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  • 01 Jan 2003
  • News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

concerned about what I should do with my life. I knew I wanted a career in business, but it wasn't until I was at HBS that I grasped that business could be a force for good in society. We were constantly reminded of the importance of moral values in our decision... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni

Massachusetts’s landmark health-care reform law is drawing the attention of many observers, including the Obama administration. Could it work on a national scale? Your Taxi Is Waiting Will a new category of “very light jets” shake up the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

well state agencies deliver services for the poor. The findings call attention to the informal, everyday practices that generate state capacity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46981 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

inscribed, get a per-capita payment from the Chilean state. Theoretically, access to basic medical attention is taken care of, but the waiting lines are interminable and medicines are free if the medicines are in stock, which is not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 23 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

If only individual companies adopt, they then must also attract the attention of investors to let them know that the company is using the familiar form of accounting. Add to that the credibility issues from above, and you can see the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services
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Commencement 2013 Address | About

be inventive, and attentive to finding new opportunities to create value in the world. I hope we’ve helped you develop these qualities during your two years with us, and I urge you to continue to develop them in the years ahead.... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

The Business of Love

of the Match.com aesthetic?” This second iteration of online dating is pretty much the exact opposite of Match.com. The new era of online dating entrepreneurs has heard the complaints of women overwhelmed by lewd attention on dating... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

usage; however, customer-to-customer communications tended to increase personal-use engagement across latent states and in both data sets. The findings suggest that firms offering digital services should pay attention to how the mode of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

Arguably, the threat of ISIS is used as a red herring, to divert attention from other more fundamental issues within US society. This is a powerful strategy in the sense that it builds on people lack of knowledge and emotions. There is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015

Workers By: Housman, Michael, and Dylan Minor Abstract—While there has been a lot of research on finding and developing top performers in the workplace, less attention has been paid to the question of how to manage those workers who are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

so difficult that they often failed to perform them effectively. When we turned to the academic research, we found a fair amount of research on what victims need when they're on the receiving end. But little attention had been devoted to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

business group affiliates and when local institutions develop. Therefore, we shed light on the firm-level implications of minority state ownership, a topic that has received scant attention in the strategy literature. Cornell... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

attention to sunk costs. We go to plays or concerts that, in retrospect, we'd rather not go to simply because we have a $50 ticket in the pocket. Similarly, one of my colleagues describes a person who pays $300 to join a tennis club, only... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

to ensure workers are using the new capabilities of AI to leverage their capabilities and expertise. And managers will need to build teams in which people are judged on the outcomes and outputs of their work, rather than whether they appear busy. Of course, managers... View Details
  • 04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4

votes receive relatively little media attention yet may foster investor risk perceptions. This research presents a multifaceted view of activists and their tactics and suggests that this approach in examining activists and their tactics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

friction-often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire and develop the best employees, improve collaboration on global teams, and strengthen the company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Corporate Finance Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders By: Bebchuk, Lucian A., Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Golden parachutes (GPs) have attracted substantial attention from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

favorable to authors who have garnered other attention in the press (as measured by number of media mentions outside of the review) and who have won book prizes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45339... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

first time authors and more favorable to authors who have garnered other attention in the press (as measured by number of media mentions outside of the review) and who have won book prizes. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel