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  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

http://hbr.org/2011/07/column-evolve-again/ar/1 The Paradox of Samsung's Rise Authors:Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song, and Kyungmook Lee Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2011) Abstract Twenty years ago, few people... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

One of the most puzzling paradoxes in social science is that though people spend so much of their time trying to make more money, having more money doesn't seem to make them that much happier. My colleagues Liz Dunn and Lara Aknin—both at... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 13 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

is ever going to leap ahead. The main barrier, according to Pisano, is the lack of integration among costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. In a presentation at the Harvard Business School Alumni Healthcare Conference, held last November, he discussed the biotech... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

throughout our system. It is perhaps a paradox that in order for a market-based system to really work effectively, you need a lot of people whose behavior and action is not based on the market, but rather on standards and principles that... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 08 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

Barasz’s new paper, “Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News,” which recently appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, documents this peculiar preference for worse-case scenarios in a variety of medical... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 05 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

to account for institutional change endogenously. However, this notion faces the paradox of embedded agency. To overcome this paradox, it is necessary to explain under what conditions actors are enabled to act as institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Dare to be Different

product categories the frantic effort to keep up with the competition by adding features and gimmicks can paradoxically result in a “sea of sameness.” In a personal narrative voice, and drawing extensively on the experiences of family and... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank;Youngme Moon; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

advancement, and firms who endorse such meritocratic beliefs paradoxically practice more bias in evaluating workers (Castilla & Benard, 2010). [Read "6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees"] Reprinted by... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
  • 28 Apr 2025
  • Blog Post

How to onboard recently graduated MBAs

Bowdoin College, and a former talent acquisition and management professional. Through her observations from both sides – the hired and the hiring – she’s detected a paradox that can frustrate all parties. “It’s costly to get new hires,”... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 25 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

productivity. “What managers were seeing wasn't real. It was a show being put on for an audience” What's more, in a curious phenomenon dubbed the Transparency Paradox, he finds that watching your employees less closely at work might yield more transparency at your... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 11 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

the table. They also tend to be maximizers—a term put forth by Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, meaning they are always driving to win the best deal and rarely satisfied no matter how much they get. That attitude is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 May 2004
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

asks, "When organizations follow maximum profit/wealth, why not individuals?" Mark Porter posed the question in a different way, saying, "It seems that we have somewhat of a paradox if we are able to determine a threshold... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

or where they are crossing ethical boundaries for the good of their own group.” Gino and colleagues write about this paradox in a new paper forthcoming in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes with a decidedly... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

How to onboard recently graduated MBAs - Recruiting

detected a paradox that can frustrate all parties. “It’s costly to get new hires,” she says. “Yet for all that we’ve invested in recruiting new people, few of us put as much effort in onboarding those new hires.” As today's workforces... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

down. We are at 80 percent occupancy (at lower rates).” LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY More Stories in This Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization... View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

Innovator's Dilemma as well as studies conducted more recently—might help angels, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs get around one of the heartbreaking paradoxes of success. Outpacing Consumers Every market entails a trajectory of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

to the theoretical, empirical, and managerial problems salient at that time and comment on the likely reasons the paper has had a sustained influence in the field. Looking forward, we first ask whether the paradoxes and inconsistencies we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

there is a paradox inherent in the social imprinting of WISEs: although it directly enhances their social performance, it also indirectly weakens it by negatively affecting economic productivity. Results based on panel data of French... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

primarily focused on states and intergovernmental organizations. The upshot has been that there has been remarkably little concern with the role of firms in creating markets, shaping policies, and diffusing globalization. Q: An interesting View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

highlight the paradox that managed globalization has been a force for liberalization. Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals Authors: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication: Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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