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- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Publications August 2013 Economic Development and Cultural Change The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" By: Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, and Eric Werker Abstract—As is now well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
can't always do this reflection immediately, but the longer you wait, the less you will learn. Q: What can managers in other industries learn from your research when assessing, adopting, and employing technological innovations in their... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
Lagos Business School-Pan African University. Robin Kibuka, an adviser in the Africa Department of the International Monetary Fund, said, "Globalization is a force for development, but clearly it is a force for development that View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
capital and an end to predatory lending practices? Organizations lament sky-rocketing health care costs, but why is there such a limited effort to organize preventative care? Cutting Medicare will not stop the epidemic View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
funding, which it will use to open four more schools in the fall of 2015—in Brooklyn and Palo Alto, along with two more in San Francisco. Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer John Kim (HBS MBA '93) became... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
you build it, they will come' kind of marketing." "Our goal is to foster habits of mind, ways to be present to one's work," he explained. "We realize that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
Summing Up How will sustainability be achieved? To sum up responses to this month's column, the question is not whether global sustainability will be achieved but how. One school View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation, but it has not examined how this affects which projects principals will start. We demonstrate that failure tolerance has an equilibrium price?in terms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
good. If the content provider sells its content outright and relinquishes control over its price, the content will tend to be exclusive unless there are sufficient market expansion effects. On the other hand, if the content provider... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
exclusively on advancing US welfare with particular attention on reforms that will improve American wages” While these transactions naturally attract growing attention, inversions are merely the most visible manifestation View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
him fly at all. That discussion is a rare surfacing of an issue too often ignored—the problem of mental health in the workplace. “A very interesting question to ask is whether the tragedy View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
airlines increase their retail prices. So all buyers essentially end up sharing the fees, even if they choose to forego the intermediary. Thus begins a vicious cycle of increasing costs. With price coherence in place, intermediaries need... View Details
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
government as well as embezzlement. They might very well be willing to pay the same, or higher, taxes to finance good government, which would include a profit margin to the elected firm. Corporations might find that some parts View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
Working PapersIn Favor of Clear Thinking: Incorporating Moral Rules into a Wise Cost-Benefit Analysis Authors:Max H. Bazerman and Joshua D. Greene Abstract Bennis, Medin, and Bartels (2009) have contributed an interesting paper on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
that means is that despite the enormous costs—both financial and political—of setting up these exchanges, fewer than 10 percent of uninsured people in the US have so far been insured as a result. “This is not like Field View Details
- 07 Nov 2007
- Op-Ed
How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Last month, Boeing stock went wobbly on news that test flights and initial... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
kind of arrangements under negotiation such as the requirement that the majority of a joint venture be owned by a local partner? Are high-tech deals particularly sought after by the state? What recent deals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
opens up a new "design space." He or she does something in a new way that is exciting to other users. Very often, this is a datable event—people tell stories about "the first time Walt did a roll on that river." Then, if the cost View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
wins, but because the average bid is probably the best estimate of actual value, the winner will likely have overpaid. The escalation of commitment is a self-justification... View Details