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- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
method (Bennis & O'Toole, 2005); teachers employ casual and often self-serving empirical evidence (Ghoshal, 2005); approaches are rarely grounded in well-established theoretical traditions (Doh, 2003); there are as yet few credible... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find extensive evidence of agglomeration economies among manufacturing industries. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
criterion, Utilitarianism, is powerful and compelling to many. But extensive evidence has shown that no single criterion, however appealing, can claim to be the criterion of the tax design problem as society perceives it. Different people... View Details
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
that a lot and I think we're providing some systematic evidence now with this study," Lakhani says. He met recently with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss the work and its implications for firms. Martha Lagace: Given your research... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
constraints. Moreover, we provide evidence that both of the hypothesized mechanisms, better stakeholder engagement and transparency around CSR performance, are important in reducing capital constraints. The results are further confirmed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
and associated creative behavior in the life and work of ordinary individuals. Yet evidence is mounting that such individuals can be responsible for important instances of creativity and innovation in the world: open innovation, user... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
be such a big information tradeoff,” she says. For the NIH, the benefits of more expertise at the judging tables are likely to far outweigh potential bias. “Expertise vs. Bias in Evaluation: Evidence from the NIH,” by Danielle Li, HBS... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
between fields can be as large as fourfold, according to the study. The survey “provides quantitative evidence that highlights disparities in how the pandemic has affected the scientific workforce,” the researchers write. [div... View Details
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
Dumas, an assistant professor at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, describe their findings in the paper Unearned Status Gain: Evidence from a Global Language Mandate, forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
economic activity away from the US. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite as firms expand globally, they also expand domestically. Indeed, American welfare can be advanced by ensuring that investments in the US and abroad are owned... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
are never too old to be surprised." Welch is a famously hard-nosed executive, and if anyone could have been expected to do his homework, it would have been him. But was Welch correct in viewing the decision as a true surprise, an event that couldn't have been... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
Hedge funds are no different. Despite recent evidence showing hedge funds led by females or minorities performed better than their non-minority counterparts, the industry still suffers from a severe lack of diversity in ownership.... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
$200 million annually through its waste reduction efforts. "The idea that in particular reducing your waste stream might be profitable is quite well established, going back to research on the chemical industry 30 years ago," Henderson says. "And there's a lot of... View Details
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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
silk, and china—all of which constituted evidence of a family’s cultivated taste. Americans gained an appreciation for Chinese culture as well through expositions like the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia where Chinese... View Details
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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
(November 2014) Robert S. Kaplan and Derek A. Haas Health care providers are facing tremendous pressure to reduce costs—but evidence suggests that many of their responses are counterproductive, raising costs and sometimes decreasing the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
Coughlin commented, referring to Wal-Mart's founder. "Our growth has come from our ability to innovate and transform our organization into what customers expect." Weather for most of the conference was overcast and rainy, but the spirit of sun, surf, and fun was very... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
behavior explained the link between creativity and increased dishonesty (Experiments 3 and 4). Finally, we demonstrate that dispositional creativity moderates the influence of temporarily priming creativity on dishonest behavior (Experiment 5). The results provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
marriage) relationship with them, as two readers did with sectionmates of mine. It was evident that certain male students were favored with better grades by certain other adoring WAC readers. The female students were under no illusions... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
domain-specific expertise-the kind that teams under-use when facing higher pressure-increases client-rated team performance. I thus find, paradoxically, that when teams need domain-specific expertise the most, they tend to use it the least, despite View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
results in the May 2019 working paper, The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II. Although less common in the modern era, the US government still issues patent secrecy orders... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz