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- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that stimulate both private-sector adoption of the LEED standard and investments in green building expertise by local suppliers. These findings suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
Argentina report government corruption in their front page during the period 1998-2007 and correlate them with government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one standard deviation increase in monthly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
newspaper is a recipient of government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one standard deviation increase in monthly government advertising (0.26 million pesos of 2000) is associated with a reduction in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
find out how accurately this ratio predicted a stock’s returns, the authors gathered data from Standard & Poor’s Compustat and The Center for Research in Security Prices, or CRSP, and mutual fund holdings from Thomson Reuters S12.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
because luck prevails. Piketty (1995) had shown that a similar pattern could arise from standard preferences if initial beliefs about the relative importance of effort and luck in generating income differed across the two societies, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
jobs that provide a sense of dignity for individuals.” Terry is riding the crest of the electric vehicle wave. The White House has an aspirational target of 50% of all new cars sold in the U.S. being zero-emissions models by 2030. And President Biden has View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
writing some 75 comments have been submitted. Finally, I thought you would be interested in learning the most popular WK articles since we set up shop. You can see the results here. Thank you to our more than 2 million annual visitors who... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
market, such as retail, health care, and construction—that is, jobs insulated from global competition. Those changes have broken the back of America’s middle class in two ways. First, both trends put pressure on wages. They combined to View Details
- Web
From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology
Hackathon? Participating in the Hackathon provided an exciting opportunity for our team to learn about new AI tools that not everyone was as familiar with. We set out to create a bot to analyze big data that could be used for something... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
improve. The U.S. high-tech manufacturing community is perhaps furthest along with this effort; it has created a consortium called RosettaNet to develop standards at all required levels—from XML data formats to interaction scripts (called... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
& Gamble Aguirre said the company followed several guiding principles in setting its Latin American strategy. It focused on strong global and regional brands, on global product development efforts, and also followed a regional product... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
complex, society-wide issues behind the problems in our education system, and it will require strong leadership and a smart investment of resources — not just setting standards — to turn them around. You... View Details
- Web
2.5 Disciplinary Outcomes & Sanctions | MBA
2.5 Disciplinary Outcomes & Sanctions Warning A warning is a reprimand to a student whose behavior has violated the rules or standards of conduct of the community. Warnings can be issued either verbally (informal) or in writing (formal)... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
her competition—Macy’s—is now her partner. “When you are uncomfortable, you are learning and growing.” “When you are uncomfortable, you are learning and growing.” Beck has a remarkable ability to set high goals and achieve them.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
the potential to be a great business leader. We also have a responsibility to match our predecessors' careful planning and high standards as we develop our extraordinary campus. With last spring's groundbreaking for Hawes Hall, a building... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
Vallée explains. To that end, he and Célérier set out to quantify talent. To do so, they capitalized on data from French engineering schools. Measuring Talent In France, students are selected for engineering programs based solely on their... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
are not uniformly painful issues for all water systems,” Nicole said. “For example, Los Angeles already exceeds the compliance standards set in May by the EPA.” Instead, Nicole worried that the new... View Details
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
What do you think? To read more: Michael Maccoby, Why Work: Motivating and Leading the New Generation. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Original Article Two recent books offer views of the roles of managers and leaders. The first, Know-How, by Ram Charan, View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative work, especially in settings where intellectual property protection is weak. We also connect collaborative patents to the ethnic composition of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This
study was a concern that people aren’t saving enough, and that as a result, they won’t have an adequate standard of living in old age.” Beshears is part of the School’s Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets unit, where he researches... View Details