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- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
provided excellent comparative data of the kind that we have seen all too little in the public debate on the matter. And nearly everyone admirably avoided the political rhetoric that has clouded rational... View Details
- February 2002
- Background Note
States vs. Microsoft, The
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Although the federal Justice Department managed to settle its massive antitrust litigation against Microsoft in 2001, the state suit against the company continued. State attorney generals, perhaps emboldened by their recent victory over the Big Five tobacco companies,... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Public Ownership; Private Ownership; Negotiation Deal; Goals and Objectives; Lawsuits and Litigation; Decision Making; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "States vs. Microsoft, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-177, February 2002.
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
minority backgrounds enter business schools as well as post-graduate employment are soon dashed by an inability or unwillingness on the part of organizations to tap into and retain that talent. In business,... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
businesses afloat—and even make sure they eventually thrive—is a critical question as the world economy freezes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses employ some 70 percent of the workforce for the 35 countries that make up the View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
opportunities: private signals that can be distorted by managers, and public signals that are undistorted but noisy. Headquarters faces a tradeoff between the cost of attaining... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Working PapersColonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition and Public Goods in India Authors:Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer No abstract is available at this time. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
Focuses on Furman Selz's acquisition by Xerox in 1987; its return to a private company in 1993; and a second acquisition, by ING, in 1997. In particular, provides the opportunity to evaluate five major... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
discovery in a legal case. The wise don't do it. But this can be a costly practice, given our faulty memories. And in the age of WikiLeaks and the Internet, when every "secret" seemingly becomes... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
ventures: structure, financing, regulations, consumers, accountability, technology, and public policy. Also, presents the essential elements of business models for new health-care ventures. A rewritten... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism
for entrepreneurial businesses to market products/services to low-income people, providing a new source of profits and benefitting society. Greater emphasis is needed on employees and the human systems... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Publications April 2015 Routledge Strong Brands, Strong Relationships By: Fournier, Susan, Michael Breazeale, and Jill Avery Abstract—From the editorial team of the groundbreaking Consumer-Brand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
this month's column. Several thought that the provision could have the desired effect. Yedendra Chouksey said, "What is open to public glare does restrain proclivity for 'insanely generous' self-rewards So, why not try it View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
asset class. In recent years, a growing number of individual and institutional investors have allocated a portion of their capital into agricultural farmland. Private investors, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
Silverthorne: What are market categories, and why are they important? Mukti Khaire: Categories are cognitive constructs meant to organize large amounts of information into manageable units. Goods classified... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
Created by the people for the people, the American political system is instead "a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and plagued View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Research has long shown that organizations shape members' identities. However, the possibility that these identities might also be desired and that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity By: Bellezza, Silvia, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research demonstrates that, under certain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
In the aftermath of such highly public and grossly damaging business debacles as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, much attention and plenty of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan