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  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Straight to the Heart

That’s my philosophy. I think about all the angst around deciding about the first job to take, post-HBS. It’s nothing compared to the decision of who to marry! You can do many things to change your professional circumstances, but there’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services
  • 01 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 1

behavioral ethics as the study of systematic and predictable ways in which individuals make ethical decisions and judge the ethical decisions of others that are at odds with intuition and the benefits of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

by Roger Thompson A spate of business scandals — from Enron’s spectacular collapse to stock option backdating — have put business schools on the spot to explain what, if any, responsibility they might have for what’s gone wrong in America’s executive suites. Two View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 17 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

distinction is possible because strategy and business model are different constructs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-036.pdf The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Ann DeWitt

her desire for an education that would be immediately actionable. "I didn't need theory – I needed something rooted in practical, day-to-day decision making," says Ann. Two things convinced Ann... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

Management: Founder Decisions Harvard Business School Case 807-125 Scott Taylor, CEO & founder of NLM, is a serial entrepreneur faced with an important decision. As his industry consolidates, he knows that his company must grow... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

has been discussed for decades. Here is research and writing from Harvard Business School that discusses both the concept in theory and examples of CSR in practice. A Good Place to Start Statement on the Purpose of a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2280370 A Formal Theory of Strategy By: Van den Steen, Eric Abstract—What makes a decision strategic? When is strategy most important? This paper studies the structure and value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure

odyssey of a lifetime. They journeyed with their children to 25 countries in ten months, starting in Costa Rica in November 1999 and ending in Norway last August. The decision to take Alex, Katie, and Ben (ages 10, 8, and 6) out of school... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

forthcoming Management Science The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures By: Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman Abstract—We examine the trade-off between efficiency and equality within the context of entrepreneurial founding teams. Using a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

of India's Public R&D Laboratories By: Khanna, Tarun, and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract—In this paper, we build on the standard resource dependence theory and its departure suggested by Vernon to offer a novel explanation for why... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 4

story: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/53104 Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging across Network Communities Authors:Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati Publication:Organization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Important Life Decisions by Jaja Jackson (MBA 1999) and Jennifer Grimes (Jennifer Grimes) The authors demonstrate that it is really how we make important decisions that will determine how happy we are. A... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

Another area that we’re interested in is how parents should think about these things with their kids. How should we think about teaching our kids about time and money so that they make decisions that science says are good for them? What... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 05 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

subsequently. Our results are consistent with theory on the active role firms can play in managing their reputational capital through anticipatory actions to avoid negative media coverage. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

introducing a generation to the practice of personal computing and laying the foundation for the Information Age. Gates and Jobs turned their curiosity about electronics into a multi-billion dollar industry. From early experiments like... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

DID FLATIRON HELP YOU BUILD SKILLS? Paige Tsai: At a high level, I learned both the theory of data science and how to apply specific data science tools to large datasets to develop actionable insights. Lingxi Huang: The experience helped... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 28 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

mindset he changed. That takes more time than one might imagine because of the entrenched culture in place. The second thing was empowerment. Every single recruiting decision (in the country) was being done by headquarters. That doesn’t... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

  Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer-spending View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study the compatibility decisions of two competing platforms that generate profits through both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne