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- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51190 Big History, Global Corporations, Virtual Capitalism By: Nolan, Richard L. Abstract— Homo sapiens has mastered its environment so thoroughly that, for the first time in history, a small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
the socially constructed nature of helping behavior. That is, the parties must establish and maintain a helping frame for their interaction, especially when help-givers are high-status external leaders. Second, the model specifies that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
constitute the apex of competition by individuals and countries in hundreds of events (302 in London, to be exact), involving sports that may be very popular in one part of the world and virtually unfollowed in another. The common thread... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
August 2018 Journal of Accounting Research Virtual Issue on Empirical Management Accounting Research By: Abernethy, Margaret, and Dennis Campbell Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
Wall Street has left the caffeinated powerhouse virtually untouched. The price of Starbucks stock has climbed steadily over the past ten years, gaining approximately 2,200 percent on the ten-year anniversary of the company's 1992 IPO. Net... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
where he can be part of the action. When he considers the company’s accomplishments, his satisfaction stems from what Baupost has done for others. “I’m proud of the fact that virtually everybody who has been connected with the firm —... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
"is like any gas that is compressed; it gets hotter." Its tribes overlap socially and professionally based on work discipline (software engineers, for example), organizational affiliation (Hewlett-Packard), or background... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806121 EMC Corp.: Proposed Acquisition of VMware 806-153 This case involves the decision by the CEO of EMC Corp. whether to acquire VMware, a small Californian software firm that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
especially those that incorporate emerging forms of social media, support that shift. Equally important, though, is the emergence of cultural norms that favor dialogue over monologue. The benefits that accrue from conversational... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
the mouse." Book: http://www.IMovedYourCheese.com Commentary: A View from the East: Trade, Investment, and Economic Reform Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:In Cuban Economic and Social Development: Policy Reforms and Challenges in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
findings can help explain a variety of behavioral phenomena including the structure of social insurance programs, patterns of public good provision, and why transactions that turn money into time are often deemed repugnant. Download... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
and enjoying it on your own." So he decided to rent out some of the cottages. The first guests ate at a common table, as they do today. "You make a social investment here. People who get no return on a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
uses were bound by age-old religious and cultural beliefs. Yet somehow these delicate flora became the foundation of a global industry made strong by a century of virtually uninterrupted growth that not even economic meltdowns and world... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
social cues from reputation stakeholders and from prominent third-party bureaucratic actors can serve as symbolic signals that can affect the decision making of regulatory agencies. Our findings suggest that while View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
address poverty at scale which led him to focus on education and education policy as key to opening up possibilities. After two years teaching social justice in an economically distressed community with Teach for America, Mbanusi joined... View Details
- Web
What Google, Lego, and Other Brands Know About the Promise and Peril of AI | Working Knowledge
Ikea Kreativ, the design app, has used AI to scan customers’ rooms and show virtual renderings of the company’s furniture in their homes. This technology aimed to tackle one of retail’s biggest challenges: helping shoppers see how... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
a platform-based market socially efficient? We analyze a dynamic model where an entrant with superior quality competes with an incumbent platform, and examine long-run market outcomes. We find that the answers to these questions depend... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
creative problem-solving task. In the second experiment, conducted using virtual teams, we show that pre-team relational self-affirmation leads to heightened feelings of social worth, which in turn explains... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne