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  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

dynamic groups, don't learn naturally. I outline the factors that prevent them from doing so, such as interpersonal fear, irrational beliefs about failure, groupthink, problematic power dynamics, and information hoarding. With Teaming,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Strategy Execution - Course Catalog

learn how and when to create core values and beliefs systems to prioritize the needs of customers, employees, and shareholders. Tracking performance goals: You will learn how to select a small number of... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism

solves problems by self-correcting, there is still a belief that business leaders must act ethically. Light regulation across all aspects of the business world could promote greater transparency. To sustain market capitalism, businesses... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

system present in Peron's speeches during the period 1943-1955. Second, we study survey data for the 1990s on the beliefs of Peronist and non- Peronist voters in Argentina and Democrat and Republican voters... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

come to an end. It has been replaced by a system of fragmented markets and relatively unstandardized products that has led to intensified competition, a more unstable economy, and greater business uncertainty. This rising uncertainty, I... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016

beliefs about a group depend on the characteristics of the reference group. Because stereotypes emphasize differences, they cause belief distortions, particularly when groups are similar. In line with our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

supported what Tucker and Singer had already hypothesized. For example, when the hospital took action on a higher percentage of problems, it had a positive effect on organizational climate. The researchers also confirmed their belief that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

are performed to a high standard. There is a vast literature on the choices, structures, and supporting systems involved in modern management, including strategy, organization structure, planning and resource allocation, and management... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

previous work that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc.). Our objective is to study the joint determination of these three features... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

has begun searching for answers in a broader, overseas setting. With a research agenda organized around eight major world cultures and belief systems - African, Confucian, Hindu/Buddhist, Islamic, Japanese,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Steiner, who in 1913 founded Anthroposophy—a “science of the spirit,” provides further evidence on alternative capitalisms to the American capitalism of today. Steiner and his followers created a new way of doing business based on distinctive (some would say highly... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Islamic Capitalism and the Rise of Religious-Conservative Big Business

By: Kristin Fabbe, Űmit Őzlale and Efe Murat Balikçioğlu
This chapter argues that the rise of “Islamic capitalism” and the country’s so-called “conservative bourgeoisie” owes much to the pragmatism and agility of Islamic actors who are quick to seize upon new economic and political opportunities by leveraging religious... View Details
Keywords: Islamic Capitalism; Economic Systems; Religion; Values and Beliefs; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Turkey
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  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective is to study the joint determination of these three features (beliefs, punitiveness, and economic system) in a way that replicates the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 9

Authors:Diego Comin, Mark Gertler, and Ana Maria Santacreu Abstract We develop a model in which innovations in an economy's growth potential are an important driving force of the business cycle. The framework shares the emphasis of the recent "new shock"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

A More Perfect Union

As wide and fractured as the partisan divide feels right now, the challenges to America’s underlying democratic systems cut deeper still: The productivity of Congress has declined steeply in the past 20 years. The country’s voting rate in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Profits and Purpose

in my spare time, and we were trying to find our way. Right from the beginning, the question was: What is the role of business in the broader systemic conversation? My own work has always been focused on climate change, and if I have to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 11 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy

from vegan Olympian Seba Johnson to prominent documentary director of Game Changers, Louie Psihoyos. What made you decide to take this SIP? Monika: I’m very passionate about food system sustainability and the plant-based economy is a key... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

Slovakia highlights the fact that the beliefs and views of a country on what is fair [do] matter for the long-term sustainability of reforms," says Alfaro. Alfaro, Dessain, and Jensen joined forces for an e-mail interview with HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

operational systems has resulted in a 99.9 percent compliance rate in order fulfillment; it is also the only baking company in North America to be registered ISO 9001, the highest standard for quality View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 18 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend. The move worked and the studio hit both deadlines. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard