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- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
statistical trading system; he handled administration and sales. Hedging was an important feature of the fund, since trading in commodities requires frequent short selling of commodities contracts. Registering the fund with the Securities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
the twelfth grade,” recalls Eustis. “He was a real tough, volatile type of guy. He played football. He was later rumored to be the smartest kid ever to graduate from our high school.” During those same years, McArthur worked part-time in a sawmill run View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Firm Strategies Influence the Architecture of Transaction Networks
- 20 Feb 2014
- HBS Seminar
Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School
- 04 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Wellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
information provided by office culture is gone. You could wear your best suit and have a two-hour meeting in the middle of the day with the C-suite of your firm’s biggest competitor without anyone being the wiser. Pause for a moment and... View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
benefit allied politicians. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-100.pdf Coming Clean and Cleaning Up: Is Voluntary Disclosure a Signal of Effective Self-Policing? Authors:Michael W. Toffel and Jodi View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
Retailers can significantly improve forecast accuracy simply by updating their predictions based on early sales data, tracking the accuracy of their forecasts, getting product testing right, and using a variety of forecasting approaches.... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
China and a Yuan pegged by the Chinese government at an unrealistically low value in relation to the dollar and other currencies. The talk will be stimulated by the recent publication of the book, The World... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
The business scene in the Islamic world may be as complex as its 1.3 billion people, but one rule is nevertheless quite straightforward for Westerners who want to do deals. "One thing you do not bring up is the Palestinian-Israeli situation," advised Samuel... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
year, will eventually earn them a decent funeral by the time they die. The problem, though, is that if they miss even two weeks' worth of payments, they forfeit everything they've contributed to date. Big Demand According to Joseph View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Yanhua, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract— Exploitive working conditions have spurred companies to pressure their suppliers to adopt labor codes of conduct and to conform their labor practices to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
"While companies might have an intended strategy, the strategy that actually emerges can be very different," says HBS professor Clark G. Gilbert. It is a topic that Gilbert and professor Joseph L. Bower have explored at length... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
Participation, and Economic Incentives By: Zhou, Yanhua, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Exploitive working conditions have spurred the development of formal organizational structures that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
commute: Modeling ideal commute time and relative desired commute amount” by Lothlorien S. Redmond and Patricia L. Mokhtarian. Yet, although people say they dislike commuting, when asked about the “ideal”... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
Comparison of Costco to Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club,” Academy of Management Perspectives, August 2006. David Glass, in a comment confirmed by email on April 10, 2002. James L. Heskett, Earl W. Sasser, Jr., and... View Details
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
will be a mistake.” Adapted from Win from Within by James L. Heskett. Copyright (c) 2022 James Heskett. Used by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved. [Image:... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
clarify the complex "They can communicate very clearly and succinctly—usually with short words and short sentences—and even on complex issues. They've developed the skills necessary to really get to the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
when life goes back to normal. Forward-thinking leaders can run better organizations by creating conditions that allow customers to be more helpful. When service provision is a true partnership and customers are pitching in, employees... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman