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- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
through the lens of their mistaken theory, meaning a person may ignore or discard information her mistaken theory leads her to consider unimportant. We propose solution concepts embedding such channeled attention that predict when a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
fundamental concepts and methods for the analysis of cost variances. It focuses on the decomposition of cost variances into price, quantity, and mix variance components, an approach that allows students to identify the root causes of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
member of the Mexico City Junior League Environmental Committee (JLCM), explained that in the early 1990s "radical environmental groups arrived [at Tetra Pak] with a trailer full of empty containers and piled them up outside the plant. This type of action View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
Over time, however, Japan's economy strengthened. Instead of then opening the economy and unleashing competition in the marketplace, the Japanese government continued limiting and regulating competition in many industries. In Japan, there...
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
Leveraging Digital Opportunities: Research, Industry Practice, and Open Questions Luxury Branding Research: New Perspectives and Future Priorities By: Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener-Ricard, and Silvia Bellezza Abstract—Several major trends...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
published in top peer-reviewed management, psychology, sociology, and industrial relations journals from 1990 to 2005. Our findings illuminate a continuum of open systems to closed systems phenomenological assumptions revealed in this...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
for the rescue of Bear, without which Bear would be forced to seek bankruptcy protection when markets opened on Monday. Late on Sunday afternoon, March 16, Bear's board accepted Morgan's offer to purchase Bear for $2 per share, an offer...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
his home on Kiraly Street on the Pest side of Budapest and he then had to endure a Soviet Communist regime from 1945, when the Russians forced the Germans out of Budapest after a lengthy and very destructive siege, until 1956 when the short-lived Hungarian Revolt led...
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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
this understanding. Q: What are you working on now, and what are the next steps for the database? A: Professor Nohria and I have just completed the first book derived from the creation and analysis of the database focused on the concepts...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28
Publications October 2014 John Wiley & Sons International Strategy: Context, Concepts and Implications By: Collis, David J. Abstract—This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies...
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Carmen Nobel
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
$1 billion valuation for the company. Three key dilemmas confronted LinkedIn, however. First, at a time when the "walled garden" model of online community building was under siege, it had to decide how far it should open its...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006
operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical) patients. By opening an emergency room, however, the institution is now called upon to care for complex and highly variable medical patients. Asks if the previous operating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
and hazards. Several techniques can enhance the power and efficacy of queries: Favor follow-up questions, know when to keep questions open ended, get the sequence right, use the right tone, and pay attention to group dynamics. Publisher's...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept of Corporate Strategy, Irwin: Homewood), attempts to formalize...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
for-profit software companies. Linux is open source (all code is made available for redistribution by anyone) and harnesses the collective power of thousands of programmers-both independent and employees of major software firms such as...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Twitter’s profitability and the way the company was managed? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-019 MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha The case opens in 2017 with two of...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
science/learning, metrics, structured interventions, open communication, and promoting culture change at the work unit, leader, and organization level. Conclusions and Relevance: Understanding the business case to reduce burnout and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
their businesses and of the concept of greenness. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-024.pdf The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization Author:Karthik Ramanna Abstract The globalization of accounting standards as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
which recognized clients' reluctance to share problems and solutions with an external network. Instead, IC@W enabled clients to foster open collaboration among its own employees. IC@W became the fastest growing product in InnoCentive's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
against it. Our review includes 129 studies spanning three levels of organization: within a single firm, across firms, and open community-based development. Across these levels, the hypothesis was supported in 69% of the relevant cases,...
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Martha Lagace