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- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
diversity (can people communicate or not?) and caste diversity (how much do some people want to keep away from other people?). About 90 percent of the population in Nepal is Hindu, but within Hindu society there are many castes and a lot... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
like Mills, stressed the importance of having outside researchers analyze agency data. “You would be surprised at the limited resources we have to analyze the data, compared to the way that the academic community can analyze it for us.”... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
supporters note a number of reforms over the past two decades, including a current review of the Bank's information disclosure policy, and a series of "safeguards" on sensitive issues such as environmental impacts and effects on... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
dynamic, long-term impacts of bundling on demand. The primary explanation for the profitability of bundling relies on homogenization of consumer valuations for the bundle, allowing the firm to extract more surplus. We find bundling can be... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate vaccinations, and considers the... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
investment (one made as managing director at Global Ventures), demonstrating that impact and profit aren't mutually exclusive. "I want founders and entrepreneurs to be wealth creators and invest in their View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
decades of his life. Q: You spend a lot of time in the book talking about all of this—the impact of these early years on his middle and later years. A: The child is the father of the man and, you know, Andy Grove is the last CEO who will... View Details
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
health concerns can communicate with physicians online or by phone and receive advice or even a diagnosis without having to visit the physician's office. American Well's co-founders, Ido Schoenberg and Roy Schoenberg, believe this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
must work together to accomplish challenging goals, psychological safety will facilitate their ability to overcome barriers to communication created by their differences. Although psychological safety may be of intrinsic value for all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
of thing. You know, as we look around the world today, I'm wondering are there people who are able to step up and play that kind of a role? George: Well, in the business community today we have leaders with enormous courage. As you know,... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
purpose to create an impact on their organizations and the leader's own self-actualization. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/05/from-purpose-to-impact/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review How to Outsmart Activist Investors By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
Kristin, and Tolga Sınmazdemir Abstract— Finding suitable settlements to civil wars, then proceeding to reconcile and reintegrate civilian communities to realize such settlements and avoid future conflict, poses many seemingly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
and geographies are communicating to their stakeholders their initiatives and performance within the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) domains. Disclosure of non-financial reports has generated heated debates about whether such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
form of new capabilities and team-member resilience. We then highlight the critical roles of leadership and of communication and conflict management training as strategies for overcoming the challenges to team effectiveness in NPD, as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that HBS offers incredible optionality and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
may increase the rate of individual learning from customer-specific experience for a focal task. Finally, we find that the level of experience with a customer for the entire outsourcing firm also yields learning and that the degree of customer depth moderates the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job mobility, not to mention your compensation. Overall, executives who suffer from the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
or purchase decision will impact their financial statements, and how the market will react given previously forecast earnings and competitor's accounting. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
given the increased focus on containing health care costs, perhaps those machines could supplement more advanced equipment used for initial screenings or at community hospitals. There is great possibility for similar innovations wherever... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace