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  • 12 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

business leaders had to have demonstrated at least four consecutive years of top financial performance, and/or they had to have led a business or service that changed the way Americans lived, worked, or interacted in the twentieth... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

because they aren’t interested. “It’s simply that it was too costly for them to do so,” says Pons. Lowering the barriers even slightly had a dramatic impact on voter turnout and engagement. What’s more, a post-election survey administered... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations
  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

  Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S. economy. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

The Wise Men

seem unlikely soil for agribusiness, the School actually had an ag industry course before I arrived. And Dean David, who himself came from an agribusiness background, wanted to improve the relationships in the value-added food system. Over the years, I’ve seen View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
  • 22 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power

clean energy infrastructure industry. She is certain that training and re-training oil and gas industry workers for the new green economy can help drive voter support for climate change initiatives in Canada as well as the United States.... View Details
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory Author:Michael Beer Publication:In Research in Organizational Change and Development. Vol. 19, edited by Richard Woodman, William Pasmore, and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Emerald Group... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

change the structure, processes, and behavior of an organization while at the same time developing commitment that ensures execution. SFP is also a research method. By applying SFP iteratively to new and challenging situations,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

again with respect to some of the issues raised by China.” Innovation and continuous improvement are the keys to moving to a stronger competitive position, he says. “We changed more than the Japanese did. The Chinese are more... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

from 3% to 15% as a fraction of government budget without negatively affecting publication quality and quantity. This follows incentive policy change and leadership change at labs, an event whose timing is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

I’m scared of being bored more than I’m scared of an adventure. I started Bridgewater in 1975 out of a two-bedroom apartment. I figured if it didn’t work out, I could always get a job. Then in 1981 and 1982, I crashed. I could not have been more wrong about the market.... View Details
  • 14 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

capitalize on its innovation: strengthening antitrust and intellectual property rights enforcement; improving the legal infrastructure (e.g., producing more corporate lawyers); lowering barriers to entry for foreign investment; and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

and self-improvement. Additionally, we show that future lock-in can arise without changing the structure of a should-choice, but just changing people's temporal focus. Finally, we provide evidence that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

never-ending pipeline of empirical data and policy proposals failed to change the fact that your end of the social contract was continually violated and broken, through blatant murder, institutionalized racism, and structural disadvantage... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

enterprise in management and organization research, the lack of a cohesive knowledge base in this area is concerning. In this chapter, we propose that the underdevelopment of the attendant research infrastructure is an important, but oft-overlooked, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

future lock-in can arise without changing the structure of a should-choice, but by just changing people's temporal focus. Finally, we provide evidence that the should self operates at a higher construal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

banking and would result in the 10th-largest bank in the world. Discusses the main sources of value creation from international expansion and acquisitions in the commercial banking industry. Also, highlights the barriers to integration... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

barriers to terminating relationships), the nature of performance change (a gradual decay in performance can increase the likelihood that firms will persevere in underperforming relationships),... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

changed for them when the world went remote. They’ve since hired six employees who are clustered in Boston but working remotely. As the team expands, the founders wonder whether they should build a remote-first company or plan for an... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint