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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
School prepared for the next century. We assembled forums of a dozen or more executives in Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and the US, gave them a package of graphic projections of the global economy in 2030, and spent an evening and a...
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
health care so that our economy can improve and so that patients can make informed decisions. We must move away from fee-for-service reimbursement, which incentivizes doing more, and begin paying for good outcomes. Health care...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy...
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- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
developed economies historically, and even today. In analyzing this historical evidence, the chapter first shows how organizational forms of business groups were employed over long time periods to control large and diversified...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
in leading his 2,000-person organization. This case will be relevant for those interested in what it takes to lead for sustained innovation, particularly of knowledge workers like engineers. It also sheds light on how to develop leaders...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
creative leadership. I think overall it was incredibly important for the students. One topic in class was the quartet's whole apprenticeship under Sir Clifford Curzon. In a lot of business contexts, because there's so much tacit knowledge...
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- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
http://hbr.org/2012/01/when-one-business-model-isnt-enough/ar/1 Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing? Authors:Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
us sick—dragging down profits in the process. Read the full abstract. Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 20 by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern The chapters in this twentieth volume of Innovation Policy and the Economy present research...
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- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
innovate if they are going to maintain their edge, or maintain their existence at all. "For the University as well as for the economy and our nation, the importance of innovation cannot be overstated," Harvard President Drew...
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
values, it can also neglect the unit managers’ knowledge of which individuals would best match local conditions. We use difference-in-differences analyses to examine the effects of a switch from decentralized to centralized hiring at our...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
consumer deleveraging. This, in turn, has created defaults among financial institutions.” In this context, Kaplan maintains that the financial rescue plan was necessary but not sufficient by itself. “There has to be a second step, and it is critical. We need to rebuild...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Reports" section of HBS Working Knowledge at www.workingknowledge.hbs.edu. Technology and Tradition at Cyberposium If attendance at the 2002 Cyberposium is any indication, student interest in the high-tech sector remains intense despite...
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- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex...
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Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
implications of the findings for the literature on self-control and for marketers as well as consumers are discussed. Harnessing Our Inner Angels and Demons: What We Have Learned About Want/Should Conflicts and How That Knowledge Can Help...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
much to be studied and learned.” Kovacs adds that the investors and entrepreneurs on the panels were all “rock stars,” sharing invaluable firsthand knowledge with an audience of investors, entrepreneurs, academics, and students. The...
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Margie Kelley
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in and knowledgeable about the elections as a result of being able to participate in them, and 93% voted at least once in 2012. The results suggest that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
accounting standards to argue that when the political process of determining institutions of capitalism is "thin," in that managers find themselves with specialized technical knowledge unavailable to outsiders and with little...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
PublicationsThe Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia Authors:Rawi Abdelal Publication:Review of International Political Economy (forthcoming) Abstract Although the energy trade is the single most important element of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
what my book suggests is that we are not the first to face what seem like overwhelming challenges," says Koehn. "There are a number of moments in the past 150 years when the American people and the American economy stood in what...
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- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
Wait (Harvard Business Review) A Pandemic Won’t Kill The Open Office, But Slack Could (Vanity Fair) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge There is a saying that every decision is political—not just in terms of ideology of left or...
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