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- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
through 1992. Facing Ambiguous Threats Authors:Michael A.Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, and Amy C. Edmondson. Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 11 (November 2006) Abstract On February 1, 2003, the world watched in horror as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities Authors:Jennifer L. Petriglieri Publication:The Academy of Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract I review and reconceptualize identity threat, defining it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption
booksellers have survived. How Disruptive Innovation Changes EducationChristensen advocates for innovation to spur much-needed improvements in public education. Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within When Eastern Bank decided to battle a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
Abstract—People experience a threat to their moral self-concept in the face of discrepancies between their moral values and their unethical behavior. We theorize that people's need to restore their view of themselves as moral activates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
by companies to reduce the threat of politically slanted negative press, focusing on FNC and the 2000 presidential election. "Depending on what the media reports on, it can actually create reputational costs for firms" The... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
patent provides strong protection. For writers, a complete screenplay would better ensure copyright protection because the plot, dialogue, and characters are much better defined. In addition, “the threat of selling the idea to the buyer’s... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
hypothesize that shareholder actions and regulatory threats are likely to prime firms to adopt practices consistent with the aims of a broader social movement. We find empirical evidence of direct and spillover effects. In the domain of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
ethical awareness and avoiding potential threats to an organization's reputation. The second appendix, "Bridging East and West in Management Ethics," has been revised and updated to discuss certain basic similarities between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2014
- Op-Ed
Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness
disease threat materializes. For example, hospitals are the first line of defense in an outbreak. Yet the number of patients that our hospitals can manage with extreme cases is extraordinarily low. We have only four bio containment units... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
landscape. It has a powerful government, appears respected in the world, and for the first extended time in modern history, it faces no real external threats to its security. China's resurgence has been driven by a combination of private... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
Climate Change What role should business leaders play in trying to affect climate change? Harvard Business School faculty share their thoughts. Large and growing numbers of business leaders acknowledge, behind closed doors—and some doors that are distinctly ajar—the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets
entrepreneurs are innovating products to attract the emerging middle class. Such innovations could potentially benefit consumers living in mature markets. How Important Are Relations With The Host Country? HBS Cases: Looking Behind Google's Stand in China Google's... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
not foresee how nationalisms—which Levitt saw as a threat to globalization—could transform themselves and actually embrace global capitalism, as occurred in the former Soviet Union. But Levitt was dead-on in his view on the malleability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
proposal that "a non-Big Four auditor should be retained to [perform tasks such as] ... due diligence." Until these kinds of things happen, C.J. Cullinane believes that the "deterrent of getting caught is the biggest threat... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
personal levels—needed to achieve the "peace of mind" with which we did business on September 10? How will they and other changes affect business and consumer costs and, at a more basic level, the global economy? And what can we learn from those who have been... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
likely contributed to the great recession by inflating the housing and credit bubbles in 2005-2007. But when it comes to sovereign risk, they are getting it right. Across the world, there are many serious threats to the long-term ability... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
protection for property rights and contracts; underperforming education systems; massive internal and international migration motivated by income inequality; potentially adverse actions by large and economically powerful emerging nations; security View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
their responsibility to represent the best interests of investors, who will? Will dynamics that determine flows of funds and foreign investment levels in the U.S. ultimately pose the threat of fewer funds—foreign or otherwise—to finance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
not a serious daily threat for them. But then we’d hear, “I’m not going to be killed, but I could be fired by my board of directors.” Q: Give an example from the course of how you compare and contrast contemporary and ancient texts. Frei:... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna