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  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

differentials. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-089.pdf The Bloody Millennium: Internal Conflict in South Asia Author:Lakshmi Iyer Abstract This paper documents the short-term and long-term trends in internal View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 1997 (Revised September 2000)
  • Case

3M: Negotiating Air Pollution Credits (B)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Thomas Dretler
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Negotiation Types; Pollutants; Negotiation Participants; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Government and Politics; United States
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Nabihah Sachedina

Although Dr. Nabihah Sachedina loved practicing pediatrics in the UK, she found herself increasingly frustrated with inefficiencies in the health-care system. “Because of conflicts over funding, it was sometimes difficult to discharge... View Details
  • February 1994 (Revised May 1999)
  • Case

Manville Corp. Fiber Glass Group (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Manville Corp.'s senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Ethics; Conflict of Interests; Health; Safety; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Japan
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  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Maintaining a Resilient Democracy

nationwide high school use.“Sometimes—as in the lead-up to the Civil War—they were right. But more often, times of heightened conflict and concern were when we fought the hardest to revitalize democracy by engaging together in the process... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

Syrian communities was phase one of a large-scale survey Fabbe conducted to gain insight into the effects of the war on those who had fled from the conflict at home. Throughout 2016, Fabbe’s research team conducted interviews with more... View Details
  • March 2013 (Revised July 2014)
  • Case

Bay Partners (A)

By: Josh Lerner and Lauren Barley
In April 2010, Salil Deshpande has recently resigned from Palo Alto, California-based Bay Partners (Bay) where he had been a general partner. Although Deshpande had built a successful track record at the venture firm, he resigned with two other Bay general partners as... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Conflict Management; Partners and Partnerships; Resignation and Termination; Policy; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry; California
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  • 10 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

workforce. They have to produce clear policies when the COVID-19 threat diminishes precipitously. A related issue that I am hearing about from companies is centered on how to think about real estate holdings because a View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

cost estimating, contracting, implementation, project control, and evaluation managerial performance. Too Hot to Handle? How to Manage Relationship Conflict Authors:A. C. Edmondson and D. M. Smith Periodical:California Management Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

importance of organizational governance, and the role of governing boards in particular, in prioritizing and aligning potentially conflicting objectives and interests in order to avoid mission drift and to maintain organizational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

HBS - Financials | From the CFO

Datar—implemented a clear strategy: Maintain the quality of the educational experience by investing in hybrid and virtual classroom technologies; protect jobs by reducing noncritical expenses and holding salaries level; and lay the... View Details
  • 04 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

percent increase in new patents between firms in those places. "Even in a hybrid world, even in a world of work-from-anywhere, we still need to occasionally meet colleagues in person for social purposes." Choudhury and colleagues teased... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • News

Tapping into Opportunity

between Florida and Georgia, and some are among water districts within a single state, such as California. Shankar has worked on this issue as well, coauthoring the water policy paper that has driven California's water conservation... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 22 Mar 2023
  • News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change. Addressing society's rapid move to digital platforms, Dean Datar said, "As you look at some of the challenges that... View Details
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Transportation - Business & Environment

changes to all transportation modes will reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change: Airplanes Alternative fuels and technologies to increase aircraft efficiency Cars & Electric Vehicles Hybrid cars, battery and plug-in vehicles... View Details
  • 17 Mar 2023
  • News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York

practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change. Addressing society's rapid move to digital platforms, Dean Datar said, "As you look at some of the challenges that confront us as a society, one of those is... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Making a Difference

the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through.... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

contingent claims analysis (CCA). We illustrate how to use the CCA approach to model and measure sectoral and national risk exposures, and analyze policies to offset their potentially harmful effects. This new framework provides economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

Alumni Books

Johnson. Understanding College and University Organization: Theories for Effective Policy and Practice. 2 vols. by James L. Bess (MBA ’60) and Jay R. Dee (Stylus Publishing) The authors aim to show how college and university... View Details
Keywords: Management