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- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
rates for 2,159 infant patients, but only after two years. In the shorter term, using these activities is associated with worse performance. By the third year, the positive impact of using deliberate learning activities is similar to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
to shrink, with iPod and iTunes driving their current revenue growth. Q: What do you think of Apple's mall store retail strategy? A: I think of their retail strategy as part of their brand advertising. I guess I would say two things about it. One, it has had a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
some room for compromise and mutual understanding between the parties, if they can just start talking to each other. “When you’re not talking about hot-button issues, you shouldn’t be afraid to broach the topic with people who have a different View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
CEOs face difficult choices when deciding to speak out under the company's brand. Credit: fizkes Summing Up: Should Boards Specify Limits on CEO Activism? Opinions about suitable CEO activism—taking public positions and actions on social... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
with local politicians [who] had an interest in getting reelected," Vallée says. "However, this happened at a large cost to the taxpayer, as the positive effects of the loans were short-lived, and interest on toxic loans ballooned when... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
be in a position to do that." Mills is looking at models for delivering capital to these companies, including the SBA's Small Business Investment Company program (SBIC). This program, which in most cases allows private investment... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
company, the less likely it is that the company will succeed. "Much of the homophily literature in business research talks about the positive benefits of working with people who are similar to you—ease of communication, comfort level, and... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
positively as it should have, Yu observes. While noting other issues may have contributed as well, "The answer the CFO provided had no substance, and the language itself was almost impossible to understand. If the answer is formed in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
later, he knew that Perez had taken a master's degree in journalism about ten years earlier and had since risen rapidly to positions of journalistic prominence, first with a Northern California paper and then with her current employer.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
leader—"Builds enduring greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will"—except for the fact that he has been plagued with bad decisions regarding his choices for senior management positions and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
agreements with outside agencies, large advertisers are in a stronger bargaining position than are smaller advertisers to capture the size-related economies available to independent agencies. Consistent with this line of reasoning, our... View Details
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
maximization of profit" and the development of the field of "agency theory" by "Chicago School" alumni which clearly positioned the manager as the agent of the shareholder. They advocated larger performance-based... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
capabilities approach and postulates that "legal astuteness"—defined here as the ability of the top management team to communicate effectively with counsel and to work together to solve complex problems—is a valuable dynamic capability. This paper View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
the present. Q: One of the payoffs in your book for global strategists is an analysis of the top ten countries in terms of economic development and potential trajectories. Obviously each situation is different, but which countries would you say are best View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
and 2021 that were compiled by Capital IQ. The research team matched those transactions to financial data supplied by Dun & Bradstreet, as well as information on IT spending provided by Aberdeen Strategy & Research. Finally, they matched firms with data on job... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
fields. A sponsor is someone who advocates for a protégé, and in doing so, takes a stake in her success. We use a laboratory experiment to explore two channels through which sponsorship has been posited to increase advancement in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
environment,” she says. “The work that is done at HBS is serious, and people respect it. This is not just a policy position with a few facts thrown in. This is real data and real analysis.” Frustrated by the lack of hard data on other... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
ethicality of the perpetrator of an unethical action. Our studies show that people judge behavior as more unethical when (1) identifiable versus unidentifiable victims are involved and (2) the behavior leads to a negative rather than a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
offers weekly Zoom meetings with guest speakers, game-based messaging, positive social norming exercises, and the promotion of “protective factors” such as staying connected to others, being physically active, and taking breaks from... View Details