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- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
companies offer a direct stake in the company's performance through stock, a share in profits, or both. Companies with employee stock ownership plans report significantly higher sales growth and higher revenue per employee than do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
been anything like this ever before in human history." I was very skeptical about that. At a certain point, though, there was so much action and momentum that I said to myself, "Maybe I should try to learn from new people who... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
what not to do? Harvard Business School professor Joshua D. Margolis draws a parallel to stage directions in a high-school play. "If you're always told when to enter, you might skip over the one time you're told to exit," he... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
delayed, expense budgets overrun, all with no direct consequences for the individuals in charge. The organization tended to diffuse responsibility for performance, making it difficult to find out who was responsible. When individuals... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
We implement a variety of machine learning methods to forecast daily sales. We find that using social media information results in statistically significant improvements in the out-of-sample accuracy of the forecasts, with relative... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
what the School teaches, and to whom. How can HBS best complement and contribute to the work of the University's world-renowned laboratories as well as to cutting-edge, science-based firms in Boston and beyond? Can the School itself learn... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
facing toward Mecca. In every direction is a fantastic horizon: clear blue water, dazzling sunsets, an almost unbelievable expanse of empty sky and earth, and a development opportunity worth more than $80 billion. Behind me across the... View Details
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
zap a commercial. We observe at the microsecond level what causes people to get 'ticked off,' stop watching, and press the button." The Eyes Have It Teixeira learned of eye-tracking technology as a Ph.D. student at the University of... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
pediatric heart hospital facilities in the world." Shetty also directs telemedicine units that connect to remote areas in northeastern India, allowing physicians and technicians to communicate on acute care. Telemedicine is one way... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing might collect an extra dime from... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
responsibilities—including product management, marketing, growth, and sales—to help you figure out if you want to join a startup and what to expect if you do. You'll gain insight into how successful startups operate and learn to assess... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Abstract—This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and their relationship to the funds' organizational structures. SWFs seem to engage in a form of trend chasing, since they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
direction and the internal data to understand its own strengths and weaknesses can be overly influenced by outside demands for metrics that may not always be relevant to its ultimate success. “Without understanding outcomes, you can't get... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
immigrants enabled the United States to control its debts, to pay for the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and-barely-to fight the War of 1812, which preserved the nation's hard-won independence from Britain. Buy the book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15602 PublicationsSeven Lessons for Leading in Crisis Author:Bill George Publication:Warren Bennis Series. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2009 Abstract Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis outlines the seven critical lessons leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
recent years, we have learned that applying standard formulae to corporate transformations is, at best, ineffective and, at worst, dangerous. What's needed is a new approach that enables executives to transform organizations proactively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
what are the key drivers of technology; and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology. We prioritize in our discussion unified approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology. 2006 pub... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
relationships and their core capabilities and expertise. Given the complexity and uncertainty, sequencing and timing of the projects needed to execute these new opportunities is critical. So too is the ability to establish a process of experimentation and View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
multinational enterprises around the world after the industrial revolution, an increasing wealth gap or "great divergence" between the West and the rest of the world, continued to widen. Why weren't developing countries more able to benefit from trade and to... View Details