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Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite - Course Catalog
studies applied to companies of all sizes. The emphasis will be on the managerial issues related to designing impact studies that are cost effective, credible, and persuasive to various stakeholders, as well as critically interpreting the... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
significant impact in the structure and interpretation of financial information of banks. This document explains the major changes on bank accounting, their purpose and structure, and discusses their impact on financial information... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
together, we interpret our results such that those individuals most sensitive to business cycles are enticed to lower the quality threshold, the bar, for turning existing ideas into new ventures during downturns, resulting in negative... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
interpret research findings when neurological results conflict with self-report? knowing how the brain is working explains very little about what the mind produces—what we think, what we believe, how we make decisions." As Mike... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
... technology, how do you draw the line between 'work' and 'life'? ... I think we need new definitions for [these terms] ...." Do you agree? And what interpretation should we place on the unusually large proportion of anonymous... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
you don't model the importance of sweating the details. Downturns expose the weaknesses in your internal systems, observes Chuang. Technical expertise—the ability to solve cash flow problems, interpret what customers are really saying, or... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
traditional alternatives: vertically integrated firms, resellers, or input suppliers. These tradeoffs lead to a comprehensive discussion of the defining features of MSPs. The formal model we develop focuses on the MSP vs. vertical integration choice, which we View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
interpersonal dynamics within a specific setting. Pipeline Problems The perceived and confirmed limitations/constraints/barriers to cultivating a diverse talent pool and ability to retain members of underrepresented demographic groups. Queering To shift the tenor or... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
decades ago—hinge on a specific and therefore partial interpretation of competition. The result is an equally partial picture of the strategist's job. The problem lies not in what strategists are trained to do: Porter's perspective is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
Technology, on the working paper Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Programs, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in November. Danielle Kost: How should people interpret your research as they watch the... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
being mindful of constraints, focusing on the tangible impact of actions while recognizing their symbolic significance and combining formal power with legitimacy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54691 Making Sense of Soft Information:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Shantanu Rege
is to explore the differences between developed markets and emerging ones," Shantanu explains. "Analyzing a three- to five- percent-growth business within a developed market is very different from interpreting a fast-growth... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
Marty also developed excellent cases and created superb interpretive weekly student assignment memos — a technique I adopted and still employ.” A Missouri native, Marshall was in college when World War II broke out. He enlisted in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Job Interviews
is often interpreted as anxiety or lack of self-confidence. “Whether you speed up under stress or if you’re naturally a fast talker, during an interview you need to slow down.” Butler’s list of interview “don’ts” includes expressions of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
and services is growing. This has been interpreted by some to suggest that such countries need not worry about deficits. “Modern Monetary Theory is based in part on the belief that there may be a disconnect between deficits, inflation,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
section presents our conclusions. . . . Conclusion Does product and labor market globalization cause convergence in corporate governance? Our case analysis suggests that the answer to this question is a constrained yes. A summary of our View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
Japan made you a better manager? Before I came to Japan, I was not a great listener. Here, 99 percent of my meetings are in Japanese; I have a full-time interpreter and spend practically the whole day wired up with an earpiece. Because of... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
lifelong, if sometimes veiled, engagement with Marx. The result is a work of interpretation that does justice to Hont’s influence while developing its own provocative and illuminating arguments. Markets, Morals, Politics will be a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
and Alison Wood Brooks. Excellence Comes From Saying No (31,511) In a new course designed by Frances Frei and Amy Schulman, business and law students help each other define and achieve their own interpretations of success. Lesson one: You... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
cost of excess inventory. Investors, lenders, and suppliers interpret this statistic for signs of the retailer's health, future sales prospects, and impending costs. While prior research on inventory has typically focused primarily on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne