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- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
of IGOs that focus on economic issues, but also on those with social and cultural mandates. This demonstrates that relational governance is important and feasible in the global context and for the most risky transactions. Finally we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
and levels of making the business case. 1) Research over the last decade has pointed to a complex relation between sustainability and financial performance. 2) Results have been influenced by different input and output variables applied... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
some temporary changes and then using the information to do a deeper dive into the accusations. Then, only if there is enough merit, does the government make dramatic changes to its contracting volume,” Heese says. About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
information environment relating to IFRS adoption that is more likely to reflect changes in comparability versus information quality. If IFRS adoption improves financial statement comparability across firms, we predict this should reduce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
more productive.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media editor for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: FatCamera] Related Reading How Companies Benefit When Employees Work... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
you’ll be talking amongst yourselves.” About the Author Danielle Kost is senior editor at HBS Working Knowledge. [Image: ColobusYeti] Related Reading: Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment
The August 2016 cover of Consumer Reports featured a striking quote by a 32-year-old nurse with $152,000 in student loans: “I kind of ruined my life by going to college.” While obviously an extreme case, her plight offered merely the latest example of View Details
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
mergers to reduce competition.” MacKay says. “That’s not something the antitrust authorities typically engage with, but maybe that’s something that we should be concerned about.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media... View Details
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
media creator for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Related Reading: Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter... View Details
- 28 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
"Improving Online Dating with Virtual Dates." Frost, now at Boston University, wrote her PhD dissertation at MIT's Media Lab on the topic, discussing the broader issues of impression formation, navigating options, managing... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
trolls.” NPEs sue cash-rich firms—and target cash in business segments unrelated to alleged infringement at essentially the same frequency as they target cash in segments related to alleged infringement. By contrast, cash is neither a key... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
all sorts of elements of the digital marketplace that our existing legal frameworks are not particularly well-suited to deal with.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media editor for Harvard Business School Working... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
generating a brand book for Israel that suggested a guiding brand position of “creative energy”; inviting social media influencers to partake in trips focused on lifestyle interests; generating appealing, non-conflict View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
applications related to the war effort into secrecy—technological areas included radar and electronics, synthetic materials, and cryptography. These secrecy orders were abruptly rescinded in 1945, a fact that provided Gross with the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Supplement
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Supplements the (A) Case. View Details
Keywords: Campaign Finance Reform; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-131, June 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
Kristen Senz is a social media editor and writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading Working Paper: Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
successors. The divide among partners has played out in the media in recent years. For example, Weston Presidio reportedly suspended its fund-raising in 2014 after a group of partners left the company to start a new investment firm.... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
range of behavior change models and evidence related to littering, water and energy conservation, and land management. We also discuss the methodology and data needed to answer these questions. We illustrate how these questions have been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne