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  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

From the Editors

it wasn't until this fall, when we began a somewhat systematic review of the magazine's past, that we came to realize the extent to which the Bulletin has served as a chronicle of the School's life and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

  Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

dominated by philosophical and political discourse due to a lack of systematic evaluation. Very little empirical evidence is available to indicate whether these codes legitimately distinguish adopting companies and factories as providing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

First, we review the evidence linking charitable behavior and happiness. We present research from a variety of samples (adults, children, and primates) and methods (correlational and experimental) demonstrating that happier people give... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

slightly for ISO 9001 adopters, although total injury costs did not. These results have implications for organizational theory, managers, and public policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-018.pdf A Decision-making Perspective to Negotiation: A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

writing for practitioners by and more interest in research by practitioners few systematic efforts have been made to close the gap. The chapter begins with a discussion of the strategic value R&D in management can have for firms. It... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

review in deciding whether you deserve a mortgage would not overstate your earnings, given your desire to minimize taxes. Similarly, tax authorities can rely on the use of tax forms for other purposes to limit the degree of income... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

increase, all else being equal. FBC was essentially an initiative that set out to test the limits of these relationships. Eventually, it found them. NASA's second problem came in failing to recognize that, because FBC was so learning-intensive, it would require a much... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1876547&show=html Unleashing the Power of Marketing Authors:Beth Comstock, Ranjay Gulati, and Stephen A. Liguori Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 10 (October 2010)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

systematic variation in inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) observed both within and across stores. Traditional inventory models, with a few exceptions, do not account for the existence of IRI and those that do treat record inaccuracy as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

  Publications International Marketing Review Achievement Motivation, Strategic Orientations and Business Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms: How Different Are Japanese and American Founders? By: Deshpandé, Rohit, Amir Grinstein, Elie... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

company’s research and development. Meroë Morse played a significant role in this effort as company liaison to Adams, who systematically reviewed technical and design aspects of Polaroid prototypes, from the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

The Levitt Brand

Business Review to Levitt, who posted his preference for the active voice, vigorous verbs, and shorter sentences in the staff bathrooms. “Someone said it was bizarre,” Levitt told USA Today. “Chacun à son goût.”; Levitt deployed that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

2009 Abstract This casebook provides an organized treatment of the major challenges associated with managing large-scale disaster events, including discussion of systematic methods of organizing disaster response, preparing in advance for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

Review Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation By: Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Racial segregation between American workplaces is greater today than it was a generation ago. This increase has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

Working Papers Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison Authors: Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao Abstract Purpose—This paper provides a systematic comparison of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

Kristi Yuthas Periodical:Stanford Social Innovation Review 6, no. 1 (winter 2008) Abstract In the debate over whether microfinance works, few microfinance institutions articulate what, exactly, their ultimate goals are and how, exactly,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Accounting Review Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and Its Relation to Firm Performance By: Rouen, Ethan Abstract—I develop measures of firm-level pay disparity and examine their relation to firm performance. Using comprehensive... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

that leaders matter. Certainly, many leaders (especially the successful ones) make this claim—just have a look at the business section of your local bookstore. But social scientists who systematically study leadership generally agree with... View Details
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

FRC. Although successful broadcaster opposition may be taken as confirming evidence for this interpretation, our review of the record reveals even stronger disconfirming evidence. In particular, we find that every major interest group,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne