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- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCreating Meaning for the Customer: The Case of GMACI Harvard Business School Case 106-073 Excellence in exploiting customer information and leveraging its affiliation to the GM... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
volunteer before becoming a successful corporate leader. He and his work partner, Robert Saudek, had to deal with defective solar cells, embezzlement, and an Ebola outbreak before finding a smooth path to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
the radio,” Pons and Le Pennec-Caldichoury write in a working paper released last month, Vote Choice Formation and the Minimal Effects of TV Debates: Evidence from 61 Elections in 9 OECD Countries The business of TV debates Televised... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
service program called Unis-Cite, in which youth, particularly from the disadvantaged immigrant population, volunteered nine months of their time to work on community projects. Based in Paris, France,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
Unfair. Undignified. Inappropriate, unprofessional, distasteful—and most of all, repugnant. To the wonder and surprise of Alvin E. Roth, a Harvard economist, these harsh words are often hoisted to describe an important task of his: designing and building new markets.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
change.” In the opinion of davidfinaz, employees walk through the door of their new employer with hidden skepticism based on previous work experience. “Organizations have a huge hurdle of mistrust to overcome.” Christopher Hunsicker... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
conversations with individual employees during this critical time. Conversations are the best way to get leaders and employees back into the practice of relating to one another in person. How are people doing? What challenges are they facing at View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
corporations such as Microsoft or Coca-Cola, particularly in Europe. Many NGOs, by the very nature of the work they do and the dedication of their staff and volunteers, attract the respect and admiration of many individuals. Nonprofits... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
they find most interesting and fulfilling: Do I like collaborative work? Do I tend to become the leader of groups in which I find myself? Have I ever volunteered to coach or tutor others? Do I find it intriguing to View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
to Jewish organizational life. Inspired by 30 years of pioneering work by retail giant Leslie Wexner’s philanthropic focus on Jewish leadership, More Than Managing brings together diverse and remarkable thinkers to address challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
Publications 2014 AMACOM Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy By: Brown, Paul B., Charles F. Kiefer, and Leonard A. Schlesinger Abstract—It used to be that if you studied and worked... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
analysis suggests a need for caution: while information facilitates transactions, it also facilitates discrimination. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50258 Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50191 Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study By: Exley, Christine L., and Stephen J. Terry Abstract—Volunteers provide a large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
volunteering if this history is public rather than private. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50190 Observability Increases the Demand for Commitment Devices By: Exley,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
mark-plans backfire, consumer preferences shift, or tried-and-true practices fail to work in a new context. So is innovation just a low-odds crapshoot? In The Architecture of Innovation, Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner-one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
the optimal capital requirement is around 20%. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51305 The Empirical Economics of Online Attention By: Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince Abstract—In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
interdisciplinary, with economists and business historians joining together to confront theory with empirical evidence. Publisher's Link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415532716/ Working PapersNo Margin, No Mission? A Field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
School and the NASA Tournament Lab, many organizations "are finding that making open innovation work can be more complicated than it looks." Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
more or less effective. We develop these ideas in a multi-method study of a hospital emergency department (ED) redesign. Before the redesign, people coordinated in ad-hoc groupings, which provided flexibility because any nurse could work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
short rates works through the expectations hypothesis, while forward guidance on QE works through expected future bond risk premia. If a QE operation is expected to be undone in the near term, then its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne