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- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
customers over a period of four months. We predict and find that should DVDs (e.g., documentaries) are held significantly longer than want DVDs (e.g., action films) within-customer. Similarly, we also predict and find that people are more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
Summing Up One of the defining issues in the 1992 U.S. presidential election, NAFTA, has fallen off the radar in the current campaign. This suggests either that many in the U.S. have lost interest in it or, more likely, the subset who visit the HBS Working View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
accommodate mobile employees. This book arms managers with the knowledge they need to become more effective virtual leaders, giving advice on what actions to take to increase far-flung employees’ dedication... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
response. Students must complete a quantitative analysis of four possible courses of action and make a recommendation. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/913505-PDF-ENG Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (B) Robert G. Eccles and Catherine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
of capitalism, and it demonstrates the unsettling effects of the rise of the United States on European powers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53430 2017 Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
avoidable ways. This article is based on the analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that involved high-level managers in their companies. The analysis uncovered four major types of actions that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
business organizations are certainly economic instruments, we suggest that organizations have a range of effects and play a number of roles in society. To enrich knowledge about organizations, we argue that organizational research needs... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
one’s own knowledge attenuated reliance on algorithms. These tests are important because participants can improve their accuracy by relying more on algorithms (Experiment 4). Experiments 5 and 6 tested a mechanism for reliance:... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation, edited by J. Dutton and B. Ragins, 265-275. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum, 2006 Abstract White-collar workers increasingly rely on group interaction rather than individual expertise to generate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
our action plan, it begins with a clear position: “Harvard Business School rejects racism in all its forms, and anti-Black racism in particular, as wrong and fundamentally inconsistent with our mission and values.” We need to be educating... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
generate significant returns? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze Perry's decision to invest in NEC Electronics. In doing so, it asks for the reasons that NEC might take actions that destroy value and shift value... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
class. He re-upped after 9/11 and spent seven months in Afghanistan before moving on to Iraq. For his “professional and heroic” actions of March 20, 2003, on the Iraq-Kuwait border (described below), Gurfein was awarded the Bronze Star.... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
without paying for it. The FCC, committed to developing a robust local broadcasting industry, first intervened to restrict a cable operator's actions in the Carter Mountain case of 1959, when it denied the Riverton, Wyoming cable company... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
stepping out of their comfort zone. An entity is considered to have legitimacy when its actions are considered proper, acceptable, or desirable under a widely accepted set of beliefs and norms. A new, unfamiliar activity or entity does... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
knowledge into action and, at the same time, be aware of their own character and values. In short, the School’s vision for 21st-century leadership requires a commitment to three dimensions of learning:... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
overseas. Although it is questionable whether the industry can continue to grow at the same pace as in recent years, the authors predict that venture capital firms will be "an enduring feature on the global economic landscape in the years to come." Learning in View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
surprise “Keep America Rolling” zero-percent financing campaign on GM vehicles to keep GM's, and its suppliers', production lines rolling in the face of an unprecedented national crisis. Rick's quick and decisive action against... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
centralization." Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-059.pdf Open Innovation and Organizational Boundaries: The Impact of Task Decomposition and Knowledge Distribution on the Locus of Innovation Authors:Karim R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
resource for executives and managers at all levels seeking to brush up on their knowledge of macroeconomic dynamics. Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation Authors:Bharat Anand, Rafael Di Tella, and Alexander... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace