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- May 2008
- Article
When Winning Is Everything
By: Deepak Malhotra, Gillian Ku and J. Keith Murnighan
In the heat of competition, executives can easily become obsessed with beating their rivals. This adrenaline-fueled emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal...
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Decision Choices and Conditions;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Behavior;
Emotions;
Personal Characteristics;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage
Malhotra, Deepak, Gillian Ku, and J. Keith Murnighan. "When Winning Is Everything." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 5 (May 2008).
- 2007
- Working Paper
Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage
By: Alan MacCormack, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks and Patrick Kalaher
Many recent studies highlight the need to rethink the way we manage innovation. Traditional approaches, based on the assumption that the creation and pursuit of new ideas is best accomplished by a centralized and collocated R&D team, are rapidly becoming outdated....
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Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Groups and Teams;
Research and Development;
Performance Improvement;
Management Practices and Processes;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competency and Skills;
Framework;
Competitive Advantage;
Global Strategy;
Opportunities;
Cost
MacCormack, Alan, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher. "Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-079, July 2007. (revised August 2007.)
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
the way people are organized and managed—the roles, responsibilities, and relationships—must be made first. Helping individuals and teams to learn how to enact new roles through real time in-vivo coaching is the most effective next...
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- 25 Jan 2023
- News
The Road to the C-Suite, with Citi CFO Mark Mason
In January, Mark Mason (MBA 1995) was named to the 2022 Forbes CEO Next list, an annual list of 50 executives who are likely to lead some of America’s largest companies. Mason sat down for an interview with Diane Brady for an installment of “The C-Suite Interview,”...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
the same level of editorial acumen to his role as editor of HBR, a position he held from 1985 to 1989. “If people don’t read what you write,” he often said, “then what you write is a museum piece.” Levitt had a memorable style in the...
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals
development, administrative and organizational challenges, and strategic governance issues facing the School, the BDA plays an important role in offering both counsel and support. According to BDA chairman Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68),...
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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
a wider sense, Al's legacy was to provide an extraordinary role model for subsequent generations of researchers in business history and far wider. He was so influential because he asked questions that were fundamental and to which people...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
who in addition to his role with the HADC had served as Midwest chair of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) before coming to HBS, said that initially he believed he would not get a fair shake as a black person at a predominantly...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
relative drop in the banking bucket, my strong hope is that we become a catalyst for other larger organizations to rethink their systems around lending,” Ballard allows. “In 30 to 40, years we’d like to look back and say BetaBank played a View Details
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Ralph Ranalli
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Nohria’s Next Move
continue to play the role of teacher and mentor that is so meaningful to me.” (See the company’s announcement.) Nohria will remain engaged at Harvard University as the chair of the board of the Harvard Allston Land Company and teaching in...
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Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program - MBA
discussion enticed me beyond words. The interplay of differing viewpoints was reminiscent of a conductor graciously rehearsing their orchestra, where each musician must carry out their unique part while also recognizing their role within...
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- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in...
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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
compassionate, and kind is apparent in his deep friendships as well as in the roles that he cherishes most (especially now that he’s passed the baton to a successor at Insper): husband, father, and grandfather. His wife of 47 years,...
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Susan Young
- 14 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors
- 18 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda
- Research Summary
Research overview
By: Julie Battilana
How can actors – be they individuals or organizations – diverge from deeply-seated norms and develop new ones, when their beliefs and actions are shaped by these very norms? This question lies at the heart of Professor Battilana’s research. To address it, she... View Details
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Corporate Restructuring and Business Insolvency: Economic Impact and Best Practices
By: Stuart C. Gilson
Stuart C. Gilson is studying how severe financial distress impacts corporate policies and economic resource allocation. He is also studying how managers can best respond to financial distress in order to preserve and grow value. He is undertaking this research...
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- 2013
- Comment
Fairness and Redistribution: Comment
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
In an influential paper, Alesina and Angeletos (2005)—henceforth, AA—argued that a preference for fairness could lead two identical societies to choose different economic systems. In particular, two equilibria might arise: one with low taxes and a belief that the...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Fairness and Redistribution: Comment." American Economic Review 103, no. 1 (February 2013): 549–553.
- December 2007
- Article
Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization
By: Aldo Musacchio and Ian Read
The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the...
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Business and Government Relations;
Networks;
Business History;
Market Entry and Exit;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Markets;
Supply and Industry;
Banks and Banking;
Brazil;
Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo, and Ian Read. "Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization." Enterprise & Society 8, no. 4 (December 2007): 842–880.