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  • 2024
  • Article

Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
Keywords: Military Service; Personal Development and Career; Transformation; Power and Influence; Learning; Human Capital
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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

  • 03 Feb 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Accountability and Control as Catalysts for Strategic Exploration and Exploitation: Field Study Results

Keywords: by Robert L. Simons
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Going to Extremes: Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Human Capital
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  • February 2010 (Revised April 2010)
  • Case

China: Getting Richer Still

By: Diego A. Comin and Richard H. K. Vietor
In the last quarter of 2009, China's GDP growth rate again approached 10%. While the global financial crisis had certainly hurt - causing layoffs of as many as 20 million factory workers - a huge stimulus package on top of continuing domestic demand had restored... View Details
Keywords: History; Resource Allocation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Macroeconomics; Demand and Consumers; Leading Change; Economic Growth; China
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    Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings

    A long stream of literature shows that investors significantly underweight foreign investments, a phenomenon referred to as home bias, which is consistently observed across different classes of investments and types of investors. One common explanation for the... View Details

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    21st Century Energy — Dr Crawford teaches this EC course, which exposes students to business models and management diilemmas, all along the energy value chain — from oil sands and pipelines, to coal and natural gas, hydro and nuclear, wind and solar, to biofuels. The... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage; Governance; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Energy Sources; Resource Allocation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Competitive Strategy; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Asia; United States
    • 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
    • 08 Nov 2013
    • HBS Seminar

    Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

    • 04 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 4

    allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 30 Jun 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: June 30, 2015

    that sales representatives, who were responsible for a large portfolio of imaging products, were not giving enough attention to Ultrasound. He was wondering if change in the size and compensation structure of the sales force would solve... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 23 Feb 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 23

    leads to the possibility of strategic delay by decision participants who differ in their preferences and are limited by the resources they can allocate to influence decisions. We focus on sources of delay caused by the strategic... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 02 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 2

    accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 17 Aug 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: August 17

    explore the consequences of scientific publication-an instance of public disclosure-for a core set of activities within the firm. Specifically, we link publications to human capital management practices, showing that scientists' bonuses and the View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 12 Mar 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

    pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business model and lowering profitability,... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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    Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    to form the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). ICHOM brought together clinical leaders and patients in over 25 conditions worldwide to develop and lead the implementation of outcome measure sets. ICHOM’s pioneering work has captured the... View Details
    • 22 Nov 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

    their planning processes and make smart choices. Here's an excerpt outlining the seven questions every manager should ask. 1. Who Is Your Primary Customer? The first imperative—and the heart of every successful strategy implementation—is View Details
    Keywords: by Robert Simons
    • 01 May 2012
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    First Look: May 1

    Abstract Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 21 Nov 2017
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    First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

    socially appropriate than achieving overall equity. Furthermore, individuals care more about achieving equity in time than equity in money. Narrow bracketing of equity concerns and more inequity aversion in time than in money persist when individuals make View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Nov 2015
    • First Look

    November 3, 2015

    Workers By: Housman, Michael, and Dylan Minor Abstract—While there has been a lot of research on finding and developing top performers in the workplace, less attention has been paid to the question of how to manage those workers who are... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne