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  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

energy and potential of their people to deliver superior economic and social value. Book: http://hbr.org/product/higher-ambition-how-great-leaders-create-economic-/an/12957-HBK-ENG The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

monitors manufacturer performance as closely as it monitors customer preferences. This tight integration likely helps SHEIN persuade factories that it is better to work... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

community and local entrepreneurs in India's software industry. We find that entrepreneurs located outside software hubs—in cities where monitoring and information flow on prospective clients is harder—rely significantly more on diaspora... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Apr 2023
  • In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

experts perform their work. Yes, certain tasks can be completed correctly and completely by AI, but for those types of tasks we will see something like the Industrial Revolution, where people’s jobs changed, and they were able to use new... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

that ethnically Chinese firms in China do not outperform non-ethnically Chinese firms by a set of conventional profitability measures. We also find that the performance of ethnically Chinese firms deteriorates over time. One hypothesis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

by changing tasks and greater interpersonal team diversity. Using detailed project—and individual-level data from an Indian software services firm, we find that the interaction of task change and intrapersonal diversity is related to improved project View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument Authors:Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist, and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach Abstract Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-026.pdf Specific Knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

Not surprisingly, hedge funds have entered the activist arena. The figure below shows that between 1994 and 2006, the number of public firms targeted for poor performance by hedge funds grew more than 10-fold. More importantly, hedge... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services
  • 20 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

and change your image. Employ appropriate traditional and social identity-based impression management strategies. Pay attention to the balancing act—build credibility while maintaining authenticity. Manage the effort you invest in the process. View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

Venture capital firms based in locales that are venture capital centers outperform, regardless of the stage of the investment. Ironically, this outperformance arises from outsized performance outside of the venture capital firms' office... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 29

creates three kinds of traps that often impede deep learning. The first is attribution error or the tendency to see superior performance as rooted in one's actions rather than other factors (such as luck). The second is that success feeds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
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Downstream businesses that utilize global suppliers frequently use auditing programs to monitor their suppliers’ working conditions and are often deployed to address reputational concerns associated with procuring from unregulated suppliers. Despite their widespread... View Details
Keywords: Audit Quality; Remote Work; Outsourcing; Econometric Analysis; Switching Costs; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Retail Industry; Service Industry
  • Web

FAQs - Alumni

University Health Services are not able to provide monitored antigen or ad hoc PCR tests. Any individual in our community can always choose to wear a mask and should never feel obliged to explain the reasons for their decision. What... View Details
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  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

their improved performance creates. “There exists tremendous low-hanging fruit in creating shared value for employees and companies,” says Rouen. “The logistics are not hard; it’s the will. Top management have to be willing to give up a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • Web

Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

College. Jennifer serves on the Board of Directors for Washington Performing Arts, an organization that brings music and dance to the community and provides artistic learning opportunities for children. She is also a member of the... View Details
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Economic Development in Rural Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Economic Development in ... Economic Development in Rural Areas The economic performance of rural regions in... View Details
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

public participation, supported by improved staff incentives and performance appraisals. Systematically incorporate public participation in decision-making at each stage of its project/policy cycles. Improve the transparency of its... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim