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- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
have produced an unintended consequence: a rising sense of time scarcity. We provide evidence that using money to buy time can provide a buffer against this time famine, thereby promoting happiness. Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
the growing use of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) devices for studying decision making. The research follows a pattern. It is based on increasing knowledge that different parts of the brain demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
bribery scheme. The (B) case relates Stanley's actions after he became the subject of multiple investigations and was terminated by Halliburton, parent of the U.S. JV partner,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
with a minimal level of altruism can be a source of dampened wage responses. The paper also considers a setting where this minimal level of altruism is View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
Summa was developed under a new private equity model that sought to “future-proof” businesses by focusing on long-term value creation and growth, in addition to traditional private equity practices of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
activities, we found that they feel compelled to address hot-button issues and are guided by their own values as well as the history and culture of their organization. They also complement their public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
all of the values that hackers share, but they tend to agree on at least one thing: Respect must be earned and cannot be derived from position. There are three big challenges that I identified.—Siobhán... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
management will inhibit innovation and entrepreneurial activities. We disagree and argue that risk management should function as a Revealing Hand to identify, assess, and mitigate risks in a cost-efficient manner. Done well, the Revealing Hand View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
really like niche products much. Elberse outlines the implications of her research for producers and retailers, and offers strategic advice to both groups. Can Research Committees Add Value for Investors? An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
improve the lives of the estimated two billion people who live on less than $2 a day by facilitating more secure, accessible, and reliable ways to store and transfer money than are currently available. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
10% more agree to peace when it is proposed by a civilian community member rather than the enemy or an armed actor. Beyond the theoretical value of this result for understanding reactions to violence among... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
small staff of project managers who act as single points of contact (SPOCs) for the projects. SPOCs are confronted with a broad range of projects rich in scientific complexity... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader? In a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
for people in need; its food service makes brownies for, among other clients, Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Appetizing as it sounds, the business is subject to market fluctuations like any other, cautioned Sherman. No one should attempt to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
need more competent CEOs of major companies who will invest wisely to create new valued products and services. Private action can overcome partisan haggling and incompetence. America is a great country,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
and the development of incremental tradeoffs towards radical moves to create new business models, new forms of satisfying needs that drastically reduce costs and/or raise value... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
users of the competing platform—can arise from the difference in their profit foci. As the difference in the standalone utilities increases, royalties from content sales become less important to the platform owner with greater standalone... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman