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- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
well-informed about what will make someone successful, or it could be that they are hiring someone from their hometown”—or any number of other biases that have nothing to do with job performance. To test... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
to note, though, that this situation might benefit other countries that will welcome these workers, as for instance Canada has been saying. The US will get a smaller slice of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
for ourselves than for others." "You have to be who you are, your authentic self," advised Kolb. Learn to read different situations. "Not all situations in an organization will be the same. There are lots View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
managers would have to explain to their investors why earning a negative 2 percent return would make sense as opposed to either investing or disgorging that cash to shareholders. The definition of "excess cash holdings" View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
order to do so, they need the help of foreign "investors" that are familiar with the frontier. Of course, these foreign partners will not do all the work. Domestic... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
He's been called "the Salvador Dalí of the kitchen" for creations ranging from beetroot and yogurt ice-cream lollipops to a deconstructed Spanish omelet served in a parfait glass. Each year, some 2 million hopeful diners vie to... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
workforce flexibility have followed, including a new case about how Honeywell weathered the Great Recession. The next step of the research will involve interviewing managers who have conducted layoffs—or who... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
I believe will be historically important. Both my choices top 700 pages, hence my hesitancy. The first book is Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. It inevitably appears on the list of greatest war novels View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
joined this train of thought as he commented, “A new economy has not arrived, if we define it as one that will sustain humanity on the planet for eternity ” The reasons it has not arrived are many, he... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
are the long-term memory of the corporate brain." Most respondents, in one way or another and without mentioning it explicitly, suggested strong linkages between the health of the corporate brain and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
leading universities in June 2012 to call for increased party supervision of higher education. Deans and presidents everywhere must make decisions and set priorities. In reality, however, many of the best... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
Hilah Geer and Martha Lagace met recently with Porter to talk about the lessons Japan teaches governments and companies about competition and strategy. Below are excerpts from the interview; part two will appear in the January 8 update... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
there is rapid and massive urbanization everywhere as people leave farms for cities in search of opportunity. Half of the world is urban today, and the urban population will... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
understandably, balk at taxing genetic information. I think it's very unlikely that any real-world tax code will ever tax personal traits to a large extent. Q: You argue that research should include a role for the principle View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
financial one. Institutional change expert Julie Battilana discusses what it will take to create this "transformation of capitalism." Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
treaties, tariff policies, and regional trade agreements that can be put in place to enhance the effectiveness of CSR and a country's long-term competitiveness. When international quotas on textiles and garments are eliminated at the end... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
small firms, not-for-profits, and social enterprises have successfully leveraged deep metaphors to solve a wide variety of marketing problems. Marketing Metaphoria should convince you that everything consumers think and do is influenced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
companies have room to grow—and yet will still maintain slack in their total borrowing capacity. “I knew that [small] firms have to be cautious in the way they finance,” Kim says. “I was just surprised by how much. The level View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
hours of hard work flow into a piece that none of them has ever heard before and will never hear again. Like jazz, communication is improvisational. Each time you communicate... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn