisonment to sustain him, or if he lived day to day? “I lived on a day-to-day basis. [M]ost guys thought it was... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Execution can take many forms in retailing. In stores, for example, you must greet customers appropriately, keep inventory accurate, and minimize misplaced product. In any economy, these tasks will remain vital to competitiveness. Improving them requires attending to... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, 1880-1930
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
The contributions made by immigrant scientists and engineers for developing new U.S. technologies have been formidable—but not always well described. What we do know: While the foreign-born account for just over 10 percent of the U.S.... View Details
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
and prudential regulations, careful sequencing, and caution. The proposal to amend the IMF's Articles of Agreement to give the organization jurisdiction over the capital account policies of members and endow it with the purpose of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
basic ways: Decision calculus: Knowledgeable people use their judgment in a systematic way to predict how consumers will respond to actions. Experiments: The company trials different marketing actions, either in the field or in a lab, on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
frequently a win-lose exchange between nations which are unequal either in their power or in their willingness to enforce basic standards of human rights, worker safety, and environmental impact. Another golden opportunity for people... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 29 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Comparing the Cash Policies of Public and Private Firms
Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
Ferri, on leave as a visiting assistant professor of accounting at NYU's Stern School of Business, sees a number of avenues for future research on executive compensation, including its influence on risk-taking and the effects of... View Details
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
instruction himself without lessening mine." If I know a better design, I can use it, and you can use it too, without lessening my enjoyment. This nonrival property supports the formation of user-innovation communities, where improvements to the View Details