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- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
The success of American Home Products reflects a unique path of learning. The company originated with the merger of several companies in related businesses. During the seventy years following its formation in 1926, the company's senior... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
presented at different stages of decision making prior to a purchase. We examine the sequence-dependent effects of price and product information on the decision-making process at both neural and behavioral levels. During functional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Publication:Journal of Public Economics Abstract We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be nonlinear View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
step-by-step, room-by-room guidance on how to create a welcoming and functioning space that expresses your unique individuality. Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms by Mike Cleland and Barry Asin... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
multinationals toward organization-wide rationalization. Efficiencies and commonalities have emerged, particularly with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the area of stakeholder relations... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
reflected on the two MELF experiments. Which would be more effective? Would parents in St. Paul really drive up the quality of providers through the choices they made or was it better to work with providers directly to improve quality?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
significantly impact a student’s grade. Additionally, as absences significantly impact the ability of the team to function effectively, they may also be reflected in peer feedback which, when applicable... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
financing now, this is the second fund. You closed the first one in 2013, launched the second in 2017, and you started with seed funding. And that seems to reflect this kind of movement up the ladder that you've seen generally in the... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
(residual income) the conceptual conflict is exacerbated by the adoption of 'fair value' (FV) as the measurement basis for assets and liabilities rather than the more theoretically grounded approach of 'deprival value/relief value' (DV/RV), which better View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain
people back to Bentonville headquarters for recognition; and executive merchandising contests that create incentives for executives to spend more time in the stores. All of this reflects basic company values and culture. In other very... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
learned about the basic functions of marketing, production, accounting, and finance." Want-ing more time to sort out the tension between theory and practice, Baldwin stayed on at HBS, earning her doctorate in 1977 and joining the faculty... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
organization years before the misconduct, they experience a compensation penalty. Our results support this prediction. The stigma effect increases in relation to the job function proximity to the misconduct, recency of the misconduct, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Program Policies - HBS Online
to module and assignment completion, we expect participation in the social learning elements of the program by offering feedback on others’ reflections and contributing to conversations on the platform. Participants who fail to complete... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Illicit Invention: Tracing Technological Development in the Shadow of the Law... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
findings suggest that, after threat, misrepresenting one’s performance can function as a mechanism that helps to restore positive self-evaluations about one’s capabilities. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
platforms function safely and effectively. In the research literature, they are considered "high-reliability organizations." According to some scholars, the explanation of the difference lies in these organizations'... View Details
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
Saffronart, and food businesses Whole Foods and the James Beard Foundation. Khaire created the course, she says, because these industries function in fundamentally different ways than those in industries more familiar to traditional HBS... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
attic of [classroom building] Aldrich [Hall] and outfitting them with cardboard furnishings to find dimensions large enough for comfort and function but small enough to discourage [students from staying in their rooms rather than... View Details
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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA
student’s grade. Additionally, as absences significantly impact the ability of the team to function effectively, they may also be reflected in peer feedback which is an important component of the course... View Details