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04 Sep 2012
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Executives Miss A Big Opportunity When They Negotiate

03 Jan 2022
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‘We Have to Be Agile’: School Closures Rise Again as More Teachers and Students Test Positive for Omicron

03 Apr 2020
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How you can work from home and win

24 May 2019
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Reporter’s Phablet: CIOs Set the Digital Agenda

16 Oct 2018
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Why Is Amazon Going Crazy with Brick-and-Mortar?

15 Jan 2018
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You bought a book store? Are you crazy?

29 Jan 2017
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How this bank keeps small-business clients away from online lenders

Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details

28 May 2024
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Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

need to get to breakeven and to deal with unreasonable valuation expectations of the last several years. That being said, my research and research by others has shown that venture capital and startup market... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong

about presuming preferences. When predicting other people’s tastes, we tend to erroneously assume that liking one thing precludes enjoying another, dissimilar option, according to a recent set of studies by researchers at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

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Leadership Initiative - Leadership

cutting-edge research and course development projects about leadership and leadership development, both within Harvard Business School and through collaborations with other organizations. We foster a global conversation that addresses the... View Details

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My research examines the dynamics of cross-cultural collaboration. As organizations, teams, and networks become more global, understanding cross-border collaboration is becoming increasingly crucial. I explore the fascinating and consequential dynamics that emerge when... View Details

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Conceptualizing and measuring environmental sustainability

By: Michael W. Toffel

This research involves developing clarity around the murky construct of environmental sustainability, and improving techniques to measure corporate environmental performance. My prior research in this domain includes View Details

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Evolution of the Global Beauty Industry

By: Geoffrey G. Jones

This research examines the global beauty industry, which includes cosmetics, deodorants, fragrances, hair care, oral hygiene and skin care. Today global sales of cosmetics and toiletries are in excess of U.S. $380 billion. This research examines the growth of this... View Details

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Ethical Blind Spots: Explaining Unintentional Unethical Behavior

By: Ovul Sezer, F. Gino and Max H. Bazerman

People view themselves as more ethical, fair, and objective than others, yet often act against their moral compass. This paper reviews recent research on unintentional unethical behavior and provides an overview of the conditions under which ethical blind spots lead... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Ethics; Decision Choices and Conditions

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February 2010
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Organization and Strategy at Millennium (B)

By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner

This case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder CEO Mark... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Competitive Advantage; Commercialization; Selection and Staffing; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry