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  • 05 Sep 2000
  • What Do You Think?

Whither the Information Economy?

made possible by a shifting "mix" featuring less product-centered and more information-centered economic activity. Skyrocketing price-earnings ratios of information-rich corporations are a natural result of this. Growing ratios... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

widely heralded. Clearly, it has enabled millions to participate in the paid workforce who otherwise would be constrained by location and disruptive commitments. But now we are beginning to see a backlash in the form of a migration of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution

trucks unload their just-in-time goods from automated distribution centers on a weekly basis, and the variety of products available is seemingly infinite. A typical department store now stocks some 800,000 items, with that number climbing to one to two million in... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

panelists at a Global Alumni Conference session addressing the topic "Global Brands: Connecting with Consumers across Boundaries," chaired by HBS associate professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

States. But that was then; this is now. Just in the past few years, said Lerner, "we've seen a lot more syndication transactions across the United States and Europe and more early-stage involvement by firms in England and the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services
  • 08 Feb 2019
  • News

Dems can negotiate and avoid another shutdown by reframing and adding issues

  • 18 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

making sure that these donations actually make a difference in alleviating some of the major ills and inequities of society. What, many ask, are the measures of effectiveness in these operations? Where is the accountability? Would there be better bang for the buck... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

adversaries as well as with colleagues within your organization? In this Q&A, James Sebenius and David Lax, authors of 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Tax Policy and the Efficiency of US Direct Investment Abroad

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley & James R. Hines Jr.
  • 2009
  • Article

Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work

By: Jennifer Kish Gephart, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino and Amy C. Edmondson
In every organization, individual members have the potential to speak up about important issues, but a growing body of research suggests that they often remain silent instead, out of fear of negative personal and professional consequences. In this chapter, we draw on... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Working Conditions; Research; Emotions; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Behavior
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  • 22 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

Leadership is critical in codifying and maintaining an organizational purpose, values, and vision. Leaders must set the example by living the elements of culture: values, behaviors, measures, and actions. Values are meaningless without... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler
  • 08 Apr 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Delay as Agenda Setting

Keywords: by James J. Anton & Dennis A. Yao
  • 22 Jun 2020
  • News

How many needless Covid-19 deaths were caused by delays in responding? Most of them

  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

about changing both how people think and how they behave," says Porter. "I'm pleased when my work is used by other academicians. But I feel equally satisfied when people tell me my ideas made a difference in their companies or countries."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • March 1999
  • Article

'Basket' Cases: Tax Incentives and International Joint Venture Participation by American Multinational Firms

By: Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Keywords: Taxation; Motivation and Incentives; Joint Ventures; Global Range; Business Ventures
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  • 04 Sep 2012
  • News

Executives Miss A Big Opportunity When They Negotiate

  • 2001
  • Working Paper

Social Enterprise Series No. 19 -- Misery Loves Companies: Whither Social Initiatives by Business

By: Joshua D. Margolis and James P. Walsh
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  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

A Primer on Patents

Washington until the issue’s visibility moves from the level of the assistant general counsel of a corporation to the level of the CEO. We hope this book will contribute to that process by making these matters more accessible to chief... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Ian Walsh

Ian Walsh was like many other students at Hamilton College - he majored in English and biology and played hockey and lacrosse. But he and his twin brother, Eric, were in a class by themselves when it came to career plans. While their... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

fortune." "I saw no reason to hold off until I was older or retired to share my good fortune." After college, Rauner wasted little time enrolling at HBS, entering the School at age 23. Midway through the second year of the MBA Program, he was recruited View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner