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- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according to Robert S. Huckman, Professor View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
conditions for both lagged dependent and predetermined explanatory variables in estimation. Furthermore, we show that conventional tests to detect serial correlation have weak power View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
the role of a firm’s identity remains relatively unexplored. How do a firm’s internal identity (the shared understanding of organizational members) and external identity (how outsiders perceive the organization) View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
Ane Damgaard Jensen. The case, "Rovná daň: The Flat Tax in Slovakia," describes how the flat tax was introduced there in 2004 as well as the surprising influence of Slovakia ever since. But the concept of a flat tax is not new:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2001
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the Rubble
whose knowledge and expertise may prove irreplaceable. People resent the United States for its prosperity, for its power, and for the presumption that prosperity and View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
to know. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: My experience in military service is much akin to a baseball game, long stretches of otherwise unassuming events punctuated by periods of intense stress and commotion. Each submarine has a nuclear View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
other research examines the design of performance measurement systems and incentive contracts for rewarding teams and channel partners. In short, this research explores the idea that career concerns, View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Learning from Classmates at HBS
academic and professional interests through student clubs and choosing elective classes in the EC year. After two years, I feel very connected to members of my class - although I still meet someone new every... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
going to have the power and the passion to fundamentally change it. For example, almost half of Sony's profits now come from a guy who six or seven years ago was a lowly engineer in corporate R&D. He had... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which social networks operate as tools of political influence through affective mechanisms. In Search of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
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HBS Online Economics for Managers
Gain the knowledge and skills to craft successful business strategy, whether you are an aspiring marketing professional, strategy consultant, or entrepreneur, preparing for an MBA, or just looking to contribute more to business decision making. Program Dates: January... View Details
- 12 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
his wallet and saw he only had seven dollars left. That stuck with him, and it has fueled him ever since. “The power in the entertainment industry is shifting to the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
of attention. The design of work units, spans of control, and spans of accountability are the main structural tools to influence work and information flows View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
spend less, like older and lower-income consumers, may feel they are getting a rough deal. Individually differentiated prices tend to favor higher spending loyal shoppers. Less favored shoppers might create negative View Details
- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
vendors like IBM and Oracle on the open source community. Why are proprietary firms diving into open source? The answer (it's good for business) is hardly shocking. But the line from investing in OSS to profiting from a product is not as... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
Debates over the pluses and minuses of immigrant entrepreneurs on the American economy are white hot, but one thing seems stubbornly lacking from them: facts. The arguments are familiar by now. Immigrants take jobs from native-born... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
Shivaratri Snan bathing day on March 10. To accommodate everyone, the Indian government creates a temporary city-building roads and providing power on what is normally an empty flood plain. Senior Lecturer... View Details
- 16 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee
one time," says Buell. Third parties also track service quality (J.D. Power in this case). And because banking is a service that touches almost everyone, its customer group is diverse, making the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
representations, and the organization's own set of beliefs and practices. By linking these changes to the company documents, the study sheds light on how shifts in US society's understanding of gender View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
concern and to take action. For HBS alumni, we intend to address any doubts or questions about climate change through an online platform and events at HBS clubs. We also plan to organize a meeting of... View Details
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