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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

as the “noble savage” and “manifest destiny.” Seen and Unseen examines what is pictured, and more importantly, what is not shown in these representations. It investigates how they inaccurately depict the lived experiences of hundreds of diverse Native View Details
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

is. When competition becomes less intense, firms place emphasis on the strategic orientation that matches the dominant environmental condition (e.g., technology orientation when technology turbulence is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real

from initial research phases, to brainstorming, to concept development and prototyping. The results? A car that might feature a personalized hood ornament and an interior with pulsating floor lights, customized seat covers, and an onboard computer with MP3 View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)

sister. MY FIRST JOB was as a copyboy in the classified ad department. Our brand-new technology was 60 women on IBM Selectric typewriters. I would go around every few minutes to pick up their copy and take it to the composing room to be... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Seattle Times Company; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Information
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

value-relevant before disclosure, for negative earnings adjustments it is value-relevant only after disclosure. This finding is consistent with managers delaying the communication of bad news until IFRS compliance. A finer model shows... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

the initial revenue projection for virtual Executive Education programming in fiscal 2021 was penciled in at what seemed like a realistic expectation: $0. But with the entire School community coming together, HBS adapted. Driven by... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2014
  • Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

for creditworthy working families—not as a special "niche" product for a subset of low-income borrowers, but integrated into the system? How do we ensure that the government-guaranteed secondary market is open on full and equal terms to lenders of all types,... View Details
Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act

of many managers facing similar threats. In the case of Firestone, Sull writes, it just dug itself into an even deeper hole. Its reaction did not make the company better able to fend off the threat of radial technology; quite the opposite. And companies don't only need... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

with promise to leverage new technologies to disrupt primary care delivery. Prior to joining the Institute, Landman was the Chief Medical Officer for DoctorBase (acquired by Kareo), a patient engagement and mobile health View Details
  • October 2010
  • Article

Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

By: Eric Van den Steen
This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture-in the sense of shared beliefs and values in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Organizational Culture; Economics; Information Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Values and Beliefs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Framework; Satisfaction; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Communication
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Research Resources | Baker Library

other archival collections related to the company. Administrative Records, circa 1930–2005 (Series I) Corporate governance and leadership records, 1953–1995; Polaroid Corporation Annual Reports 1937–1996; public relations and View Details
  • 02 May 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

ability to learn from "repeated failure" (Shadreck Saili), "a quest for integrity" (Adriano Pianesi), a combination of ego control and "ambition for the institution" (Bruno Coelho), communicating "where... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election

By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein
Following a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump’s 2016 election destabilized America’s status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Industry; Strategic Alliances (Business); Business And Government; Business And Public Policy; Business And Society; Media Businesses; Media Content; Media Slant; Media Regulation; Internet Of Everything; Government Policy; Politics; Political Campaigns; Political Strategy; Political Turmoil; Government; Government Regulation; Security; International Business; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; News; Media; Internet and the Web; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Globalization; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Government Legislation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cognition and Thinking; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; War; Social Media; Public Administration Industry; United States; Russia
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  • 19 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

parties) have issued executive orders requiring federal agencies to use environmentally preferable products and services whenever possible, as has the European Commission. These procurement policies are specifically aimed to "spur private sector development of new... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 06 Jan 2011
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

possible. Next time the target may not be Iran.) Getting back to my misstated question, none of you aimed your criticism at the technology, even lauding it, as Mark O'Connor did, as the "great equalizer." In Bev Stehn's words, "What is to be 'managed,'... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
  • 11 Jan 2000
  • Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

respond rapidly whenever necessary. As information technology escalates the pace and complexity of business everywhere, managers can ill afford to operate according to the bureaucratic dictates of the past. As organizations become... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 17 Jul 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

own way. As GE CEO Jeff Immelt wrote when the president announced the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, “Climate change is real. Industry must now lead and not depend on government.” Immelt is not alone. Never before in modern history has the business... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

automation is making jobs less routine and more cognitively challenging. Globalization means you’re competing with workers around the world. Simultaneously, the internet and other communication technologies... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

model that makes sense for retail operators without subsidy. Using a franchising model that relies on seasoned local entrepreneurs, communication technology that monitors flows and quality, payment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne