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- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
contribute to understanding the contingent effects of policy on organizations and the rise of large corporations in the twentieth century. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-025.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
value and maintaining control of the enterprise—what I call the Rich vs. King dilemma. Rich vs. King is central for two reasons. First, data that I analyzed with Dr. Tim Butler View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
self-employment have the option to transition to paid work. If there is initial uncertainty about entrepreneurial earnings, this option increases the expected lifetime value of self-employment relative to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
customer perceptions of service quality, or success in developing talent, should be injected in some way into the calculation. Regardless of the solution favored, Daniel Pink reminds us that all View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
Obama-to move government data to the Web-lead to public benefits much faster? Data.gov, the subject of a new HBS case study, taught for the first time this summer, highlights the potential View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
Understanding Ordinary Unethical Behavior: Why People Who Value Morality Act Immorally By: Gino, F. Abstract—Cheating, deception, organizational misconduct, and many other forms of unethical behavior are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
Below are the views that faculty shared with the HBS community on Earth Day. 1. Robert G. Eccles Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and author of One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
the world from one of materialism, where we buy products (such as houses or cars or clothes), to one of experiences, where we focus on having special moments with the people we care about. Despite all the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
principal burdens of leadership. Every leader needs to interrogate his or her values to make this choice. How offended were you by the president’s statements? If they didn’t bother you at all, then your... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
saving the fish. You still have to spend any amount of money you can to protect it." It's easy to count the damages to the farmer, he added, but very difficult to value... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create a new accounts payable system for Welsh toy distributor Tegan, the outsourcing firm from the Czech Republic views the project as another step in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
others. Oral history can also shed light on hypersensitive topics, such corruption, which are rarely formally documented. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55633 January 29, 2019 Harvard Business Review Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
rejections personally because their requests were merely a few among the thousands of pieces of mail that Harpo Productions received every week. The experience also taught them the View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- News
A Taxing Question
subsidiaries of US firms is supposed to be taxed at the corporate rate of 35 percent. But the law provides a huge loophole that allows companies to sidestep paying any tax on foreign profits as long as the... View Details
- 23 Jul 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action
a Balanced Scorecard program. The purpose of an OSM is to unlock value by making strategy execution a distinct and recognized competency in an organization. Does The Bsc Work In Testing Strategy? Working... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
offer opportunities for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=56001 Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose By: Salter, Malcolm S. Abstract—In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
market where demand outgrew supply? How could Hengdeli balance the needs of these competing suppliers without being overreliant on one or two suppliers? How could it continue to expand its retail network to enhance its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
Why do so many wanna-be entrepreneurs like Scott Rozic, founder and CEO of XMarkstheSpot, head for Silicon Valley? The reason may seem as obvious as why Willie Sutton robbed banks—because that's where the View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
behavior of observably similar public and private firms using a new data source on private U.S. firms, assuming for identification that closely held private firms are subject to fewer short-termist... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
add over $10 trillion to outstanding federal debt. But closer inspection of government data reveals that these figures grossly understate both the current deficit and level of debt. Consider, for example,... View Details
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