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  • 01 Sep 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

question was raised about whether the research cited in the article (centered around Confucianism) fully addressed the issue. Grace Woo commented, “I don’t see Confucianism as religion viewing that as ancient wisdom increases the View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 05 Jun 2009
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

Summing Up If not useful growth, what are we measuring? And why? This column does not thrive on general agreement. And this past month discussants came close to general agreement on the proposition that economic growth is not measured... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Going forward, we are entering into a time of limitless possibilities when it comes to the role of business in the world. Yet we also face... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

tells the life stories of leaders making a difference in the world. 30 Years and 40 Stories With 900 possible storylines to track, in 1992 Singer and Hackett sought out input from classmates to choose the 40... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

agreements or use the threat of such rejection as leverage to obtain financial concessions from lessors and other counterparties. For an airline that leases its planes, this can generate enormous cost... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?

By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Michael Weintraub, Leopoldo Fergusson, Juana Catalina Garcia Duque and Laia Balcells
Since the end of the Cold War, international third parties such as the United Nations (UN) have become frequent guarantors of peace agreements. Existing studies document that third parties provide assurances that help maintain peace, yet these studies nearly... View Details
Keywords: United Nations; Colombia; Peacemaking; Peace Process; Peace; Civil Unrest; Civil Society; Political Leadership; Policy; Civil Society or Community; Governance; Government and Politics; Economy; Economic Growth; Latin America; South America; Colombia
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  • September 2016
  • Case

Hotel Vertu: Analyzing the Opportunity in the Boutique Hotel Industry

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts DBA
Two soon-to-be MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about career issues, planning, financing, and the... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Planning; Accommodations Industry
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  • Article

Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data

By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim
As the ESG finance field and the use of ESG data in investment decision-making continue to grow, the authors seek to shed light on several important aspects of ESG measurement and data. This article is intended to provide a useful guide for the rapidly rising number of... View Details
Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Reporting; Data Analytics; Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; CSR; Transparency; Investment Management; Socially Responsible Investing; Sustainable Finance; Sustainable Development; Inclusion; Inclusive Growth; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Investment; Management; Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Integrated Corporate Reporting
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  • January 2010 (Revised October 2010)
  • Case

Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk

By: Aldo Musacchio, Richard H. K. Vietor, Jonathan Schlefer and Carolina Camacho
By mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Macroeconomics; Trade; Global Strategy; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Colombia
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  • 01 Feb 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment

Keywords: by Matt Marx, Deborah Strumsky & Lee Fleming
  • January 1987
  • Article

Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Commitment; Mechanism Design; Decision Making; Information
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  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

Extensions to our model accommodate the possibilities of multiple voucher purchases and firm price re-optimization. Despite the potential benefits of online discount vouchers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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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  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409107 Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs Harvard Business School Case 809-109 Two entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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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  • 04 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 4

Aldo Musacchio Abstract—This book is the Spanish edition of our award winning paper "These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18713, January 2013. The book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Council on Mining and Metals has developed transparency principles for mining firms, and the Responsible Care program of the chemical industry has focused on outcomes ranging from employee safety to environmental impact. Similarly, the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 11 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Non-competes Push Talent Away

couldn't treat employees like resources. I had to work to keep them excited to stay around." Marx is the coauthor of a yet-to-be-published paper that investigates whether states that allow non-compete View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 28 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

more localized products coupled with licensing agreements linked to specific movie franchises might be an option, but an expensive one. The company also had to consider that "diminishing play time and the threat View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

purposes and ingredients in the governance (or steering) of a family business system. Explores at a high level the governance of the family business, its owners, and the family. Focuses on how these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne