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- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
values, it can also neglect the unit managers’ knowledge of which individuals would best match local conditions. We use difference-in-differences analyses to examine the effects of a switch from decentralized to centralized hiring at our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
resisted the kind of currency appreciation to which West Germany and Japan consented. We conclude that Chimerica cannot persist for much longer in its present form. As in the 1970s, sizeable changes in exchange rates are needed to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
The analysis finds no impact of financial incentives on learning but significant effects of both goal setting and counseling on real financial outcomes. These results identify important complements to financial education that can bridge the gap between financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Schumpeterian entry, and Penrosian dynamics. A major goal of the paper is to identify important gaps in our theoretical and empirical knowledge that should be a focus for future scholarly research. Download working paper:... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
cases of the model are a long-lived pressure group offering rewards and punishments to a series of targets (public or corporate officials) in exchange for policy favors, or that of a long-lived extorter who demands money in order not to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
performance in their exchange ties (Gulati and Sytch, 2007) and acquisitions (Zaheer et al., 2010); revenues (Baum et al., 2000; Shipilov and Li, 2008); market share (Zaheer and Bell, 2005) and market entry (Jensen, 2008); IPO success... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
productive. That’s a missed opportunity. Questioning is a powerful tool for unlocking value in companies: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and better performance, and it builds trust among team members. And... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
called on. Now, talking in class without any knowledge was an HBS art form, and I was prepared to go on at length about a subject—pricing cars at GM—of which I had no knowledge. But suddenly I felt enraged and my inner voice said, "What... View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
Council, was just published in the Journal of Political Economy. He recently met with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss his new case and its implications for reinterpreting FDI. Martha Lagace: How does South Africa challenge conventional... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
people who have specialized knowledge or networks which can be useful that can make all the difference to an entrepreneur. That's one of the great pleasures of Harvard as well. Elise Clarkson: Did anything from the podcast experience... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
While some find the idea of exchanging digital tokens puzzling, in many ways it’s nothing new—through the same type of technology that powers cryptocurrency, NFTs provide a sort of “digital deed” that we can use to establish ownership of... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
failures, and providing frameworks for instilling an AI-forward mindset and operating model. Chaired by Professors Karim Lakhani, Tsedal Neeley, and Mitchell Weiss, the conference offered a platform for participants to network, fostering collaboration and the View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
create value. We extend this theory to address value appropriation. A product or process design that is modular with respect to intellectual property (IP) allows firms to better capture value in situations where knowledge and value... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
reversible moves to deepen their understanding of the unfolding game being played, and to build capabilities. They accept ambiguity and some apparent failures in exchange for improved learning and market position. Imperfectionists succeed... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
experience and performance fails to find a consistent effect of diversity in experience on performance. The problem is that diversity in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base but also creates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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information. The following are general documentation guidelines for your reference: Documentation presents a clear assessment of the disability or condition by a licensed provider with firsthand knowledge and relevant credentials.... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
(January 2012) Abstract Back in the 1990s, business school professors at an Academy of Management conference debated the propriety of teaching distributive bargaining to their students. The particulars of that exchange are lost in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
to complete the manuscript of Silent Spring, which documents the effects of pesticides such as DDT on the environment and the campaign of misinformation surrounding their use. “Leaders are obligated...to translate information into knowledge, to use this View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
evidence to challenge a common misperception about internalization theory. The theory has often been criticized for maintaining that it assumes a hierarchically organized MNE based on knowledge flowing from the home country. This is not... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman