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  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

today. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307075 Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.: The 'Talk to Chuck' Advertising Campaign Harvard Business School Case 507-005 Schwab management is evaluating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

the advantage of SSOs for users? For tech companies? A: The key advantage is that it allows them to coordinate with other firms in a way that might be very difficult if they had to negotiate individual deals on a one-by-one basis. For... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

MBA vs. MBA

street, even along the winding country road that leads to the Bush ranch, the “Western White House,” you see campaign signs touting the reelection of Democrat Chet Edwards (MBA ’81). He’s an eight-term congressman representing the 17th... View Details
Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

people he knows, but can he persuade Congress to act? If he’s a good communicator and good negotiator and good creator of shared value, he’ll figure out something that works for House Speaker Paul Ryan and for Senate Minority Leader Chuck... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • Web

Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations - Blog: RGE Report

non-profit 30% Club and the Davies Review—led a campaign to publicize the fact that 94% of boards already had some gender diversity, with at least one woman director. This framing repackaged gender diversity as an existing phenomenon,... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

feel. Lees and Cikara found similar results for other scenarios, involving changes to selection of judges, campaign financing, and renaming of a state highway. (The researchers purposefully stayed away from “hot button” issues such as gun... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

employees are more likely to speak up and offer solutions when organizations launch information campaigns to promote process improvement and when managers engage in process-improvement activities themselves. We test our hypotheses in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

resolution and negotiation classes concerning how to enlarge the pie. I believe that the mindset of exploring wise tradeoffs is more common in business schools than in law or policy schools, where adversarial relations are too commonly... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

and communities to set up conservation programs to preserve natural habitat. In contrast, Greenpeace works to campaign for environmental change against governments and corporations and accepts funding only through individuals and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians' wish lists. Those facing tough... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 30 Apr 2019
  • News

Leading Schools That Change Lives

strengthening diversity at Salesianum, where tuition is close to $16,000 annually, were top priorities. “From its earliest days, the school’s leaders reached out to educate children of immigrants who couldn’t afford tuition,” he notes. “With a lot of kids in our area... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

answered the same questions directly but with less eloquence. We comment on the implications of this research for political campaigns and business management. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/rogers%20norton%20HBR.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

campaign compare when the tasks are performed internally rather than by an independent outside agency? Ownership of an in-house agency rests with the advertiser and allows the advertiser greater control over matters such as the assignment... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608083 A.J. Washington: Retaining an NFL Star Harvard Business School Case 909-033 General Manager Luke Kolville, of the Los Angeles Spartans, struggles with the best approach to negotiate a long-term... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

where FNC was available. Before the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which put a cap on soft money donations to national political parties, firms were allowed to make large donations to parties whose proposed... View Details
Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

workweek is filled with staff meetings, conferences, public events, negotiations with government officials about programs and their implementation, and donor-relations work with local embassies. She finds that all these various activities... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

A More Perfect Union

embracing diversity as an asset. The immediate priorities—partisan gerrymandering, voter participation, and campaign finances—took shape out of Leadership Now’s own data analysis and build on research from across Harvard, such as HBS... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar
  • 20 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to develop new cars, Ford and its... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

Negotiation Strategy: Pattern Recognition Game Harvard Business School Note 908-015 In negotiation, correctly identifying your counterpart's strategy is vital. Only then can you constructively influence their behavior—or adapt... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

holding out as a strategic but minority shareholder in Endesa; or negotiating an agreement with Enel and/or E.ON. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210029-PDF-ENG AME Learning Inc. Thomas Eisenmann and Ann... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace