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- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
Program, a collaboration of multinational corporations requesting such information from thousands of suppliers in 49 countries. We find evidence that suppliers are more likely to share this information when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
and Latin America. A wide-ranging editorial introduction describes the formation and evolution of the discipline from its origins at the Harvard Business School in the late 1920s. Over the following century, the editors show that the... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
Over 26 years he has turned TITAN from a domestic player into an internationally diversified group and championed an AI-driven productivity leap, even while steering the company through multiple economic... View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
to a decrease in plant productivity by 1.4 percent, which added up to a cost of almost $1,500 a month for the plant. "Having your top performers demotivated for all eight hours on the job ended up creating a much bigger View Details
- 29 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Do Outlet Stores Exist?
that companies are capturing more data on customers than ever before—recording not only demographic information, but also details on every product purchase they make. "So much attention is being put on retail analytics that it's like... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
That was evident in the flood of responses the Bulletin received when we asked readers to share their stories. From these submissions, it’s also apparent that age, experience, and success are not determining factors, as the phenomenon can... View Details
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
of joining the platform relative to low-quality users. The net effect of these two parameters depends on whether they have a stronger impact on the gains from exclusion (higher average quality) or on its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
But leaders should be cautious about ending up somewhere in between, suffering the costs of not formalizing appropriately without gaining from scale advantages. These are the firms that risk sinking in the... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
impact. However, although this practice is generally lauded as a win-win for business and the environment, the firm may actually increase emissions if it acts to maximize profit because it would increase production to leverage the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Japan - Global
Center hosted an engaging in-person MBA information session for prospective applicants, in collaboration with the MBA Admissions Office. The event welcomed over 100 attendees, offering them the unique opportunity to gain insights directly... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads The Year in Review After a tumultuous two years of figuring out how to adapt and thrive in the face of COVID-19, fiscal year 2022 brought a steady return to normalcy at... View Details
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
overhaul of how policymakers, educators, and employers devise, construct, and manage career pathways, which are the routes aspiring workers take as they graduate from education and training to gainful... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
increase the cost of capital, reduce the availability of external finance, and lower firm-level investment. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-016_dffd8931-f668-4e0c-80d1-0560cea51e19.pdf How Does Risk Management Influence View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
important as other inputs in production and can create significant competitive advantage” over each other and across a wide variety of countries and sectors, says Sadun. “Originally it was like a bet—can we quantify management?” she says.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
advertisements by shifting from 30-second to 15-second advertisements, substituting radio for television advertising, or increasing the use of direct marketing, which gives more immediate sales impact. 4. Adjust View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
and elaborate on their normative implications. Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan Authors:Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We study events surrounding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2
scenario-based experiments. Our results suggest that longer-tenured and more successful employees face a greater loss of self-esteem from negative social comparisons and are more likely to engage in deception in response to reported... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean revert faster in countries where there is more View Details