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- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
under these conditions. After describing these foundational perspectives and more recent work that addresses this paradox, we outline several promising directions for research in this domain. We encourage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
the potential for building new products out of their existing inventions." Take Xerox, for example. Its research center, Xerox PARC, famously had invented the graphical user interface, mouse, laser printing, and other technologies... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, Kathy Giusti cofounded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which has helped thousands of other patients with the cancer and has accelerated drug discovery and development for... View Details
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
Market categories—SUVs, smartphones, hip replacement surgeons—help facilitate commerce and other "market exchanges" by providing a basis for comparison and valuation. If I am hunting for a new SUV, for example, I can quickly View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
observed in governmental and legal records. The contribution of this book is to explore the coevolution of business enterprises with the better researched institutional, economic, and social context. "Turkey’s future prospects are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Laurence B. Siegel, and Rodney N. Sullivan, 1-14. Charlottesville: CFA Institute, Research Foundation Publications, 2009. (Monograph.) Book link: http://www.cfapubs.org/toc/rf/2009/4 Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
to leading the company and its diversity efforts. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410024-PDF-ENG Researching a Company Harvard Business School Note 610-024 This note was written to help students at the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
ignores the implications of past successes when valuing future innovation. We show that two firms that invest the exact same in research and development (R&D) can have quite divergent, but predictably divergent, future paths. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
deferred acceptance algorithm can have these properties, and this has sometimes allowed failed markets to be reorganized. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13225 Cases & Course MaterialsAARP Foundation (A) Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
Abstract—Existing apology research has conceptualized apologies as a device to rebuild relationships following a transgression. As a result, apology research has failed to investigate the use of apologies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
providers to improve services to Americans. Source: gpointstudio In 2015, there was an average of 6.9 plans to choose from in each state. This fell to 6.5 in 2016, and even before Aetna's decision, the Kaiser Family Foundation projected... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
with scientists who were starting companies out of academic labs, they looked at different companies as possible breeding grounds for entrepreneurial talent. My research suggests that Baxter's entrepreneurial career imprint most closely... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
innovation in a wide range of other industries, including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, IT and telecommunications, defense, chemicals, and agriculture. We believe that there are valuable lessons in this research for the energy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
How would you like to conduct further research on how values can backfire? Do you wish to possibly expand this study or investigate the subject from a different direction? A: Our research so far has laid a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
offices working remotely and field teams continuing to support Sahel Consulting’s five-year Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria program. Sahel Consulting is conducting COVID-related research and developing policy recommendations... View Details
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
have only scratched the surface of what can be done with educational technology.Photo: iStockPhoto "Education is the foundation for a just society, and being able to provide a high level of public education for all students has long... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
What are the first things you should do in your new post? In this e-mail Q&A, Michael Watkins offers strategies that he researched while preparing his new book, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
network, which would increase its patient population but at rates much lower than it currently charges by only taking private patients. Dr. Wheelis is also pondering whether to start a non-profit foundation as a way of getting money to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
this interview he discusses the development of the German corporation and what modern managers can learn from that history. The book was edited by Thomas K. McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at HBS, and was View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne