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- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
leading to a redefinition of the marketing role, the implementation of a "growth leader" profile and new decision-making processes to encourage innovation and risk. Finally, presents a critical decision point, as Transportation...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
Penney's, but will only buy clothing at specialty stores. Sören Petsch, finance manager at Sears, Roebuck & Co., said encouraging customers who buy from one category at their stores to buy from more departments is a key challenge for...
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- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th century: the redistribution of large estates to their tenants, the creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
encouraging open discussion of uncertainty, confusion, and mistakes and supporting learning across disciplinary boundaries. This lens on positive identity and collaboration exposes new opportunities for research on the role of positive...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Programme" (REP), a government program designed to encourage Malaysian professionals abroad to return home through use of various incentives. The REP is intended to combat the "brain drain," caused by highly educated professionals moving...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
strategies would be best suited for Acıbadem's operations—which geographic regions should initially be targeted and what business model is best suited for Acıbadem’s growth (specialized chain, public-partnership, etc.). Students are View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
encourages voice and is guided by voice. Deep support listens and offers connection. It offers a collaborative relationship defined by advocacy. It is founded on trust, reciprocity, authenticity, intimacy, and absolute reliability. Deep...
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
result of such despondency, children are not encouraged to go to school; many fail to attend at all or drop out early. Yet many multinational corporations, while undertaking their regular profit-making activities, have managed to change...
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by George C. Lodge
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
This study may have been more difficult to conduct if the authors were reliant on government grant funding, as is the case in many public health and medical schools. “We’re encouraged to study problems we think are important to address,”...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
current account trade deficit for the US followed, with the resulting funds invested by the Chinese government in US Treasury bonds instead of going into increased consumption by Chinese consumers. This depressed global interest rates and View Details
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by James Heskett
- 29 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?
accommodating in finding a compromise that does not look like punishment but may encourage others to seek their own deal. This is a big wake-up call for Europe. It is clear that it must reboot. There are many places to find closer...
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by Dante Roscini
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39914 Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations By: Exley, Christine L. Abstract—Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce a "greedy"...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
patents nor copyright to protect its technology. The company even allows its designers to use its software when they do independent work. The case encourages a discussion of the role of intellectual property rights in safeguarding...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
clause in Argentinian sovereign debt instruments have generated considerable controversy. Some official-sector participants and academic articles have suggested that the rulings will disrupt or impede future sovereign debt restructurings by View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
the estimation of the fair value of complex financial securities. The paper encourages accounting scholars to devote more resources in order to obtain a fundamental understanding of contemporary and future practice and how analytic tools...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
in this strategic direction through a variety of practices. They spend an enormous amount of time engaging their employees in communicating and further refining the company's strategic identity. Val Gooding, then the CEO of BUPA in the United Kingdom, gave talks and...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
increasing financial control and encouraged organizational changes such as multidisciplinary wards differentiated by patients' lengths of stay. To what extent should he (and can he) reinforce these measures, which have increased...
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- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application storage systems. It also shows how Coughran assembled an...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
particular, supportive incumbent industrial structures for input and output markets are strongly linked to higher establishment entry rates. We also find substantial evidence for the Chinitz effect where small local incumbent suppliers View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
sales. Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder Learning what your co-worker earns can make you less productive, but knowing your manager's paycheck can motivate you to work harder. The Surprising Benefits of OversharingIn a social media culture that View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne