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- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
area and $11 elsewhere in the state. Because these facilities don't have the option of competing for business on the basis of price, they compete solely on the basis of quality. "With vehicle emissions testing, high-quality service from a customer's perspective... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
collective action in energy matters and dangers of succumbing to "national reflexes." Thus the implications of the project became a matter of concern to the entire European Union, but Europeans struggled to articulate the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
dependent on large firms for major sources of revenue. Interestingly, this can mean that small business owners may be the first ones to feel the economic squeeze, which increases their motivation to find new opportunities. We see an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
outside the US. “When we started selling data to government agencies, most of them didn’t know what to do with it, so now we sell analytics that help them make decisions,” says Mistele. “Most governments are struggling with not having enough funds to repair... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
Intellectual Property Protection By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Joachim Henkel Abstract—Modularity is a means of partitioning technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
themselves. If they cannot leverage themselves, they have no time to build relationships with their peers and bosses to get access to the resources their teams need to deliver. And let’s face it, reaching out and cultivating relationships in global companies often... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
because it draws upon the power of the founding myths of the country (the myth of success, the frontier myth, the city on a hill) and reinterprets these myths in a way that provides meaning for men who work in large companies in an... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
want to shape the experiences of LGBTQ alumni to ensure we have more representation in leadership roles in corporate America so that younger individuals can see what is possible for them. What does the club mean to you? Paul: It is... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
is currently running a book club. Dolly’s first book, The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias (HarperCollins, 2018) has received acclaim from Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, Billie Jean King, Carol... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
as a means of reconciliation. To me, it was a startling idea. Spending some time in the rural villages and meeting with farmers themselves painted the picture for me. After the genocide, many villages’ lands had to be completely... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
for the working class. First, welfare reformers in the interwar period embraced private credit as an alternative to an expansive welfare state. Second, U.S. organized labor in the wake of World War II embraced credit access as a means to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
giver-receiver interactions—are resource-allocation decisions that also contribute to the social meaning of help. These findings illuminate the theoretical and practical overlap between helping and external leadership in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
the biggest entertainment hits were green-lighted based on a gut feeling and little "hard" data. Third, being able to make friends in high places is a valuable characteristic; with that I mean being able to work with A-list... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
about how easy it will be to enact the conferees' recommendations in the larger academic world. "Our point of view will not be credible unless this group acts to make it credible. It needs to be legitimized as a means to make health care... View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
research at HBS, in close collaboration with Harvard Medical School. In addition to researching sleep, creativity, and decision making, he studies influence, persuasion, voice and facial categorization, and communication. Martha Lagace: What do you View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25
members source knowledge on behalf of the team. This specialized knowledge-sourcing approach lowers search costs. The other approach has most or all team members engaging in knowledge sourcing. This broad approach means that more team... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
downturn will mean for salespeople? A: Well, if the impression of salespeople was low before the financial crisis, it has only gotten worse. Realtors, mortgage brokers, investment advisors, and telephone solicitors offering credit cards... View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006
accountability standards and for monitoring them. The authors show how accountability frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their objectives. Accountability is a socially constructed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online
for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This means completing each course module and fully answering questions... View Details