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- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
two approaches to the question of whether businesses have human rights obligations. The “moral” approach conceives of human rights as antecedently existing basic moral rights. The “institutional” approach starts with contemporary human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
immediate partners, the participants in the programs, their superiors, and others. It is a problem when expectations soar too high. "A hundred-percent participation rate in your [HIV/AIDS] program may be unrealistic, given the state... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
reversed, he says. The next scene shows the plant's general manager. Maybe we can't save the plant, he declares, but we can make them feel really stupid for deciding to close it. That's exactly what plant workers did. With nothing to gain, they built cars so well that... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
parts. Implications for diversity research are discussed. Working PapersUnobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem Authors:Faisal Z. Ahmed and Eric Werker Abstract Autocrats experiencing a windfall in unearned income... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
established practice. Companies have hired writers and chief content officers to run departments as well as create blogs and other materials—in the process, some have assured sales people that content marketing can mean the end of cold... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
different economic paths in relation to Russia even though they all had similar starting points. "Some countries thought the dependence on Russia was perfectly fine, and a reason to re-integrate with Russia," Abdelal explained.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsBundling the Contracts: TA-Energy Harvard Business School Case 807-075 Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
economy continues to make it easier for users to share new ideas with companies, society, and each other. Large firms routinely host open innovation contests to solve problems big and small, and forums like Quora encourage citizens to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
maintenance and repair parts and equipment in the U.S., had just held its November 2014 board meeting. The meeting had been productive but not without some soul searching for both the company’s management team and financial sponsors. Was now the right time to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
prompted a new research paper that starts to investigate ways to make these patents less volatile and more efficient—and makes the case for increased government involvement. "Standards are ubiquitous and necessary," says Josh... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
and the fluidity of most work structures mean that it's not really about creating effective teams anymore, but instead about leading effective teaming. Teaming shows that organizations learn when the flexible, fluid collaborations they encompass are able to learn. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
social responsibility evolving during the current recession? A: There is no doubt that corporations are engaging in less philanthropy, but that is not necessarily bad as long as they cut the ineffective ones and consolidate those that are synergistic to their business.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
its human capital," says Rivkin. "So if we're really falling down in that arena, we have an economic problem so important that business leaders can't sit on the sidelines." On the positive side, this could be a promising... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
balanced scorecard data from a convenience store chain, Store24, during the implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful, strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
decade I believe the research agenda at business schools will be driven by the desire to apply management principles to addressing complex social problems (like balancing energy security with environmental sustainability), whose solutions... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
the workforce. Companies also pay a price, both directly and indirectly, often in ways they don’t fully understand, the report found. The Gazette spoke with its author Joseph B. Fuller, professor of management practice and co-chair of the Managing the Future of Work... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 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
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
don't get it, there's a problem here." But it just doesn't get picked up in the sea of all the other information that's out there. When I presented early versions of this paper, people just couldn't believe that the press could... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
to as "user-centered design." Yet, analysis of design-intensive manufacturers such as Alessi, Artemide and other leading Italian firms, show that their innovation process hardly starts from a close observation of user needs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
doesn't get you anywhere in terms of integration or long-term capability building. I would really like to see some companies start to experiment with a different approach to alliances: one that focuses on fewer, but deeper relationships.... View Details