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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
destroyed by Katrina and abandoned. © futurewalk Every charter school operates under a five-year performance contract with its authorizer (usually the state department of education or a university). The school is subject to the same state View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
"stakeholder" view of corporate governance. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209090 Buildings and Energy Harvard Business School Case 708-024 Presents data on opportunities to conserve energy in buildings, which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
involved in Scranton, a city just over two hours away from New York with the potential to outgrow its punch-line status and draw millennials looking for affordable housing and a higher quality of life. Then, over lunch at Caravia, a... View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
the new product, taking into account the novel aspects of the RKS guitar. Alternatively, the company could find a marketing partner or license its novel design to a bigger player. Rich in descriptions of consumer behavior that enable a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
firms' hierarchies. Our findings have important implications for studying innovation in the knowledge-based economy. Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment? Authors:Joanne Horton, George Serafeim, and Ioanna Serafeim Publication:Contemporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
success in China was tough. The country may be huge, Kirkwood advised, but in an elephantine market, it was best to "be a grasshopper." And when it came to payments and accounts receivable - forget credit - "cash equals quality." Joining... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
management. The authors provide first-hand accounts of M&A transactions that they led or were involved in, assessing each from an insider perspective and outlining the key success factors and pitfalls. The book concludes with practical... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
level of specialization in cardiovascular care and the quality of its clinical performance on cardiovascular patients. We find that, on average, focus has a positive effect on quality performance. We then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
the Dimitri V. d’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 chair. “In reality, there’s often an inverse correlation between those two things. Having said that, if you look at the quality of ideas that have converted into real businesses over the past... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
historical account of their humble origins, lack of resources, and determined struggle against the odds. We identify two essential dimensions of an underdog biography: external disadvantage, and passion and determination. We demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
health care has led her to study nurses, who, as direct care providers, are at the center of the web of supply chains of equipment, supplies, medications, and even physicians. Singer received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
business consequences. Using publicly available information, researchers can see how similar or different decision makers are and compare decision quality on the basis of investments’ performance. After examining tens of thousands of VC... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
employer-employee data. Unlike most previous work, we use the firm as the lens of analysis to account for a greater level of heterogeneity and the fact that many skilled immigrant admissions are driven by firms themselves (e.g., the H-1B... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
at Harvard Business School. He has published extensively on the challenges of accountability and performance management facing nonprofit organizations, including the award-winning book NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
accounting for both personal and social activity, and encourage customers to interact with each other postadoption. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54735 January–February 2018 Organization Science Gender... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
resulting in such a switch. Download the paper: http://nocke.vwl.uni-mannheim.de/fileadmin/user_upload/nocke/papers/EsoNockeWhite-RJE-2010.pdf Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting Authors:S.P. Kothari,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
major corporations such as Chemical Bank, General Electric, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, and the Arthur Young accounting partnership. He was in demand as a speaker, giving talks in English, Dutch, French, and German. Uyterhoeven served as... View Details