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  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

likely economically motivated to invest in OSS projects that can serve as a complementary asset to vendors' core, proprietary businesses. Download this working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Nov 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

agrees, of course. Comparing the simplicity of (especially short-term) responses to the complexity of the pay-for-performance challenge, Ravindra Edirisoorlya went so far as to say that "Current P4P model(s) may lead to another View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

coincided with the creation of the modern corporation, the mass market, and America's economic preeminence. Given this vast sweep of time, Koehn's narrations—in a series of original essays and timelines—serve as signposts to readers,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Starting Up and Starting Over

in detail in the next issue of the Bulletin.) At HBS, entrepreneurship increasingly came to be viewed as a way of managing, rather than as an exclusively economic activity or a business trait driven by a certain View Details
  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

portfolios. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45597 August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science I'm Sorry About the Rain! Superfluous Apologies Demonstrate Empathic Concern and Increase Trust... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2009
  • Case

The First Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
The global economy was expected to suffer from negative growth for the full year in 2009, a phenomenon not seen since World War II. While the U.S. subprime mortgage disaster was blamed as the original instigator, it was noted that the "global imbalances" of the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution
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  • March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance

By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig
The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry
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  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

the numbers are accurate Widely criticized for his by-the-numbers approach to the Vietnam War as US Secretary of Defense, Bob McNamara’s pioneering use of statistics during World War II and leadership skills at Ford Motor left a mixed legacy, says Simons. Brainy and... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 29 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

While all of these countries are part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and all have high income per capita and advanced health care systems, each was affected differently by the pandemic. The United States,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

layoffs project, Malden Mills, describes how a leader handled a disastrous event: Two weeks before Christmas 1995, a fire destroyed three factory buildings at a textile company, one of the largest employers in the already economically... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, whom he cited for his approach of “doing business in a first class way.” Dimon majored in psychology and economics at Tufts University and completed an MBA at the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

rich-world domination over the poorer South or as a neutral mediator facilitating a tariff-free world of economic prosperity. This article instead analyses how the WTO has sought legitimacy for itself and for the underlying institution of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.respol.2014.05.004 February 2015 Psychological Science Review and Summary of Research on the Embodied Effects of Expansive (vs. Contractive) Nonverbal Displays By: Carney, Dana R., Amy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1998 (Revised October 1999)
  • Case

Han Young Labor Dispute (A), The

Examines the evolution of a labor dispute at the Han Young maquiladora in Tijuana, Mexico. The dispute began over union representation at a 120-worker company, but soon escalated into a source of tension between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and a test for the... View Details
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; International Relations; Labor Unions; Trade; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Government Relations; Canada; United States; Mexico
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  • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
  • Case

Nayana Mawilmada: Transforming Urban Development in Sri Lanka

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
In February 2018, Nayana Mawilmada (Nayana), investment head for the Sri Lankan government’s ambitious $40 billion Megapolis project, must weigh an attractive job offer to move from the public sector to the private sector. A massive government project aimed at... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Making; Public Sector; Experience and Expertise; Strategic Planning; Work-Life Balance; Transportation; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence; Personal Development and Career; Real Estate Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; South Asia; Sri Lanka; Boston; Virginia; United States
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  • 04 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 4

acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

and economic value, and strategic cross-sector alliances are key ingredients to achieving a sustainably successful business. For companies to move their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to the next level, they need to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • February 2011
  • Article

Dividend Taxes and International Portfolio Choice

By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset... View Details
Keywords: Dividends; Portfolio Choice; Taxes; Tax Treaties; Foreign Portfolio Investment; Taxation; Lawfulness; Economy; Price; Equity; Stocks; Investment Portfolio; Opportunities; Behavior; United States
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  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

vehicles to America. Responding to that change and the subsequent surge in domestically produced Japanese nameplates "was not just a technological issue for American automakers, but a psychological one," Salter observes.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

regulation and an overview of how those changes will affect almost everyone. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118758714.html August 2013 Review of Economics and Statistics Savings in Transnational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne