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  • 09 Jan 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism

Keywords: by Rafael M. Di Tella, Juan Dubra & Robert MacCulloch; Energy; Utilities
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

When Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? The Role of Negative Information in Expert Evaluations for Novel Projects

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Misha Teplitskiy, Gary Gray, Hardeep Ranu, Michael Menietti, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani
The evaluation of novel projects lies at the heart of scientific and technological innovation, and yet literature suggests that this process is subject to inconsistency and potential biases. This paper investigates the role of information sharing among experts as the... View Details
Keywords: Project Evaluation; Innovation; Knowledge Frontier; Negativity Bias; Projects; Innovation and Invention; Information; Diversity; Judgments
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  • 2018
  • Book

Markets, Morals, Politics: Jealousy of Trade and the History of Political Thought

By: Béla Kapossy, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Sophus A. Reinert and Richard Whatmore
When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of intellectual history. A leader of the Cambridge School of Political Thought, Hont argued passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he... View Details
Keywords: Morals; Politics; Istvan Hont; Jealousy Of Trade; Enlightenment; Economic Nationalism; Markets; Moral Sensibility; Government and Politics; Trade; History
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  • 2018
  • Introduction

Introduction

By: Sophus A. Reinert
BOOK ABSTRACT: When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of intellectual history. A leader of the Cambridge School of Political Thought, Hont argued passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Moral Sensibility; Government and Politics; Trade; History
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  • 19 Jun 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

Keywords: by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda
  • March 2024 (Revised June 2025)
  • Teaching Note

CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub

By: Frank Nagle and Maria P. Roche
This teaching note is the companion to case N9-624-010 CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub, which takes place in late 2021. The case briefly describes the history of both GitHub and Microsoft with a particular focus on open source software (OSS)—software... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; AI and Machine Learning; Applications and Software; Technological Innovation; Product Launch; Open Source Distribution; Product Development; Commercialization; Competition; Resource Allocation; Technology Industry
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  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

additional changes three months in. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. Signal your values. You might see mountains of food go to waste at your welcome receptions and decide that all food budgets should be slashed in half.... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 27 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

their same-sex wedding reception because it would communicate a message that contradicted his Christian convictions. Phillips, who had previously turned away requests for cakes to celebrate Halloween, lewd bachelor parties, and divorce... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories
  • 22 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

It makes it that much harder to exercise that muscle of engagement.” (To find how receptive you are, take their quiz at receptiveness.net.) "I’m always surprised by how much patience this takes and how hard it is to execute when you’re... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
  • 04 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

folding exercise corresponded with the statement they had been asked to consider. Those who had read about the virtues of introverts were far more likely to signal that they were receptive to the novel Japanese folding method. And as with... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

property rights of international investors. Even in the developed countries, receptivity towards multinationals fell. In Europe and the United States, whole sectors were closed to foreign companies. The Japanese economy grew so fast that... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 28 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

identifies a specific recipe for receptiveness that leaders and others can follow to improve collaborations and interpersonal interactions in general. “Conversational receptiveness involves using language... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 15 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

not just with their immediate coworkers, but also people they meet at conferences, workshops, networking events, and collaborations across companies. In addition, he says, workers should be receptive to the people reaching out to them.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Apr 2022
  • Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

extent, often tolerate, expect, or even praise the selfish pursuit of personal gain. This makes the business environment quite different from many other social environments in which we interact with other people. Few of us want to be perceived as selfish at a wedding... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 07 Jun 2021
  • Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

requested at the time of the initial gift in terms of the types of solicitation processes that the donor would be receptive to was adhered to for many years. However, time and circumstances ultimately changed the preferences of both the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 09 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

other cultures. "When you see a lot of people of the same type clicking together, you might come to the belief that they are not receptive of people different from them—it's almost like an old boys' club situation," says Chua, though he... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 06 Jan 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

designed to facilitate effort while encouraging every employee to contribute. The effort of each employee and circle is tracked by means of proprietary software. The notion was introduced in March of last year, receiving a relatively cold View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion
  • 29 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

reception celebrating the release. The library’s late medieval and early Renaissance Italian business records housed in HBS’s Historical Collections in Baker Library are among the largest and most important collections in the world... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 13 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

Americans may be more receptive to underdog narratives because of the unique role of underdogs in the history of the United States. Q: Are certain products more suitable for the creation of underdog narratives than others? What should... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

employers will likely maintain their present funding for health insurance, consumer-driven pension plans have been primarily self-funded since 1999. Q: What steps are you taking to move your idea forward, and what has been the reception... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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