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  • 19 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

If you are an executive of a multinational looking for geographies in which to expand your markets, operations, and investments, is China more attractive than India? South Africa better than Mexico? Does Russia have more promise than the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

outcomes. (2) Selecting or developing leaders for the future requires a forward-looking strategy and culture. (3) In a merger, designing a new culture on the basis of complementary strengths can speed up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

strategic choice that clashed with the industry norms of prioritizing rapid asset accumulation, requiring me instead to focus on relationship building. Most importantly, it aligned with my strengths and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 12 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

interview. "The start of properly regulating the economy is to understand how regulation is made, and this means forgetting what we thought we knew about the weakness of groups." A consumer policy expert,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 20 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

the end of the one-child policy, and ethnic tensions. Others focus on China’s relationship with other nations, particularly the United States. If America pulls back from its Asian commitments, how will China assert its growing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

strength of the country, is increasingly failing to provide stable policy decisions addressing the issues Sweden is facing. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53584 October 2017 Review of Economics View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones By: Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for those who aspire to be founders, but a company only has one or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

were continuing to build made significant contributions to ARF both financially and operationally. “As young people who had never set up a nonprofit before, getting advice and building partnerships with... View Details

    The Challenge of Shared Prosperity

    In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects... View Details

    • Jul 03 2014
    • Testimonial

    Appreciating the Science of Business

    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Multi-location Workers in Multinational Firms? Tradeoffs in Contextual Specialization of Employees and Organizational Outcomes

    By: Hise O. Gibson, Ryan W. Buell and Prithwiraj Choudhury
    We study how “contextual specialization,” the act of focusing workers’ organizational tasks within a particular locational context, and “contextual non-specialization,” the practice of diversifying workers’ organizational tasks among multiple locational contexts,... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Performance; Experience and Expertise; Selection and Staffing; Strength and Weakness; Personal Development and Career
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    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Blog Post

    Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

    strengths and added a new level of purpose to my commitment to offering a more personalized advisory service. Every pivot, layoff, and career choice has underscored for me the... View Details
    • 29 Oct 2021
    • Blog Post

    Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

    uncertainty, and embrace it. Lorena is a bit more structured and methodical. Our strengths naturally complement each other, and balance each... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2017
    • News

    Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance

    going to have to use our strength in numbers to change the national la-la-land conversation on retirement-income security.” —Elizabeth White (MBA 1988), on navigating the financial challenges she faced, from Fifty-Five, Unemployed, View Details
    • 25 Apr 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

    and the weakness of their domestic institutions. In fact, no such panacea exists. The Argentina scenario is a harsh reminder that attempts to improve the international financial architecture without... View Details
    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
    • 20 Feb 2019
    • Blog Post

    Part 1: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Setting Career Goals

    strengths and weaknesses.  In what areas do you need training, education, or experience?  Do those areas align with graduate school and the JD or the MBA, or both?  Consider... View Details
    • 01 Feb 1998
    • News

    C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe

    affordable education for all. As he once said of North Carolina's citizens, "In a sense, we are a large family. We will try to direct the proper proportion of our strengths and assets to each member of the... View Details
    Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
    • 07 Nov 2017
    • Blog Post

    Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

    discussion about their strengths and challenges as a co-ed section is quite powerful, and it provides tangible examples of exemplary women in leadership positions.” 4. You’ll... View Details
    • 01 Apr 2021
    • Blog Post

    An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

    and told me she’d noticed I seemed to be much more passionate about my AP physics course than I was about biology,” Shodiya said. “She told me her friend over at the NASA Goddard (Space Flight) Center had let her know about an internship... View Details