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- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
own and control the use of property in accord with their own interests, and where the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism coordinates supply and demand in markets in a way that is automatically in the best interests of society.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
learning. Separately, Lilly has opened its labs to test people for coronavirus, saying it can test 1,000 to 2,000 per day. Mike Roman, CEO of 3M, is doubling production of N95 masks to 1.1 billion per year in response to rapidly growth in... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54214 forthcoming Operations Research Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization By: Ferreira, Kris J., David Simchi-Levi, and He... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
crucial to the subsequent response of those on the receiving end. "We define a necessary evil as a work-related task that requires a person to cause physical, emotional, or material harm to another human being in order to advance a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
were: What part of the job demands rationality? Yaron Kaufman suggested that "Managers must be rational when it comes to planning, financing, operating and measuring business performance . Irrational thinking is needed when you think... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
transforming locally engaged citizens into viewers consuming programming from distant sources. In response to such concerns, many regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communication Commission in the United States, curtail the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsAvaya (A) Harvard Business School Case 508-048 Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
seeking asylum who bring different skills and behaviors than immigrants. Germany’s problems, opportunities, and solutions are so different from those of the US, that its “model” for handling new arrivals has limited application. That’s the sense that one gets in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
http://hbr.org/2010/10/the-power-of-alumni-networks/ar/1 Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? Authors:Shawn A.Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
business leaders demanded collaboration tools, we saw Zoom and other video conferencing products explode. But MS quickly responded with improvements to Teams’ videoconferencing capabilities and ease of use. As everyone in the company has... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
Gerdeman's story The Manager in Red Sneakers. 2. Resolution: Work harder to meet the demands of a job where you’ve been failing to shine. Tip: Ask yourself whether the problem is actually the job, not you. Today’s jobs are expanding in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
these models, the demand curve alone can be used to make welfare statements, a fact relied on by much empirical work. There is ample evidence, though, that people misuse care for a different reason: mistakes or "behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
SUMMING UP Do We Need Business School Courses On Inclusion and ‘Voice’? Responses to this month’s column suggest that the issue it raised—recruitment of minority talent into business careers—was somewhat narrow and off-target. Kristin... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
women. “It appears that increasing your female managers leads to higher profitability over time” In the study, the researchers set out to prove the following hypothesis: "Firms, both foreign and domestic, that do more to hire and promote women to positions of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
regimes that reduce bias in quality assessments in domains such as food safety, process quality, occupational safety, working conditions, and regulatory compliance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52570 View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
competition into one's own innovation system. Internal researchers must compete with external sources to meet the demands of the business, and business units must compete with outsiders to make use of available technologies. The net... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
your smartphone to how to earn a seat on a corporate board and make socially responsible investments. They gathered Thursday evening to watch a screening of a new documentary on the history of women at HBS, "A Woman's Place."... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports.... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
problem where many actors must collaborate together, including companies, investors, accounting firms, sell-side analysts, regulators and standard setters, and NGOs and civil society itself. We all have a responsibility for making... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace