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  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

enterprise was emerging across the non-Western world. Often local and Western managerial practices were combined to produce hybrid forms of business enterprise. After 1945 many governmental policies designed to facilitate catch-up ended... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Carliss Y. Baldwin

    Carliss Y. Baldwin is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She studies the process of design and its impact of design architecture on firm strategy, platforms, and business ecosystems. With Kim Clark, she authored... View Details

    Keywords: computer; electronics; software
    • 06 Sep 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Excess Burden of Government Indecision

    Keywords: by Francisco J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Luis M. Viceira
    • Research Summary

    International business and political risk in West Africa

    This project, based on confidential corporate archives, explores the response of foreign companies to political decolonization and the threat of expropriation in Ghana and Nigeria. Foreign companies in Ghana and Nigeria, especially those from Britain, had a... View Details

    • Article

    Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes

    By: Richard Bohmer and Candace Imison
    In 2000 the English National Health Service (NHS) began a series of workforce redesign initiatives that increased the number of doctors and nurses serving patients, expanded existing staff roles and developed new ones, redistributed health care work, and invested in... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care; Work Force Management; United Kingdom
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    • December 2006 (Revised April 2014)
    • Case

    J. R. D. Tata

    By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
    J.R.D Tata, Chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and technology-based enterprises.... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Development Economics; Working Conditions; Leadership; Infrastructure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Government Relations; India
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    • 18 Sep 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: September 18

    J.C. Cuddy, Caroline A. Wilmuth, and Dana R. Carney Abstract The current experiment tested whether changing one's nonverbal behavior prior to a high-stakes social evaluation could improve performance in the evaluated task. Participants... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

    K. John Lumumba Seegars, 2021 Harvard Business School Advisors: Robin J. Ely (Chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan , and Michele Lamont Karen Huang, 2020 Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy Advisors: Alison Wood Brooks , Max H.... View Details
    • 17 Aug 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach

    Keywords: by Malcolm Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler

      Jan W. Rivkin

      Jan W. Rivkin is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Faculty Chair of the MBA Program, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on... View Details

      Keywords: airline; computer; internet; music; transportation
      • 02 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      10 Trends to Watch in 2024

      The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 19 Jan 2022
      • In Practice

      7 Trends to Watch in 2022

      duties independently, without the direct supervision of a physician. And physicians, themselves, were increasingly able to provide care across state lines. Together, these changes helped maintain access to care while reducing the risk of... View Details
      Keywords: by HBS News
      • 16 Jan 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: January 16, 2007

        Working Papers"Don'ts" And "Do's": Insights from Experience In Mitigating Risks Of Western Investors In Post-Communist Countries Authors:Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos and Paul R. Lawrence Abstract No abstract available. Download the paper:... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • January 2022
      • Teaching Plan

      Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden

      By: Brian Trelstad and Emilie Billaud
      Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-040. Just Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the... View Details
      Keywords: Immigration; Refugees; Employment; Integration; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Sweden; Italy; Germany
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      • 25 Jan 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

      really hard on people who are poor.” For example, Jachimowicz says, public transportation is often inaccessible and expensive, which affects people who can’t afford cars, and tardy policies at work often penalize people on the lowest end... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 26 Jul 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: July 26

        PublicationsPolicy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 31 Jan 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Observation Bias: The Impact of Demand Censoring on Newsvendor Level and Adjustment Behavior

      Keywords: by David F. Drake
      • November 1994 (Revised December 1995)
      • Case

      Scripps Research Institute, The: November 1993 (Abridged)

      By: Josh Lerner
      In November 1993, Dr. Richard Lerner, president of the Scripps Research Institute, faces the challenge of maintaining his organization's financial and scientific vitality. A proposed cooperative venture with Sandoz has attracted considerable criticism. Meanwhile, a new... View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Policy; Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Research; Nonprofit Organizations
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      • Program

      The Women's Leadership Forum

      successfully, you will emerge reenergized about your career and empowered with a realistic agenda for change in your company—and in your own approach to leadership. Details Help your organization achieve key business goals Improve your... View Details
      • 2024
      • Working Paper

      Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch

      By: Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini and Charles Taylor
      This paper examines the concept of “climate matching” in migration—the idea that migrants seek out destinations with familiar climates. Focusing on the US, we document that temperature distance between origin and destination predicts the distribution of migrants across... View Details
      Keywords: Migration; Climate; Immigration; Residency; Weather; Ethnicity; Climate Change; Geographic Location; Policy; United States
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