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- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
that Invest Early children were better prepared for kindergarten than their low-income counterparts and the proficiency gap between Invest Early and high-income children had decreased significantly. Integrating and sustaining such a complicated network of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
the need to recoup shareholder value after paying a two-times premium for Sirtris with his desire to retain Christoph Westphal, Sirtris's co-founder and CEO, and other key individuals at the company. His desire to protect Sirtris from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
modularity and software evolution, which can be used for description, prediction, and prescription. According to Baldwin and Clark's theory, modular architectures add value to system designs by creating options to improve the system by substituting or experimenting on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
1996, the concept of a privately funded stadium. “That vote cleared the way for some of the permits we would need and eliminated the possibility that someone would put forward a competing measure,” explains the politically savvy Baer, who also helped develop a... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
can also have dysfunctional effects if it is not placed wisely. Though much research has examined conditions that increase individuals’ tendencies to trust others, we know very little about the circumstances under which individuals are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
central planner who can structure work and then expect individuals to execute tasks in a prescribed order. In many settings, however, workers have discretion to deviate from the assigned order. This paper considers the operational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
ensuring the well-being of victims, but also on the well-being of those who perform the necessary evils. In addition to the typical training that many companies run for managers, and the individual preparation managers do on their own... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change
office on the African continent came in tandem with news the firm would partner with the IT Industry Development Agency over the course of three years to offer startup boot camps for seed-stage companies, a scaling initiative for ventures at the pre-series A stage, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
immoral and unjust, but it’s also bad for business. Just Work is the solution. Scott’s new book reveals a practical framework for both respecting everyone’s individuality and collaborating effectively. This is the essential guide leaders... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
but this article shows it has never been true historically. Using longitudinal data on individual firms from the nineteenth century onwards, it reveals evidence of how entrepreneurs and firms with multinational activity faced by market... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Understanding Advanced Topics in Accounting by Lawrence Weiss (DBA 1989) (Business Expert Press) Accounting information provides individuals with a starting point to understand and evaluate the key drivers of a firm, its financial... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
plus Crop One is constantly refining its design to increase efficiency, adds Deane Falcone. Scaling up will be a big help. He contrasts the climate system they use for the larger model in the corner of the facility to the individual... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
numbers. As individuals spoke in class, players “filled in” their boxes. When someone got “Bingo,” the rule was for them to get called on and say the secret phrase. A historic episode of Turkey Bingo that featured the secret phrase... View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
for his ability to redesign the Saints offense based on the strengths of individual players that join the team. When talented rookie Alvin Kamara joined the team in 2017, the team “altered its DNA” by putting Kamara in positions to take... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
individual passengers’ connection times, the system also produces quantile forecasts for the number of passengers arriving at the immigration and security areas. Academic/Practical relevance: Airports and airlines have been challenged to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
receiving only a dispenser, (2) these effects persist after monitoring or incentives are removed, and (3) the anticipation of monitoring increases handwashing rates significantly, implying that individuals internalize the habitual nature... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
with the most experience and those who have worked most recently-precisely the individuals who would recognize that this is a gift. Download working paper: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/oDesk.pdf Search Diversion and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
sets an example that others can follow. Leaders should not only be ethical but also be seen as ethical. Finally, a true leader thinks outside her personal "patch" to consider the broader implications of her work—the value chain beyond her View Details
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
something” Khaire: In the literature it is called a "blending strategy." The idea is there are multiple worlds in our society, and people are judged differently in each world. Take any individual and she behaves differently and... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
maximize joint industry profits. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-045.pdf From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns Authors:David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius Abstract Negotiation scholars typically take the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel