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- 30 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2013
job performance, failing to consider the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on high GPAs, discounting influence of easy grading standards? Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution...
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by Staff
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
Dick: From Les Bizerables to Hollywood and the Emmys. Courtesy Leonard Dick It’s been “a very kooky couple of weeks” for television writer Leonard Dick (MBA ’90). Season Three of the critically acclaimed CBS show The Good Wife premieres...
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Julia Hanna
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Understand the science, economic impact, and policy implications of climate change Identify and communicate the risks and opportunities posed by climate change across industries Leverage insights from real-world examples to inform future strategies for adapting to...
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- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
Performance By: Di Stefano, Giada, Francesca Gino, Gary Pisano, and Bradley Staats Abstract—Research on learning has primarily focused on the role of doing (experience) in fostering progress over time. In this paper, we propose that one...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
performing outsourced tasks sending much of their work abroad, enabling them to "further outsource non-strategic work so as to concentrate on strategic issues that their audiences (the U.S. firms) would be more interested in."...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
challenging, painful at times, and really satisfying. I knew I always loved business, but it gave me the toughness and confidence to know I could go out and perform at a higher level.” At HBS, Royster also found his entrepreneurial...
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Jill Radsken
- 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016
"CEO activism" can influence public opinion and consumer attitudes. Our field experiment examines the impact of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s public statements opposing a pending religious freedom law that critics warned would allow discrimination...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
When Bozidar Djelic turned 37 last April, the musicians cutting loose at his birthday soiree boasted some pretty impressive days jobs. The one hundred guests at the celebration, including Serbia's Prime Minster Zoran Djindjic, were treated to a View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
quantitatively, that it definitely matters which coach is matched up with which team" The question of whether matching matters takes on critical significance in the corporate world as well. Choosing talented employees makes a great...
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- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
complex and troubling questions of what to do when "doing the right thing" requires doing something else wrong or leaving a right thing undone. It examines choices in work and life and the critical points at which the two become one....
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- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
evidence of how intra-regional differences in socio-political variables have aided theoretical development, and with respect to questions of entrepreneurship, regime durability, and democratic transition especially. Publisher's site:...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006
changes in incentives for achieving integration. Examining a systemic tradeoff consciously acknowledged by the organization, we further argue that alignment encouraged by this collaborative engagement can be more important than achieving superior View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
and not others. Criticisms even of elite education and where it is of enormous service and where it does disservice. But this album is more emotional. The activism lies truly in the desire to want to be the best version of ourselves. To...
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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
even more specific and linked to the performance of individual directors. Some large pension funds like CalPERS, as well as some smaller, socially based funds, are moving in this direction. These funds use their Web sites to publish their...
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 - Course Catalog
these critical moments in enterprise growth, will prove valuable to students who anticipate founding, managing, advising, or investing in any of a variety of companies—from category-creating startups to industry-leading incumbents. Our...
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- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
therefore I pay close attention to our people metrics, particularly those relating to crew retention. In addition, we also want to know what our customers are telling us and experiencing at the restaurants every day. All of these metrics combined give us a good picture...
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- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
effect. To discern whether status serves as a signal of quality under uncertainty or satisfies the motive of conspicuous consumption, I study a period of time during which the uncertainty about quality has arguably declined. An instrumental View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
and performance in most organizations but require effective leadership to succeed. This note summarizes the conditions leaders can create to increase the chances of creating, managing, and participating in successful teaming environments....
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Sean Silverthorne