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  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Abstract—Firms spend millions of dollars annually on whistle-blower hotlines, training, and other efforts to ensure adherence to laws, regulations, and company policies. Yet malfeasance remains entrenched in the corporate world. Why? Too... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

passes through some of the world's most revered cultural, historical, and holy sites, ending in the city of Hebron/Al-Khalil at the tomb of Abraham. With Abraham as a venerated patriarchal figure for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity—monotheistic religions whose View Details
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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

School’s resources or staffing capabilities or, with respect to the required level of care or monitoring, that would exceed the standard of care that a university health service can be expected to provide. Failure to adhere to the terms... View Details
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

pervasive in the China business context characterized by heavy reliance on personal relationships or guanxi, it went against the founding principles of CDG-professionalism and service quality. Yang had to decide where to draw the line between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

negotiations regularly culminated with the seller going from buyer to buyer extracting successively higher prices. The students adhered to the letter of my rules, but the auctions looked a lot like negotiations, and the negotiations... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

firms in an industry adhere to. For example, the dominant design in automobiles today has a gasoline engine, four wheels with rubber tires, a steering wheel, a closed body, and automatic transmission. Designers may change the attributes... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

that adherence to the Undefeated refinement is especially pronounced among subjects who report a high level of understanding of the game and that subjects whose choices conformed with the predictions of the Undefeated refinement were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 6

GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company's drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese health care system and the pressure on companies to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan, and Jim Manzi Abstract—The data you already have can't tell you how customers will react to innovations. To discover if a truly novel concept will succeed, you must subject it to a rigorous experiment. In most companies, tests do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

with strong character and immoral behavior from a person of little integrity with weak character. Discussions of character typically hinge on the extent to which an individual believes in and adheres to the basic moral tenets of honesty,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2171497 Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards Authors:Michael W. Toffel, Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract In... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA

could include lectures, case discussions, and project work if applicable. The following course policies pertain to both the on-campus sessions and the off-campus components of the Immersive Field Courses. Academic Policy As with any academic course, students are... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

working; in such cases, employees' performance should be evaluated as much on their adherence to the new standards and processes as on their substantive choices. In this spirit, Levy chose to think of himself primarily as a kind of... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 04 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

several of these relationships in depth. An electrical parts distributor for General Electric, they observed, initially adhered closely to its informal agreement with the company, but eventually provided additional service that surpassed... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

cultural differences along which societies and organizations vary. Culturally tight organizations have stricter social norms and rules of conduct, and people tend to adhere to them more strictly. There is also a greater appreciation of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 13 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Students Reflect on COP28

to be part of the metrics by which we assess how countries adhere to these agreements, and COP28 did not deliver in that regard. We did establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund, we did get fossil fuels mentioned in the text, we... View Details
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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

off-campus immersion components of the FIELD Global Capstone. Academic Policy As with any required academic course, students are expected to adhere to all HBS Academic Policies for the duration of the course. Students will also be asked... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

Nordgren, 2006), both modes of thinking have particular advantages: conscious thought can follow strict rules, whereas unconscious thought is better suited for integrating numerous decision attributes. Because most complex decisions require both View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

quantitative and qualitative research to explain how we can turn cash into contentment. The key lies in changing our spending habits and adhering to five key principles: Buy Experiences (research shows that material purchases are less... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

for organizations and those interested in leadership development. First, when designing leader development programs, be clear about which component you are attempting to develop. Adhering to a traditional learning model is fine if you are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace