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  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

pose a problem for the economy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52111 Harvard Business School Case 917-012 Three Problems in Protecting Competition In three mini-cases, readers see a range of disputes in competition law—and apply... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

of a substantial anticipation effect that presents as a gradual decrease in operational performance beginning several months before the actual cohort turnover. We identify higher overall quality of nursing and increased intensity of potential quality View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies to better manage complex urban systems. Book: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415893169/ Integrated Reporting Requires Integrated View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

misinterpretation to assure that state and local governments can appropriately respond to the digital activities that impact physical realities. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53823 Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

countries with MCSR, corporate governance improves and on average, companies implement more ethical practices, bribery and corruption decrease, and managerial credibility increases. These effects are larger for countries with stronger law enforcement and more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

assurance that decision-making will be transparent and participatory, particularly for those that are marginalized in the domestic political process and (d) assessing the political risks faced by those who participate in its consultation... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

firms that have already joined the UN's Global Compact to promote social programs around the world. To put the WDC in place, a number of actions would be needed. First, the UN would draft a corporate charter to define the purpose of the new body and View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

The House that Howard Built

important, Stevenson says, because it was “the first time the School had committed itself to the idea that this would be a long-term, supported area, under the auspices of someone with tenure, and with the assurance of the most important... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

can we assure ethical principles are salient when employees and managers are at greatest ethics risk in the course of their work? What are effective fixes to our moral bugs? I hope that both leading researchers and young scholars will... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

who needed non-hospital sources of care. Although employers should assure that their employees have access to these innovations, caveat emptor applies. The first innovator is usually not the most successful; many consumer-facing retail... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Your Taxi Is Waiting

glad to have taken the start-up plunge over a sure-thing job in finance. In fact, most would agree that nothing is assured these days. “These are certainly challenging times,” concedes Leiman. “But in the first nine months of operations... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Down the Memory Chute

member would select three to five papers for grading by the entire group of readers. We would use those benchmarking sessions to try to assure that evaluations were consistent from reader to reader.” Wailes later became one of only a few... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

  Publications 2014 AMACOM Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy By: Brown, Paul B., Charles F. Kiefer, and Leonard A. Schlesinger Abstract—It used to be that if you studied and worked hard, you could be View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

argue that this rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for reasoning about future prices of IP addresses and then explore the role of rentals in sharing information about the value of IP address and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

belonging to a group are obliged to make payments to one another by using a liquid asset. The paper studies the exogenous endowments of this asset that are necessary to assure that all obligations are met. Conditions are presented under... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

deployed to handle uncertain tasks. How can they effectively use their knowledge resources to assure quality communications and high performance when confronting uncertainty? Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

General George Yong-Boon Yeo (MBA ’85), Minister for Trade and Industry for the Republic of Singapore. Speaking to a luncheon audience, Yeo assured the group that “there’s a font of goodwill between China and the United States.” Just... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

dearly for the intangible aspects of the product, which the firm works very hard to keep integrated with the physical product. Deals with a range of issues confronting creative economy companies, such as how to produce products with very important intangible... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

workplaces to better assure safe working conditions. The case includes a dataset and exercise. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/618019 Harvard Business School Case 618-064 Improving Worker Safety in the Era of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Embrace/an/814001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-412 Beidahuang Beidahuang is a major new Chinese player in global grain trading that in 2013 is seeking access to grain both to help View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne