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- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
businessperson. But there is an alternative world. One of the things we found out is if you just put out a kind of road map for the two world views, they were at such odds with each other—business and the church—that you can see why the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
hit-or-miss at most firms. Tackling the problem systematically, of course, will improve the odds of success. Traditional ways of framing this search examine competencies, customer needs, and shifts in the landscape. This article proposes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
Then judgment—a fusion of thinking, feelings, experience, imagination, and character—becomes critical. The author offers five practical questions to improve your odds of making sound judgments: What are the net, net consequences of all my... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
traditional theories of leader selection describe organizations as picking leaders with particular characteristics, LFT sees organizations as having a filtration process that evaluates a pool of candidates and iteratively removes them from the pool, with the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
their businesses to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends rather than invest for the long term, undermining job growth and putting the country’s economic future at risk, often pointing to the high ratio of shareholder payouts to net income. These claims are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
models a negotiation between two pharmaceutical companies-Johnson & Johnson and Merck-concerning the international distribution rights for Remicade, a blockbuster anti-arthritis drug. At odds over the original distribution contract,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
predictable ways in which individuals make ethical decisions and judge the ethical decisions of others that are at odds with intuition and the benefits of the broader society. By focusing on a descriptive rather than a normative approach... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
is this so? A: The predictions in prior research were always that the affiliated analysts would be more optimistic than the unaffiliated analysts. This always seemed odd to me because unaffiliated analysts want to be affiliated so they... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
governance are the most daunting because the very foundations of governance—vote allocation proportionate to economy, representation by finance ministries, absence of parliamentary scrutiny, and the relative voicelessness of the poorest and most affected actors—are at... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
future existed. It seemed odd to Mustafa that finding a financial partner capable of providing tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars to reshape an industry was proving to be remarkably easy, while finding a single individual capable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
worth more. But often these contracts have sharp points at which the curve changes direction all at once, which can produce odd incentives. Even more strikingly, many of the compensation functions have jumps—sell just one more unit and... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-042.pdf Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations Authors:Ufuk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
First, these ancient civilizations may have been at odds since 1962, but for 2,000 years before that, they enjoyed close economic, cultural, and religious ties. Second, neighbors trade more than non-neighbors do, research suggests. Third,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Abstract—We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and misconduct using the setting of environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation can increase the odds of environmental law breaking by 40%–60% and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
rates for 2,159 infant patients, but only after two years. In the shorter term, using these activities is associated with worse performance. By the third year, the positive impact of using deliberate learning activities is similar to the benefit of cumulative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
of the development was strong, with the exception of the art museum, which posted losses. Also, the branding efforts by Mori were at odds with other tenants and he needed to manage "the town." Lastly, another competing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
consumers to not only back teams to win, but also to lay odds for other punters to back. This business model allows punters to cut out the middleman of the bookmaker and leads to a much more efficient two-sided market. Betfair.com's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace