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- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
whether the fruits of a positive macro-level shock have been expropriated by insiders. Using the example of Indian firms, we show that an influential finding is reversed when we take these differences into... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
by the nature of contracts available to the vertically integrated firm and the MSP, and whether professionals hold private information. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
man who also knows Why will always be his boss," before concluding that it's a "balance of 'Know Why' and 'Know How' that will generate results." Wisdom Chitedze, however, put purpose in a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in particular, authors of recent... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
years, the mutual fund would shake up established norms of wealth creation and distribution in the United States. Indeed, it would help reshape America by uniting Wall Street and Main Street, two disparate worlds that previously had... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
need in high-stakes situations. I think the incoming president has been very successful in terms of how he’s managed the American media to his ends. I can count on two hands the number of leaders I have seen... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817084-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-110 The Dubai International Film Festival This case follows the conception and emergence of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
For years an important debate has been raging in the social investing community about the potential of social purpose companies to deliver satisfactory returns to investors. The conventional wisdom is that... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
classification and are more dynamic, pliable, and concentrated. We also show that co-search intensity captures the degree of similarity between firms. Our results highlight the potential of the collective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
arrangement and a commitment contract that made the $30 payment conditional on both attending the provider visit and meeting an ART adherence threshold. Third, the passive control arm received routine care and no incentives. Participants: A total View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
Publications In press Chap. 1 in Business Models and Modelling The Business Model: Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron Abstract—This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
PublicationsThe Power of Small Wins Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
non-financial rewards leverage intrinsic motivation and, contrary to existing laboratory evidence, financial incentives do not appear to crowd it out. Third, the responses to both types of incentives are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
Managers of public corporations sometimes need to be reminded that they work for shareholders. Without proper monitoring, managers may receive excess compensation or perks, or misuse free cash flow. Historically, poorly performing... View Details
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
Most managers understand at some level the wisdom of the adage, "It's not what you know; it's who you know." Indeed, building the right professional relationships is critical for business success.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
advisor reactions to one of the most widely recommended advice-seeking strategies: seeking advice from multiple advisors to leverage the wisdom of crowds. Advisors negatively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
performance. It's all too easy for senior managers to become swamped in the operational details of managing a business. What gets crowded out are tough and honest conversations about the fundamental issues... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs have an incredible backstop of management experience and wisdom available to them that, too often, they ignore. Why don’t startup founders make more use of their... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
adjustments, and Jepsen considers the wisdom of having him involved. Further, he has discovered an illegal practice to avoid customs duties that has been going on for years and condoned by the owner. He has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne