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- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
values can we infer from President Trump’s new tax plan? In the past few weeks, a number of commentaries have excoriated or celebrated the plan, but most have relied on conventional wisdom such as... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
drew large crowds of shoppers who came to see the entrepreneur, have a makeover, and sample her products. She had learned early on that touching her customers was a very effective way View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- News
“A Unique Leadership Experience”
his mission ends in May. The GMP program, was “the best commander training I had,” he told the assembled crowd from some 220 miles above the Earth. Behind Virts, the sun reflected off the space station’s solar arrays, visible through two... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Woman in the House
Journal Gazette (October 21, 2003). The swearing-in ceremony included an audience of eight hundred enthusiastic supporters, a high-school band, and a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem. “The... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
this effect drives advisor reactions to one of the most widely recommended advice-seeking strategies: seeking advice from multiple advisors to leverage the wisdom of crowds.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
Publications In press Chap. 1 in Business Models and Modelling The Business Model: Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron Abstract—This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
were virtually unaffected.) These numbers should be of interest to policymakers in developed countries, Nanda says. "This goes against the conventional wisdom held in government policy circles and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
Industry? Myth vs. Reality" (forthcoming in the Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising), Silk and coauthor Kip King take aim at the conventional wisdom that the ad industry has become highly... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
The Program for Global Leadership assembles senior executives from organizations worldwide who participate and interact in a unique, multi-phased educational process. The program's unusual structure helps them to gain fresh insight about the forces View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
while Columbia Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps argues that a little altruism might be the right prescription for a variety of market imperfections. Creative Capitalism is not just a book for philanthropists. It's a book that challenges the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Publications December 2014 Academy of Management Journal Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises By: Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
demonstrate, a coordination perspective helps resolve some empirical puzzles, but it also represents a challenge to received wisdom grounded in the salience of cooperation. To stimulate future research, we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce a "greedy" signal and hence crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the strength of this greedy signal is normally unobserved,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
those on the receiving end. However, our data do suggest a high level of psychological engagement that we did not anticipate based on conventional wisdom and our reading of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
associated with private money creation, the government should tilt its issuance more towards short maturities. The idea is that the government may have a comparative advantage relative to the private sector in bearing refinancing risk and, hence, should aim to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
performance. It's all too easy for senior managers to become swamped in the operational details of managing a business. What gets crowded out are tough and honest conversations about the fundamental issues... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- Web
2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom 28 FEB–01 MAR 2013 Home Videos Agenda Location: Harvard Business School Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
optimistic about young people from 18 to 29, citing their high energy and entrepreneurial spirit. Combining those youthful traits with the wisdom of baby boomers is a pairing View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
the risk of making snap judgments about people based on the wrong clues. For example, research refutes the street wisdom that poor eye contact is a sign of deceit. Shyness,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
corporate governance in emerging economies, and we think the conventional wisdom about the economically important topics of tunneling and business groups will need to be significantly questioned and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace