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  • 16 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 16

of emotions in collaborative relationships in organizations and suggest that organizational policies can set in motion a cycle of negative emotions that interfere with collaborative work. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 3

Diversification By: Kuppuswamy, Venkat, George Serafeim, and Belén Villalonga Abstract—Using a large sample of diversified firms from 38 countries we investigate the influence of several national-level... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

of family-owned and-managed firms. It may sound a simplistic conclusion that there has never been "one best way" of achieving business success. However, this historical experience stands as a powerful corrective to... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Mar 2012
  • Article

The Incentive Bubble

The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock... View Details
  • 17 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

issues, human capital, and regulatory issues. He acknowledged that all three affect economic health. Regarding infrastructure, the national power grid is on track to be connected to the central View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Nov 2016
  • News

Wired for Innovation

challenges. In his latest role, as founder and president of Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners, he hopes to push the United States closer to what he considers an attainable national goal: a 30 percent reliance on renewable energy.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution
  • 25 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business

growing up in a family business influence your desire to attend business school? I always knew there were ways to grow the business that we hadn’t thought of yet, or hadn’t created a plan for yet. I felt business school would inspire... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

brokerage positions can be overcome through physical interaction. Boundary spanners do not suffer this handicap and are much more likely than brokers to advance to leadership. The research separates the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Radical Design, Radical Results

the competitive advantage gained by how a product "speaks" to a customer is clear. Just think about how Apple began its resurrection in 1998 with the unthinkable design of computers made of translucent blue, orange, and pink... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

management, innovation loses out. At best, leaders of core business units dismiss innovation initiatives as irrelevancies. At worst, they see the new businesses as threats to the firm's core identity and values. Many CEOs take a backseat... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

United States' interest to attract and retain this highly skilled group. It is one of the easiest policy levers we have to influence our nation's rate of innovation. Q: Are countries that send their scholars... View Details
Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

INSPIRED BY RECENT EVENTS The protests against the unjust murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others since have mobilized the nation to take a stand in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
  • Case

Merloni Group

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
The general manager of the recently-established French subsidiary of an Italian appliance company is in conflict with headquarters about unexpectedly poor financial performance. Headquarters management believes it should be able to exert more control over the... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Power and Influence; France; Italy
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  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful forces-income inequality, resource depletion, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

organizations to climb the value chain and access higher-margin businesses with powerful incumbents. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Toronto. "But more recent research shows how culture endures in spite of globalization. Networks and local regulations also significantly influence how companies react to their local environments."... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 4

relationship using data from 93 change projects conducted by clinical managers at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The results show social position, both within the field and within the organization, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006

Authors:Jakub Wojciech Jurek and Luis M. Viceira Revised Working Paper Author's Abstract We develop an analytical solution to the dynamic portfolio choice problem of an investor with power utility defined... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jul 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The Evolution of Apple

and what he would have done differently. "The video is a very powerful teaching tool," says Yoffie. "Few CEOs will admit to their mistakes in a public setting." The comings View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer; Technology