Subjective Well Being - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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Ink: The Habit of Innovation

view the process as being as rational as possible. These criteria will be guidelines, not rules, as final decisions will always require subjective judgment. Involve outsiders.... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

running operations across the Internet as well as having a heavier IT component that examines subjects such as Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and Internet Commerce EE: What are the main objectives of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Privacy Statement (English) - Global

carry out agreements with Harvard University for the benefit of data subjects; to satisfy its legal or regulatory obligations; or, where applicable, on the basis of legally compliant data subject consent. 4. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes

members of a work team believe that well-intentioned efforts, regardless of outcome, will neither be seen negatively nor lead to punishment or rejection? New research by HBS assistant professor Amy C. Edmondson shows that such teams are... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) - Course Catalog

each of the modules, pairs of faculty members, one from HBS and one from HKS, teach as a team, bringing their distinctive perspectives and analytical approaches to bear on a specific subject area. These View Details

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SMS Terms - HBS Online

for any delays or failures in the receipt of any Messages. Delivery is subject to effective transmission from your network operator. You are responsible for updating your number with us and ensuring your account information is correct.... View Details

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

it is urgent. What does it mean to make capitalism a subject of historical inquiry? What is its potential across multiple disciplines, alongside different methodologies, and in a range of geographic and chronological settings? And how... View Details

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

rarely featured in business research, but they were the ideal study subject for MacKay and Remer. “One reason for using retail gasoline was that if we can show that consumer inertia is important for a relatively simple product like retail... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

a familiarity and a sense of being right there with the subject that accompanies such grace and intimacy. We see a similar intimacy in stories up until the 1960s, when we then begin to see a higher, thicker... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

American bathrooms. Taught in the second-year course Leading Innovative Ventures, the case was coauthored with Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), former executive director of the Japan Research Center, and former research associate Jun Fukuyoshi (MBA ’08). “The View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Heather McLetchie-Leader

not advocating that we all drop everything to follow our bliss. I am suggesting that we be sure our choices are our own – not in any individualistic sense, but in the sense of truly appreciating that being... View Details

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Adam Smith - Vanderblue Collection | Baker Library

Adam Smith - Vanderblue Collection The Adam Smith – Vanderblue Collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of the works of Adam Smith in many translations and editions, including The Wealth of Nations , The Theory of Moral Sentiments , Essays on... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Faculty Research Online

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6077.html. Decoding the Artful Sidestep Do you notice when someone changes the subject after you ask them a question? If you don’t always notice or even mind such conversational transformations, you’re not alone.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

the more you provide medical education the less likely you will be subject to these enforcement actions." While Heese doesn't examine the political motivation behind this, he does note that politicians... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Behrad Mahdi

Although Behrad Mahdi was raised in Columbus, Ohio, his could hardly be described as a typical Midwestern childhood. "My parents could not return to their home country after the 1979 Iranian Revolution," Behrad says.... View Details

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Concrete Symbols - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

take a large share in that leadership in the community. . . . that buildings and grounds could and should help in this education, that personality could be developed in an atmosphere of quiet, good taste appropriate to an old university.”... View Details

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

be counterproductive if enough participants (especially those who don’t win) perceive that subjectivity (introduced via discretion) adds unfairness. We show that, on average, the tournament incentive plan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1996
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New Releases

management. The Development Factory by Gary P. Pisano (Harvard Business School Press) Product development has long been a source of advantage for firms. In The Development Factory: Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation, Associate Professor Gary Pisano suggests... View Details

11 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

because of its theoretical property of being more "learnable" than the standard second price auction mechanism. We bring this mechanism, which we refer to as the "clamped second price auction mechanism," into the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
What Do You Think?

Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

Kahneman's diagnosis, but not his remedy Whether the decision is to be made by an individual, a team, or 'the bureaucracy', I would say that all would be well served by the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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