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- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
Tightly packed workers and other weak protections allowed COVID-19 to sweep through American slaughterhouses during the past year, infecting at least 45,000 employees and killing an estimated 240 people. To Harvard Business School... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
more calculations are needed to determine the relative effectiveness of nudging. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52754 The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
don't know enough about the human brain to make hiring judgments based on monitoring activity within certain parts of the brain, or about the people who plan to use neuromanagement or about their motives I caution you to be careful what... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407039 PublicationsAndy Grove: The Life and Times of an American Author:Richard Tedlow Publication:Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, 2006 Abstract Andy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
has is already underway (the typical American response). In either case, though, policies are demanded and policymakers need to think about how best to balance the demands of society and commerce. Q: In today's headlines, what story or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
it appears as if there is somewhat of a "virtuous circle," where the growth in the activity of U.S. venture capital industry has enhanced the conditions that drive the long-run value creation of this capital, which has in turn... View Details
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
[PDF]. To start, responding strategically to these changes requires a reconceptualization of what a corporate home is, says Desai. "Managers need to make conscious choices about how to unbundle the activities that have traditionally been... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
students and their middle class and white counterparts, the gap persists. By age nine, African American and Latino students are on average three grade levels behind, and students from low-income communities are seven times less likely to... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
him the embodiment of the American spirit. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408072 JP Morgan Partners—Cabela's Inc. Harvard Business School Case 208-026 JP Morgan Partners (JPMP), the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
performance declines and further re-organizations. On Chinese, European and American Universities Author:William C. Kirby Periodical:Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 137, no. 3... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
April 4, 2019 Palgrave Macmillan Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity By: Mills, Karen G. Abstract—Fintech, Small Business & the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
times," he observes. Richard C. Whiteley (MBA '68), a management consultant and author who is writing a book titled "ReSpiriting Work," notes, "Another important factor is the aging of the American population. The baby... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
line managers have a significant informational advantage over headquarters and when there are few interdependencies (or "synergies") between divisions. Investment centers—profit centers in which unit managers are allowed to make major investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
organizations known for their prowess in developing their employees have to bear? What do you think? Original Article Last March 25, Jake DeSantis, then an executive vice president with American International Group, published his... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
groups are context dependent and distorted in the direction of representative types. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51546 forthcoming American Indian Business High Stakes Negotiation: Indian Gaming and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
experiment in India with 100 high-growth technology firms whose founders received in-person advice from other entrepreneurs who varied in their managerial style. We find that entrepreneurs who received advice from peers with an active... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
be dynamic, and do everything that markets do so well." This targeted approach, Moss believes, helped ensure both stability and innovation in the American financial system over much of the 20th century. In fact, for the next fifty years,... View Details
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
Starbucks; The Nature Conservancy and Georgia-Pacific; Bidwell Training Center, a nonprofit vocational and technical school in Pennsylvania, and Bayer Corporation; and Jumpstart, a Boston-based NPO that prepares low-income preschoolers to enter kindergarten, and View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53537 in press Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Advice Giving: A Subtle Pathway to Power By: Schaerer, M., L.P. Tost, L. Huang, F. Gino, and R.P. Larrick Abstract—We propose that interpersonal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Abstract—Although documenting everyday activities may seem trivial, four studies reveal that creating records of the present generates unexpected benefits by allowing future rediscoveries. In Study 1, we use a "time capsule"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne