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19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

able to solve these problems, it's many of the people in this room." Much of the conference comprised presentations of scientifically rigorous research papers that provided clear implications for leaders and organizations. Topics... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

prompted a new research paper that starts to investigate ways to make these patents less volatile and more efficient—and makes the case for increased government involvement. "Standards are ubiquitous and necessary," says Josh... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

Web

Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Course Number 1777 Senior Lecturer Satish Tadikonda Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 sessions Paper Career Focus Life Sciences ventures face high levels of scientific, clinical and commercial... View Details

22 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

your manager's paycheck can motivate you to work harder. Research Papers Research Paper Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting For decades, goal setting has been... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

Kazakhstan at 3.62 percent. Beyond monetary or fiscal policy changes themselves, students were struck by where the actual dollars were spent and how that differed from nation to nation, says Tannya Cai, who coauthored a working paper on... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Research Summary

Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

The Life of Ted

Today liked it so much the paper named it one of the best business books of 2008. “Ted has really lived ten lifetimes,” Burke said. “He just turned 70, and I can say he hasn’t slowed down at all. I would fly to his plantations to do... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

Fast Answer

Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/search?spc.page=1&query=india&spc.sf=score&spc.sd=DESC&">World Bank Open Knowledge Repository: reports, policy briefs, and working papers from the World Bank. View Details

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by saving more? A recent working View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

2008
Simulation

DEC v. Riverside

By: David A. Lax, James K. Sebenius, Lawrence Susskind and Thomas Weeks

Riverside Lumber is a pulp manufacturer in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Riverside regularly dumps effluent into a nearby river. The Division of Environmental Conservation (DEC) claims that the effluent is toxic and jeopardizes the local salmon catch.... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Conflict Management; Cooperation; Courts and Trials; Decision Choices and Conditions; Natural Environment; Negotiation; Pulp and Paper Industry; Northwestern United States

Citation

September 2004
Teaching Note

Apax Partners and Xerium S.A. (TN)

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note to (9-804-084). View Details

Keywords: Pulp and Paper Industry

Citation

Purchase

In 1916, Dennison Manufacturing established the first employer-initiated unemployment insurance system in the United States. Dennison also initiated a program to end absentee stockholder control over company policy, called the “Management Industrial Partner” program,... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

Christopher J. Perry

Because of the firm’s bankruptcy, Perry lost his job as head of the “Colored Department” of a major Philadelphia newspaper, but went on to start his own paper just a few months later. With its first issue coming out in 1884, the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

25 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

employees, too. During the first summer, the embeds quickly discovered the crux of the transparency problem, which Bernstein recalls in his paper The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

Fast Answer

Market Perspectives

Where can I find resources for my paper or project? Sources for U.S. Economic Data Economic Reports Literature and article resources: Academic Search Premier - a multi-disciplinary database that provides access to full text material from... View Details

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

paradox in a recent paper called "Rich versus King: The Entrepreneur's Dilemma," an early draft of which was featured in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2006 Academy of Management Conference and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

George Eastman

Eastman invented film and the inexpensive camera, and in turn created the multi-billion dollar photography industry. Eastman acquired all the photographic paper producers in America and secured the motion picture film market for Eastman... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

leader? Bill George, the creator of the "authentic leadership" approach to management, answers critics and outlines the path for executives to be more effective. Plus: The year’s most downloaded working papers In addition to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Fast Answer

Personal wealth: statistics

Where can I find statistics and information on the wealthy? Wealth and Asset Ownership data from the Census Bureau. Global Wealth Report from Credit Suisse. Find the most recent as well as earlier data. World Wealth Report by Capgemini. (free registration... View Details

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