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  • 12 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

first set had to do with the audit team’s training—as measured by the number of audit skill courses they’d taken—and whether the audit was announced or a surprise. They found that the biggest improvements came when a highly-trained team... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

officers, cabinet ministers, and unskilled workers-to their ideals for what those wages should be. We show that ideal pay gaps between skilled and unskilled workers are significantly smaller than estimated pay gaps, and that there is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

Business School Exercise 409-129 This exercise is designed to help students and professionals map their professional networks and identify areas of strength and weakness in their networks. "Network" refers to the set of relationships that is critical to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

team, not of just one individual. So there are ways that you might put together a team that actually represents the whole basket of skills and experience needed while you are only a part of it. Q: Are VC's anxieties about women... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

and cultural assets, as well as skills and ideologies across borders. The chapter argues that capitalism proved much better than political leaders in building institutions that coordinated activities across borders, but also points to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

skilled workers, and getting distribution for Boumi products in major markets such as Europe and the United States. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112029-PDF-ENG Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity Joseph B.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

consumers' technological skills and openness to new experiences, and that consumers' beliefs about the social utility of feature-rich products are predictive of their choices of such products. Further, we examine when impression... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

faculty, whose scholarship and teaching skills attract hundreds of Harvard MBA students to their classrooms each year. Among the latest books by HBS historians are publications by Professor Chandler, Professor Nancy Koehn, and Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Howitt, and David W. Giles Abstract—Leadership in emergencies is a crucial element of becoming a high-performing Coast Guard officer. In this article, we argue that emergency leadership is not a single skill or uniform set of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

of risk talk the CRO can enable the real work of risk management to take place not in his own function but in the business. In both cases, facilitation involved a significant degree of humility on the part of the CRO, manifest in limited formal authority and meagre... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

partner of Gobi Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in China, must decide how to manage his firm's largest investment after the departure of the CEO. Tom has temporarily stepped in as CEO, but finding a replacement with the necessary technical and language... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

how those processes get institutionalized into a unique culture. Located in the Free State of Saxony in the eastern part of Germany (the former GDR), AMD's investment in the region leverages a historic and rather unique skill base in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

York City School Chancellor Joel Klein and his attempt to create a Leadership Academy in order to better train principals to lead New York City public schools. Assesses what leadership skills and strategies are necessary for Klein to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

institutions across sectors must be mobilized before technical solutions can be applied. Along similar lines, technical knowledge of solutions alone is not enough to scale successful demonstration projects that address these complex problems. That step involves... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of very poor rural and urban women in India. It does so by translating traditional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

company as opposed to their department or themselves; hire people whose values and skills fit the culture and strategy, thus reinforcing and sustaining the community of purpose. In addition, leaders spend a great deal of time on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

traditional approach, which focused primarily on skills training. To confirm causation and explore the mechanisms underlying the effects, we replicated the results in a laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

manufacturing components and processes change, and IT security becomes the job of every function. Companies need different skills and expertise, which creates new imperatives for HR. In the marketing function, the ability to track a... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

trials be run in-house or outsourced? Should Carson hire employees who might eventually be laid off—an unpopular option in Japan—or could he find a company with enough cultural sensitivity to run the trials in Asia? Carson would have to rely on his intrapreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

differentiate entrepreneurs: thriving in uncertainty, a passion for ownership, and unique skill at persuasion. In this article Butler dives deep into the skills, mindset, and traits of entrepreneurs, explaining what the stereotypes about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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