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- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
funds' holdings of securitizations to examine which investors are susceptible to such boom-time thinking. We show that firsthand experience plays a key role in shaping investors' beliefs. During the 2003–2007 mortgage boom, inexperienced fund View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
treated for cancer out of the patient experience," says Feeley, who still serves as head of MD Anderson's Institute for Cancer Care Innovation. The bundles represent the treatments clinicians select for patients and take into account... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
customers. By having each company specialize in one activity, the companies together do everything more efficiently for the customer. Of course, managing all of these different suppliers of services can be a hassle for consumers.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
Publications August 2013 Princeton University Press A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media By: Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan Abstract—Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
astrophysics to barbs about the National College Athletic Association. When asked who would win the NCAA basketball tournament, Foster Tweeted: Ncaa will win. They'll get billions, players get a trophy.RT @mcorado33: @ArianFoster "Anyone who opens a Twitter View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
paradigm to consider that takes into account both internal and external research and development efforts to create what he calls a "company innovation system." "What I hope this term will convey," he told HBS alumni,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
help-friendly organization has to be actively nurtured, however, because helpfulness among colleagues does not arise automatically: competition, pride, or distrust may get in the way. The trickiness of this management challenge-to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
improvisation to viable ways of operating that can function indefinitely. Neither management scholars nor health care providers have access to an off-the-shelf solution for how to do this. But through a collaborative approach, we may be... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
FarriHarvard Business School Case 310-090 In late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, managing director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return Fund (WAR), one of Barclays... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
and, in any case, did not manage to reform the country in a fast enough pace. Driving from Athens to Thessaloniki in 20 hours is hardly an achievement—even if there is a lot of traffic. Moreover, I am happy to see old faces go: I am a big... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
available during organizational development, and the conditions of its acquisition that all work together to create a powerful influence on management behavior and organizational culture." It is therefore imperative, Grossman argues, that... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
instrumented elasticity of export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter's productivity growth is between 1.6 and 2.4 depending upon weighting. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52089 forthcoming Strategic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to do for me?" says Solmssen,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
table. Just as negotiation theory could be enriched by principles of maneuver warfare, military doctrine offers officers and soldiers a potentially useful foundation to better understand and manage the negotiation process, especially in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
to engender trust by holding themselves accountable publicly. Q: Your book analyzes leaders primarily in public for-profit companies. What is different about being a higher-ambition leader at a public or private firm? A: Private company... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
this is not what business does or should do, Henderson said. “If managers can support public institutions and provide public goods and make money, why aren't they?” "They say the answer is regulation or the answer is taxation,"... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- September–October 2013
- Article
The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring
By: Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel
Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly onerous when outsourcing the monitoring and... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Governance Compliance; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Demand and Consumers; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Transactions; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Practice; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
Pierce, Lamar, and Michael W. Toffel. "The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring." Organization Science 24, no. 5 (September–October 2013): 1558–1584. (Winner of the NBS Research Impact on Practice Award from the Academy of Management (AOM) and Network for Business Sustainability (NBS))
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
suited for a young, entrepreneurial organization. Start-up joiners need to do three things well: manage uncertainty, push the limits, and think like an owner. He then outlines four steps for choosing the right company: Pick a domain (find... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel