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  • 30 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

implemented theoretical flat taxes. Q: Slovakia introduced a flat tax in 2004 with a 19 percent rate on personal income, corporate income, and value added tax. What are some of the complexities of the Slovak situation that made you decide... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

research on the link between the personal disposition of an entrepreneurial firm's founder, the firm's strategic orientation, and its performance outcomes. Also, there is lack of cross-national research on entrepreneurial firms' strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30

a road map that will enable you to defy conventional wisdom, resist peer pressure, and carve out a path that fits your unique skills and passions? Harvard Business School's Robert Steven Kaplan, leadership expert and author of the highly successful book What to Ask the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

Imagine a retail chain that offers customers not only the lowest prices but also personalized customer service. Employees receive above-average wages and 20 times more training than the average American retailer. Sounds like a recipe for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

small Australian newspaper to a global media giant. It shows how he expanded geographically to Europe, the United States, and Asia and from newspapers to the film and television industries. The case identifies the personal role of Murdoch... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207039 Vipp A/S Harvard Business School Case 607-052 Rapidly growing Vipp sells highly differentiated (and expensive) "designer" versions of a product that most... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports on a field experiment that offered an innovative new financial product, rainfall insurance, to 600 small-scale farmers in India. A customized financial literacy and insurance education module... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

collective, the nature and importance of relationships, how personal space and the role of time are viewed, the extent to which authority and hierarchy are accepted, how ambiguity and risk are regarded, and so on. Extending this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

relationships when it instead primarily encourages newcomers to express their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that initial socialization focused on View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

under the Rug: How Unethical Actions Lead to Forgetting of Moral Rules Authors:Lisa L. Shu and Francesca Gino Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (in press) Abstract Dishonest behavior can have various psychological... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

pervasive in the China business context characterized by heavy reliance on personal relationships or guanxi, it went against the founding principles of CDG-professionalism and service quality. Yang had to decide where to draw the line... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

entrepreneurs can achieve both—the Larry Ellisons of the business world are few and far between. In fact, there is a fundamental tension between the money side and the control side—getting rich often means selling control to investors;... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services
  • 10 Nov 2014
  • HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

not the myth because it's reality but it is part of the legend of Noma and makes people want to go there. HBSWK: Do you think those added things are part of the creative vision, or are they added to sell it more as a business? Khaire: I... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-002.pdf The Cost of Friendship Authors:Paul Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov, and Yuhai Xuan Abstract This paper explores two broad questions on collaboration between individuals. First, we investigate what View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

abnormal returns also are positively correlated with CEOs’ tendency to focus their speech more on work-related topics than personal topics. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53858 A New Categorization... View Details
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

but an insufficient grasp of the details, and CMOs (chief marketing officers) often view go-to-market decisions as being tactical. What passes for channel strategy often rests with sales divisions, but their primary motivation is to sell... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

uniform and are typically assessed on final goods. However, trends in capital taxation are mixed, and capital income tax rates remain well above the zero level recommended by theory. Moreover, some of theory's more subtle prescriptions, such as taxes that involve View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

consumers. One view argues intermediaries provide valuable product education and guide consumers towards suitable products. Consumers understand how commissions affect agents' incentives and make optimal product choices. The second view argues that intermediaries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

Small, Devin G. Pope, and Michael I. Norton Publication:Social Psychological and Personality Science (forthcoming) Abstract We document an age penalty in racial discrimination: charitable behavior toward African American children... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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