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- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
the effects of ethnic ties on the aggregate volume of trade or the effects of ethnic ties on foreign direct investment (FDI) at the country level. In this paper, we add to the large and important collection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
This relationship between the tax preferences of institutional shareholders and firm payout policy could reflect dividend-averse institutions gravitating to low-dividend paying-firms or managers adapting their payout policies to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
effectively and efficiently measure the impact of Acumen’s portfolio companies. “We developed Lean Data as a smart way to listen to our customers and understand the impact of our products and services on their lives,” Kasia says. In the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
and perspectives. The authors explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout the firm. What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Making a Statement
the global health care system by fostering more effective leadership in health-related organizations. “My two years at HBS shaped my career,” he says. “I want to provide that opportunity to others, and it will be good for health care if... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
effects of climate change—as well as many, varied government policies trying to mitigate its effects—are also inspiring technological innovations that will give rise to new products, services, and business models in the coming years. How... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
team. They will be responsible for designing and maintaining the business continuity and disaster recovery management plan, ensuring a robust and effective response to potential disasters. Process: Maintaining the plan iteratively and... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online
real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the case study model of the course, and I thought the course was very manageable on top of a full-time job." Abby Katz Senior Marketing Manager at Mavrck Effectively lead... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
Christopher Stanton Abstract—Wage rigidity creates real and financial frictions, though the real-world drivers of rigidities remain largely unstudied. We use staggered commission reductions at a sales firm to estimate effects on worker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
developing leaders effective in collaborative, global organizations. True North Groups is also the title of the new book I have written with coauthor Doug Baker, a pioneer in the small-group movement. Having participated in two True North... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
We conclude with directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55591 February 2019 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Does It Matter If Your Health Insurer Is For Profit? Effects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage - Course Catalog
Educational objectives This course aims to give students a mastery of all aspects of competitive advantage to make them more effective at diagnosing and developing great strategy. The course examines the role and structure of competitive... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
says. "Their advice reflected that." Corporate Field Studies Zhang and her faculty advisors hope to study the effects of rediscovery in a corporate setting, where mentorship and training programs are often... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in... View Details
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2025 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 9 student essays that highlights their View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
Summing Up Those offering insights into ways to make the corporate brain function more effectively suggest that the corporate brain may be as complex as its biological counterpart. Respondents alternatively focused on learning, constant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. Optimism and pessimism are strong, stable traits that reflect our coping strategies. We live in an... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- Blog Post
Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering
We caught up with Andrea Coravos (HBS 2017) after a Q&A she did with the MBA Voices blog during her second year at HBS. Coravos reflects on her time at HBS and how she transitioned into digital health and engineering following a... View Details
- 31 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”
Reflections on the right fit Surveying her career at Amazon to date, Tiffany believes she has found “a special place” that’s particularly suited to her ambitions. “They encourage people to move around a lot, both functionally and across... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
in press More Than Managing: The Relentless Pursuit of Effective Jewish Leadership Nudging as a Tool for Leaders By: Bazerman, Max Abstract—Jewish organizational life is inundated with publications on organizational change and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne