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28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

and a lack of foreign competition. This is the environment that allowed the GM's and IBM's of the world to grow, dominate, and achieve previously unseen levels of corporate success. "What's going on now is a return to an earlier more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Dec 2015
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Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

human nature and organizations and performance,” Iansiti says. “The case shows that in any kind of environment, you’ve got to know your stuff. So from this perspective you can’t go ahead and accuse somebody of deflating a football without... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

helping the environment or encouraged to drill for carbon-based fuels? How do we fund government programs such as health care and entitlements? How big should government be? "...it would be constructive to have a discussion about... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2007
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Are Great Teams Less Productive?

individual, or a work group, or an entire organization. Q: Is there a natural relationship between learning and performance? How and when does it become problematic and create tension? A: There is a natural... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

close association between the characteristics of actors’ environment and the processes of network formation among actors. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50445 Accounting Data, Market Values, and the Cross... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

financial performance, they overlook the greatest unmet needs in the market as well as broader influences on their long-term success. Why else would companies ignore the well-being of their customers, the depletion of natural resources... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This article examines, in a series of four studies, the nature and impact of implicit voice theories-largely taken-for-granted beliefs about when and why speaking up at work is risky or... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

warned. "Business cannot sit this one out" and ignore reality, he said. Yet the nature of any given industry today presents business with unique challenges. One session of the conference focused specifically on supply chains,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

people were willing to be tempted. Basic fear. Barry R. Goldsmith, executive vice president of enforcement for the National Association of Securities Dealers, who has worked in enforcement for eighteen years, suggested that enforcement by its View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3

Research Authors:Ruth Wageman, Heidi K. Gardner, and Mark Mortensen Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior 33, no. 3 (April 2012) Abstract The nature of collaboration has been changing at an accelerating pace, particularly in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr Abstract We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Supplement

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal

The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details

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07 Jul 2003
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The Organizational Model for Open Source

three projects: Debian, a complete non-commercial distribution of Linux; the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME), which is a graphical user interface for Linux-based operating systems; and Apache, a public domain open source Web server.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Santos Abstract—The breadth of human generosity is unparalleled in the natural world, and much research has explored the mechanisms underlying and motivating human prosocial behavior. Recent work has focused on the spread of prosocial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

consequence of these developments, these firms now face a wide variety of governmental regulations and institutional environments around the world. In short, tightly integrated global operations with a rising reliance on foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

made up 46.7 percent of the US labor force, and filled more than half of management, professional, and related occupations. If the strategy was to get more women in the workplace and let them naturally ascend to positions of upper... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Scientist 52, no. 6 (2009): 885-904 Abstract This article provides a critical reflection on the heavily normative nature of current accountability debates. In particular, it explores three streams of normative discourse on nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane: The nature of competition is changing rapidly. Drivers such as globalization, deregulation, and technological change are opening opportunities for the development of new, original business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

of press. Proponents hail them as "flat" environments that foster flexibility, engagement, productivity, and efficiency. Critics say they're naive, unrealistic experiments. We argue, using evidence from a multi-year research agenda at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

organization theory. Theoretical consilience will enable the accumulation of empirical research into a cohesive body of knowledge on entrepreneurial resource mobilization. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55593 forthcoming View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

February 2, 2016

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How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

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Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)

The Organizational Model for Open Source

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The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

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Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

July 5, 2016

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