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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
both. A long-term view of investing does take into consideration reinvestment risk. This changes dramatically our perspective on what constitutes the "riskless asset" for a long-term investor. If an investor is interested in... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
performance. In summary, the polarized claims that corporate voluntary regulation represents a win-win opportunity-or constitutes a smokescreen that allows firms to operate with less regulatory oversight-are misguided. Instead, the key to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
model, poor people give little because they expect donations to come mainly from richer individuals. In others, donations by poor individuals constitute a large fraction of donations, and this raises the incentive for poor people to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
Schumpeter's thinking about capitalism. It moved him to a more historical and empirical approach that shaped nearly all his subsequent work. And second, much of the book constitutes a preview of modern, rigorous business history. This... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
'leadership'." Today's leadership heroes, however, stimulated debate about just what constitutes leadership. It is an important discussion, as several pointed out. Paul Stavrand put it this way: " we need to be concerned about... View Details
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
their organizational values, it constitutes fundamental change that can be particularly threatening and resisted. Furthermore, it pushes the corporation's actions more broadly and deeply into the area of social value creation where the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
their ample people skills effectively with clients; the benefits of using them with junior colleagues are even greater. Second, not everyone is an A player. A small dose of attention given to a B player goes at least as far as a large one offered to an A player. Since... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
uncertain, ambiguous, and complex (VUCA), Web 2.5-enabled economy. We show that a trio of forces of digital disruption—specifically the disintermediation of the services of instructors and facilitators, the disaggregation of the previously bundled experiences that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
why integrated reporting could be a superior mechanism to perform these functions. We will also argue that integrated reporting can contribute to more effective corporate stewardship. Moreover, we discuss, through a series of case studies, what View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
develop the capacity to examine and evaluate individual CSR-oriented actions, a process that requires both an understanding of the motivation behind them and an assessment of their impact on society and on the firm. Second, they need to ensure that the firm's CSR... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
Publications August 2013 Cambridge University Press Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline By: Rosefielde, Steven, and Daniel Quinn Mills Abstract—Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
for the Asian Development Bank. And now, eight years later, Mawilmada says the country is ready to move on, for the most part. But lingering issues and resentments are the impetus for a current effort to rewrite the country’s constitution... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
speak the same language for the most part. In the social sector we don't have nearly that degree of agreement over what constitutes useful, common metrics, even in subsectors like health care, education, and the environment. At the moment... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
that electric cars constitute 2 percent of all car sales by 1998, the company, along with the rest of the auto industry, protested vigorously. "The role of government should be to provide incentives for people to embrace sustainable... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
“good enough” design solutions—solutions that formerly constituted their bread and butter work. They have had to move up-market to more complex work that requires much more client hand-holding. This is a dangerous pattern—it’s Clay... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
new expression of power that I christen: "Big Other." It is constituted by unexpected and often illegible mechanisms of extraction, commodification, and control that effectively exile persons from their own behavior while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
Course. Students are expected to behave responsibly regardless of proximity to the HBS campus or classroom. As ambassadors of HBS while off campus, students should also consider both local laws and cultural norms when determining what View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
performance in public and private performance domains by decreasing anxiety. Belief that a specific series of behaviors constitute a ritual is a critical ingredient to reduce anxiety and improve performance: engaging in behaviors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
cross-sector collaborations driven by competitive motivations. Since they constitute real success stories in terms of their economic and social impact, it is worth discussing these experiences in greater detail. One of the companies was... View Details