Importing - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

ruling can outlaw work that was previously supported by the government. Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen. Great People Abandon Promising Projects The projects are less important than the people, particularly people who... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

17 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?

level, for example, all of us have several trips, both business and personal, already scheduled. Some are more important than others. Do we take all of them? If not, how will it affect the way we relate to our business colleagues and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

school students do have a role in these industries, and being part of cultural change is potentially within their grasp. To think about how companies have dealt with this power in the past is the important thing. To think about whether... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

(forthcoming) Abstract Over the past decade, one of the most important developments in the corporate loan market has been the increasing participation of institutional investors in lending syndicates. As lenders, institutional investors... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

said, "Go to back-to-school night. That is more important." And then he told the board at dinner why I wasn't there and why it was so important to make it possible for working parents to have very big jobs but still be involved... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

into a very powerful motivating force. In a tough economic environment, when there is little money for bonuses and a lot of concern about layoffs, Katzenbach says it becomes even more important to communicate with employees about the... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

a set of practices to guide firms as they adopt ambidexterity. Senior leadership is crucial here. We discuss the importance of leading in a consistently inconsistent fashion. Readers will come away with a new understanding of how to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

six pages long. For example, in Book One he lists all the people who have been important to him, and what he feels he got from them in terms of virtues and advice. It’s astonishing. Frei: The stories from Valerius Maximus’s Memorable... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

American business are plainly visible for the whole world to see, Mills warned. Repairing the infrastructure is critically important to restore trust in American business, and tinkering with the rulebook is not enough. The process of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

studied reflect the makeup of 80 percent of US and 90 percent of worldwide companies. The most important “implication is that the precautionary motive to preserve the buffer was inhibiting sales before,” says Kim. “Policymakers can take... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

rewarding to deal with issues that were so important and formative of this country. The combination of Hamilton and Gallatin's thought still defines the tensions in American political economy as we know it today." Julia Hanna: How... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

08 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

aggregate demand, the national accounts, and the balance of payments. We find that much aid is consumed, primarily in the form of imported non-capital goods. Some aid is invested and aid has a positive, though statistically imprecise,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

turnaround—form the basis for a terrific debate on the importance of brand and location, according to Jeffrey Fear, an associate professor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of the HBS Global Research Group. The two resulting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

the issues nominally up for negotiation. You've probably been involved in more relationship-building negotiations than you might think. Sometimes, in the course of your career, it's more important to work on improving relations with a... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

Strömberg Publication:The Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity-debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

influence when the vast majority can't? The authors tracked 68 change initiatives in the UK's National Health Service, an organization whose size, complexity, and tradition can make reform difficult. They discovered several predictors of change agents' success-all of... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

irrelevant which country developed this form (or another product or whatever) first. All three of these countries' big businesses began independently arriving at rough versions of the same structure as they faced similar challenges of managing scale and scope. But the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

it’s important that they be transparent about their past history and not try to hide anything—which in itself can raise alarm bells. “Everyone does checks and looks at what’s available on social media, so it’s all discoverable anyway,”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

03 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks

conversation about ways we can improve public perception of these ecologically important animals,” says Andrew Nosal, a visiting researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Power of the Theme from “Jaws” Why do filmmakers tend... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Media & Broadcasting

22 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 22

and adapt leadership and talent management best practices to law firm structures and challenges. Chapters cover all of the important aspects of strategic talent management and provide practical guidance from law firm talent management... View Details