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  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807011 Business, Law, and Society: The Systems Approach to Law and Management Harvard Business School Note 806-086 Presents the systems approach to law and management, a construct for understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 5, 2020
  • Article

Why the Crisis Is Putting Companies at Risk of Losing Female Talent

By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
There has been a massive shift in how work gets done inside many companies and the global pivot to working remotely will likely change how many think about face time and rigid work schedules. Might these changes benefit women? The authors argue that will depend on how... View Details
Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Remote Work; Flexible Work Arrangements; Health Pandemics; Employees; Working Conditions; Gender
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  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies. We assess the effect on participating firms' innovative performance, comparing patent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

It’s a philosophical debate as old as time: What is the secret to leading a meaningful life? For many, the question gained new urgency after years of social distancing and upheaval during the COVID-19 pandemic. After surviving a public... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 26 May 2022
  • HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

folks there,” said Cook at the time, in defense of Apple’s decisions. A follow-on case written last year as the COVID-19 pandemic raged explores how Cook was presented with another privacy quandary: Public View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the BSC can be used in public sector applications, as well as for companies that want to internalize environmental, social,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

orientation of the "hierarchical industry leaders" can entail large missed opportunities for other members of the ecosystem, who are unable to fully exploit their potential in global markets. We argue that Japan has to adopt... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

change that seems perfectly benign. I tell the story of Carol Hallquist, a talented corporate executive with an interest in accelerating improvement in public education so that every school is great. She came to see principals or heads of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2023
  • News

Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

[This is the sixth installment in a monthly series on management issues in the time of COVID-19.] We recently asked 600 CEOs: What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? A major and multifaceted concern that emerged is... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 21 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

our work, especially during the current global health crisis. Just because we’ve been doing things a certain way for a long time doesn’t mean we should keep doing it.” About the author Dina Gerdeman is a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Winter 2022
  • Article

Distributing a Billion Vaccines: COVAX Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities

By: Eric Budish, Hannah Kettler, Scott Duke Kominers, Erik Osland, Canice Prendergast and Andrew A. Torkelson
By January 2022, the COVAX international vaccine collaboration had allocated over a billion vaccines to over 140 countries. We describe and review the allocation process chosen, which reflected both an objective of equitably distributing vaccines across the world and... View Details
Keywords: Vaccines; Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Distribution; Supply Chain; Equality and Inequality
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  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

Global Pond Harvard Business School Case 708-472 Describes the economic development of Iceland since 1945, focusing in particular on the years since 2000, when Iceland experienced strong growth and Icelandic companies aggressively... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

adept than women at knowing when to ask. Thus, our results caution against a greater push for women to negotiate. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55522 January 1, 2019 JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Dec 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

(The accompanying teaching note is available to instructors to help them run the exercise.) Thomke, who has worked with global firms on upping their customer experience game, has taught the class in the HBS executive education programs,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Health
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

domains. Later in the article, I will discuss the role of different theories from social science in the policy formulation process. "Against Desperate Peril: High Performance in Emergency Preparation and Response." In Communicable Crises: Prevention,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

remain about Marquee's staying power, rising costs, and increased competition. When is the right time for Tepperberg to pull the plug on Marquee? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509019 Merck: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

California and Rwanda. Drones deliver life-saving blood, medications, and vaccines to inaccessible locations cheaply, accurately, and on-demand. Our case discussion will examine the factors underling its rapid rise. Should Zipline next transform itself into a View Details
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

implications for public policy. As for jobs and what has come to be known as outsourcing, Gaurav Goel commented, "Low-cost labor is not the deciding factor in the success of outsourcing (vs.) people with the right attitude ."... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett