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- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
probably partly allowed the industry to survive. Periods of idleness might coexist with intense overtime. During these times, outcomes that might appear minor—such as these homers—help sustain organizational effectiveness and the capacity... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
against reports from third parties is critical for modern tax enforcement and the growth of state capacity. However, there may be limits to the effectiveness of third-party information if taxpayers can make offsetting adjustments on less... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
make-or-break imperative for leaders. There is a conversation that takes place within every company—whether company leaders know it or not, and whether they like it or not. At the nearest water cooler or at the virtual rumor mill, employees chat about the View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
increase in domestic investment, employment or R@amp;D—even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions and for firms that appeared to be financially constrained. Instead, a $1 increase in repatriations was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
sector. But this research leads me to believe that the right kind of regulatory framework and institutional policies are fundamental to making it possible. Shon R. Hiatt, Assistant Professor Of Business Administration In the US, states... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
publicly stated goals. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/05/how-to-outsmart-activist-investors/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Making 'Freemium' Work: Many Start-ups Fail to Recognize the Challenges of This Popular Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
process of globalization and international trade. But we're putting our bets on our indexes that very clearly [show] a continuation of the now ten- to twenty-year process of intensive globalization. We believe that, particularly the United View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
political response to issues such as wealth disparity, the environment, security, and rule of law have the capacity to undermine capitalism and thus undermine this progress. View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
with the capacity and courage to effect these changes? Another message, according to Herzlinger, was about the role of payment models on cost, quality, and access to care and the need to ensure that "access" does not require "affluence."... View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
A.S.—(Norway)—The Cenapio Project Harvard Business School Case 806-090 Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States that lands a strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
even by those who have managed to achieve this kind of balance in their lives. In fact, it requires the capacity to concentrate on one or more dimensions of success up to the point of "just enough," then shift the emphasis to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
constructively replicate and extend these findings with a supplemental analysis of a second sample, the full population of new nonprofit organizations founded during a two-year period in the United States (n = 31,160). By highlighting how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
assignment of termination and broad licensing rights to the financing firm occurs in contractually difficult environments in which there is no specifiable lead product candidate. We also analyze how the contractual design varies with the R&D firm's financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.
capacity for innovation. “The whole perspective of how firms influence policy environments is a relatively new question to economists.” It would stand to reason that the companies lobbying most on a particular issue would be those with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
defaulting issuers and that the adjustments are generally useful in assessing eventual lender recovery following default. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52018 Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
working conditions occur in the United States or Europe, usually there is a cry for more regulatory enforcement—along with an ensuing debate about how much government is enough (or too much). When such incidents happen overseas, however,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
in the United States and focuses on the strategic goal of transforming food safety from a "necessary evil" to a brand-enhancing differentiator. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/814014-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
on state power. The authors delve into questions about the relationship between states and markets, politics and economics, through examinations of key Enlightenment and pre-Enlightenment figures in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
of Weak Interests By Gunnar Trumbull Empirical studies have consistently shown a capacity to coordinate when the collective interest is both material and evident. One of the early studies to assess the impact of group size on coordination... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
rapidly enough to continue to justify our standards of living, at least during the recent decade. JR: The things America is great at—higher education and entrepreneurial capacity and scientific and technical infrastructure—are very hard... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin