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- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
Editor Julia Hanna talks to Wilson about thinking beyond standard economic models, what collaboration looks like to him, and the work that has fundamentally changed the way governments and corporations buy and sell essential goods and... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
energy came in the factor markets (for land, labor capital, and knowledge), and it required the abandonment of feudalism. Unlike trade, capitalism spreads by political decisions and by political units such as states. As a consequence,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
learn if a standardized and institutionalized organizational learning process like SFP can enhance dynamic capabilities. The SFP model is illustrated with an application to Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division. 2006 Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who don't compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. Fortunately, such leaders do exist. Their insights can help other organizations weather the current crisis,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
should bear the cost of insuring against it, just as commercial banks pay into an FDIC insurance pool. And the government should insist on appropriate capital standards and liquidity requirements to limit the type of risks that these... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
business judgment rule, directors must have “knowingly and completely failed to undertake their responsibilities” or had “an actual intent to do harm” — a standard that has let thousands of failed boards off the hook over the years. While... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
institutions in which ongoing crises of legitimacy demonstrate the need for a renewal of embedded liberalism and a revitalization of global governance. They are as follows: the activities of transnational corporations, particularly with regard to core View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
Setting the Standard for Commercial Success As chairman of Esquel Group, Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976) oversees one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Esquel employs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
and we made believe that the sponsors, the biggest money center banks, had zero risk of loss. They did not fully disclose what was happening, and they did not put up enough capital to cover potential risks. Now, the FASB Financial Accounting View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
terrible Foxconn suicides. The one-child-per-family policy was beginning to create a population shortage that meant cheap labor was running out. The old low-cost manufacturing-for-export strategy had run out of steam. They were developing... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Few are more familiar with this upheaval and transformation than '71 classmates Carty, Charron, and Harad, whose companies American Airlines, Liz Claiborne, and Boise Cascade, respectively, are setting standards for success in this... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
research organizations that partnered with business groups and regulatory bodies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53310 The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by this standard its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
to make sure that the toilets that were constructed will be constructed to the right standard so that we didn’t develop the next problem, which is what we’re working on now, which is the treatment of sewage. Narrative: “India has 1.2... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
perspective on the current global "descent of money." Book Link: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/ 0,,9781440653995,00.html?The_Ascent_of_Money_Niall_Ferguson Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
faculty members to evaluate 150 submissions, resulting in 2,130 randomly assigned proposal-evaluator pair observations. Our results confirm a systematic penalty for novel proposals; a standard deviation increase in novelty drops the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
participation to improve labor standards in global supply chains. Yet little is known about whether these structures are associated with improved working conditions, especially in organizations in which they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
two studies from an online labor market in the United States, and (3) a laboratory experiment. Our findings suggest that worker productivity is higher on bad rather than good weather days and that cognitive distractions associated with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
coupled with regular meetings of the independent directors is critical to the independent directors' ability to function effectively as a counterweight to management. When interviewing candidates for CEO, the board needs to ask probing questions such as, "What is... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler