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- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
Cases & Course MaterialsAdvanced Energy: Programs for Energy Conservation Harvard Business School Case 508-003 Describes the dilemma facing Advanced Energy (AE), a $6 million nonprofit engaged in energy conservation in North...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
says Narayanan. Narayanan and his colleagues approached that challenge head-on by creating 20 multimedia cases specifically designed for use online. Each employs a two- to three-minute video clip to introduce the situation, and then View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18
which toolmaking was not central, and those to which toolmaking was important. As for the influence activities that imply toolmaking, we can outline the contours of three modes of operation, which describe experts operating as Compliance Experts, View Details
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Anna Secino
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
cannot get out of health care, no matter what kind of health insurance system is put in place. They bear the cost of poor health in the form of sick days, absenteeism, reduced productivity at work, and early retirements of skilled contributors. Recent View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
concern for a wide range of constituencies—has been pushed aside and has been replaced by a technical definition of what is acceptable. So there's also no question that we need to strengthen the internal systems that guide conduct within...
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- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
empirical lacuna, we have developed a research program to measure the internal organization of firms—including their decentralization decisions—across a large range of industries and countries. Enamored with Scale: Scaling with Limited...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international business because consumers associate premium chocolate more with Belgium or Switzerland than with Venezuela....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in academic circles, but subsequent...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
discussion about it in comparison with some other alternatives to hierarchy. We then characterize the recent surge of socially engaged models of enterprise and press the case that this turning point warrants reconsideration of the merits...
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Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
crisis, in contrast, fared less satisfactorily abroad. Second, multinationals that engaged in activities with vertical production linkages or stronger financial constraints exhibited particularly better responses compared to local firms....
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
you’re interested in and find ways to connect with them. When you meet, articulate how you can contribute; engage your interviewers about their work; and offer expertise, advice, or contacts with no expectation of reciprocity. Suddenly...
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Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
BrochetHarvard Business School Case 110-029 This case illustrates the tension/balance that firms with complex and risky business models must consider in designing their internal controls. It describes the environment in which a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
relationships to attain the desired outcome. Of comparable importance is an understanding of why the other partner wishes to engage in the collaboration so that the participant can be responsive to those goals and needs. In thinking about...
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- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
process better, they looked at the emergence of modern Indian art as a category in the international fine art market between 1995 and 2007. Before 1995, fine art was produced in India but there was little demand largely because Indian art...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
geographically scattered, and unpredictable. Can they overcome these challenges and still grow profitably while staying committed to their mission? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807113 PRG-Schultz View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
differentially spur employees of varying hierarchical levels to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either junior or...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
differentials. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-089.pdf The Bloody Millennium: Internal Conflict in South Asia Author:Lakshmi Iyer Abstract This paper documents the short-term and long-term trends in View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
incredibly seriously. If you fear intimacy and you fear that if you commit someone better will come along, and if you fear that you'll get bored because the only thing that really engages you is work, then how can you fall in love?"...
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by Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used...
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