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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
older among us; or, if we fail in that, at least the younger generation will have grown up with a presumption of incorrectness for the things that they read online. Rafael Di Tella: What Rawi is describing,... View Details
- 1997
- Chapter
Frontiers of Online Financial Services
By: R. Kalakota and F. Frei
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The art of thinking creatively
presence was the only thing missing at HBS when I went there,” says Schwartz, founder and CEO of Onex Corp., a Toronto-based private-equity and investment firm. “I wanted to change that.” Offices at Onex,... View Details
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
a more holistic approach in hiring and get rid of the tunnel vision on managing productivity, Minor says. “Even if you don’t care about people and all you want to do is make more money, you still should care about hiring people who care... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
general manager was granted autonomy, capital, and freedom to recruit star engineers from other divisions. D'Arbeloff presided as chairman of Aurora's board of directors, believing that, "with View Details
- 05 Jul 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?
distribution channel on overall inventory levels and costs. One thing that may have helped generate the HBS offer was an experiment I performed using my own crude version of what would become known as the... View Details
- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
complete dread of one day dropping her off at college, marking the passing of the 18 summers that I get to spend with her before she grows up. And I have been unfortunate to see friends suffer from... View Details
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
create an opportunity for executives to reshape their management ranks by advancing women and people of color, allowing companies to address racial inequities and build more diverse workforces, Zhang says. Zhang’s study, Shaking View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
deal that brings some rationality to the valuation of Internet stocks. These are just some generic strategies, of course. Your viability as a nonconsolidator will depend... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
but achievements are equally driven by envy, greed, and fear, so emotions surrounding achievement can pull you in very different ways. How your values play in is another component to achievement. What are the kinds of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
demonstrates that when employees can see their customers, the beneficiaries of their efforts, the quality and efficiency of the service they deliver can actually improve. Studies in food service show how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
work frequently explores the domains of crowdsourcing, free digital goods, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He worked in the cybersecurity field for nearly a decade before returning to academia. Research Nexleaf Analytics:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
previous iteration, the new Cooper Hewitt “finds that merely looking at things is a hopelessly passive way of experiencing the world.” The museum work was familiar territory: Belsky’s career has focused on... View Details
- Web
2.3.10 Use of the Harvard Name - MBA
name Harvard, or of any of the schools within the University, in web site identifications, e-mail addresses, and Internet addresses requires advance permission View Details
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
Cases about extreme circumstances force students to think outside their usual domains. A second possibility is that the DNI becomes a mere figurehead for the intelligence community and a new layer of bureaucracy. That's the last View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
of checked that. The second way is that coaches and entrepreneurs found each other, and while coaches were willing to take on raw recruits, they wanted them to be coachable. SS: So what are the implications then for a business that wants... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- November 2020
- Article
When the Boss Comes to Town: The Effects of Headquarters' Visits on Facility-Level Misconduct
By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
We study the effects of headquarters’ visits on facility-level misconduct. We use the staggered introduction of airline routes to identify exogenous travel-time reductions between headquarters and facilities and test whether such reductions affect facility-level... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Visits By Management; Flight Routes; Control Systems; Compliance Programs; Performance Pressure; Business or Company Management; Management Systems; Governance Controls; Governance Compliance; Performance Expectations
Heese, Jonas, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "When the Boss Comes to Town: The Effects of Headquarters' Visits on Facility-Level Misconduct." Accounting Review 95, no. 6 (November 2020): 235–261.
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
While IT provides "very good, detailed, fact-based data," according to Berg, nothing substitutes for walking the stores to get an intuitive sense of how things are working out. Added conference... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- Fall 2021
- Article
Strategy as a Way of Life: Businesses Must Root Strategy in Moral Purpose to Thrive in a Complex, Rapidly Changing World
By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
Doing the ordinary things in life a little bit better every day elevates individuals. All of us gained mother's wisdom by living with her, by watching her from behind her, by being scolded by her, and being told over and over again, to be honest, not to tell a lie or... View Details
Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Hirotaka Takeuchi. "Strategy as a Way of Life: Businesses Must Root Strategy in Moral Purpose to Thrive in a Complex, Rapidly Changing World." MIT Sloan Management Review 63, no. 1 (Fall 2021): 56–63.
- 06 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Art of American Advertising
compared with modern marketing techniques, the Reconstruction Era actually shared some advertising commonalities with the dot-com boom. "The rise of the Internet in the 1990s had an enormous impact on... View Details