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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
United States’ most visible, influential export. But given its uncertainties, what would drive HBS alumni to enter an industry characterized in the best of times as “the business of rejection”? * * * * * In Hollywood, the spotlight... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
sustained by the shadow of the future). We argue that one of the reasons these practices may be difficult to copy is that effective relational contracts must solve the twin problems of credibility and clarity, and that while credibility might in principle be instantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
associated with adult outcomes at home. Sons raised by an employed mother spend more time caring for family members than men whose mothers stayed home full time, and daughters raised by an employed mother spend less View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of cultural disruptions with research that examines how View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
studies at HEC Paris. "I've been a banker. I know they work hard. But if a banker works 20 percent harder than someone in another occupation, it doesn't explain getting paid ten times more." The dearth of research on the wage/talent link... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
dangerous, and male-dominated—because these settings have undergone radical operational and cultural changes designed to increase safety and effectiveness. In the particular company we studied, these changes resulted in a decline in the... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
because it draws upon the power of the founding myths of the country (the myth of success, the frontier myth, the city on a hill) and reinterprets these myths in a way that provides meaning for men who work in large companies in an... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
ever seen. By offering 10 years of policy certainty, the IRA encourages technology innovators to form companies and it reassures larger corporates to be their buyers. So as early-stage investors in clean energy, electrified... View Details
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
experience. Deep support enables psychological self-determination. It produces time for life. It facilitates and enhances the experience of being the origin of one's life. It recognizes, responds to, and promotes individuality. It... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
active role in the expansion of the coffee economy." The coffee economy did receive initial state-sponsored help from Matías Romero, who served as Mexico's secretary of finance three times at the end of the nineteenth century. "He's one... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
designated more than $28 million to high-performing, nonprofit grantee partners across the United States and the United Kingdom, helping to place more than 50,000 vets in high-quality jobs since 2009. “But veterans often struggle to translate their View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
(formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson), the venture capital firm he founded in 1985 as a small business investment company called Draper Associates. Conventionally dressed, his tie nonetheless depicts a map of California divided into six... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
demand which underpin the link between the three characteristics of the inventory system: inventory levels, orders placed and actual demand faced. The perceptions framework is based on forecasting with Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
"rationality" of the decision, when rationality is defined as maximizing the consumer's expected utility. The consumer's decision of whether or not to buy a product is a highly appropriate dependent variable for consumer research targeted toward View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
and some 1,000 cases. By the time he became professor emeritus in 1997, he had taught some seven thousand Harvard MBA students and ten thousand Executive Education participants in programs at Soldiers Field and abroad, while advising... View Details
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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
school, I saw the world through a straw. After HBS, the straw disappeared – I gained a broader perspective that allowed me to see the whole, as a leader. What was most exciting about my time at Lincoln Center was that it was so broad; I... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20
affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the world witnessed an explosion in capital flows at the global level. Gross foreign assets and liabilities stood at two or three View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
customers to take their business elsewhere. With new Internet-only banks and brokerages popping up regularly, established firms must find innovative ways to hold onto their customers. "Traditionally, strategy was institutionally driven—insurance View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young