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cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have paid less attention to the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

bridge-building tool to elicit cooperation from powerful divisional managers in previously unaffiliated divisions. Cases & Course MaterialsAdvanced Electron Beams Harvard Business School Case 608-083... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

and co-author of the new book, Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. “They have lots of opportunity to change the structures themselves.” The authors of Glass Half-Broken weave academic research... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details

Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

©iStock/maislam To find out, McDonald fixed his sights on the emerging market of online investing, studying five unnamed competitors at the beginning of their race to the top and following their actions and success as the market developed over several years. His... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

build relationships that allow them to sell their more lucrative consulting services. Thus, from the executive team down to individual accountants, an auditing firm's motivation to provide favorable audits runs deep. As the collision case... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services

10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

process in the event of failure. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-087.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAltoona State Investment Board: December 2008 Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

have no direct affiliation with E Ink. By contrast, Hagiu and Wright present examples that fulfill all of the MSP requirements. In the case of eBay, both buyers and sellers must create accounts with the online marketplace; that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2015
Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

different industries and job functions from my classmates, by asking about their experiences. The case method and the structure of the MBA program, which has a diverse core curriculum, allows you to examine... View Details

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

The case helps create a discussion around increasing the resources available to fund research and development at the School. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/413057-PDF-ENG Carolina for Kibera... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Ensuring Boston Ballet Stays Relevant

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf Merger: Competition Vs. Cooperation

Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission

Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims

Addressing Racial Discrimination on Airbnb

Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

Can Bombas Reach New Customers while Maintaining Its Social Mission?

What Does It Take to Close the Opportunity Gap in America’s Labor Market?

How Japan’s Recruit Holdings Regained Trust after a Scandal

First Look: May 15