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07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

earned (vs.) that which is inherited Each member of society must contribute to society's wealth by building their own and sharing Once you die, the wealth gets transferred to society." Carlos Avendano made the point that wealth eventually flows to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

complex. The deal was proof-of-concept for Fluidity, which hoped to develop a business digitizing securities issuance for other real estate assets on the basis of its technical facility with blockchain technology in conjunction with its... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

will defend you," Avery tells brand managers. "If people start bashing a beloved brand, there is a ready group of organized consumers who swoop in and say, 'Don't beat up our brand!' Treating your communities well during good View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

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Judges - Alumni

Investors can only take in so much information in one meeting #2 - Be clear on why YOU are the best person to lead this company. As an investor, I am always looking for strong "founder business fit" #3 - Be clear on why NOW is the time... View Details

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

conclude, after one century of banking crisis this is the best of times for Mexican banking. Publisher's link: http://www.library.hbs.edu/forms/purchaseform/ November 2014 Journal of Competition Law & Economics Leveraging Market Power... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

the neglect of the others. When this happens, even the emphasized drive will in time become frustrated. To maintain a reasonable balance among the drives requires hands-on steering by the leadership of the organization. Like riding a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

to make time for both. You Have More Choices than You Think Ambitious people tend to pursue demanding careers. As they advance, many professionals cannot help but wonder about the state of their personal lives. What do they owe, and want... View Details

Research Summary

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

book, which grew out of background notes Moss wrote for his MBA students, is a nontechnical, accessible explanation of broad concepts such as "output," "money," and "expectations"—as well as more specific ones ranging from View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

decided to fire Easterbrook without cause and allow him to keep $105 million in stock and options. Easterbrook fulfilled his promise, saying publicly that he “acknowledges his error in judgment” and that he was “deeply grateful” for his View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

not enthusiastic about spending a lot of time on the Internet. I think that settling for "virtual" anything is a real loss. There's so much texture to life that is lost if you only experience it on a screen... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

04 Sep 2019
Blog Post

A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

people start companies, I knew that this was the best program for me.” Stan had already gained an impressive amount of experience at Microsoft where he worked on operating systems and with online payments technology, responsibilities that... View Details

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52838 July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Stop the Meeting Madness: How to Free Up Time for Meaningful Work By: Perlow, Leslie, Constance Noonan Hadley, and Eunice Eun Abstract—Many... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

next? Key Themes: As a public pension plan, CalSTRS operates in the context of a complex array of stakeholders, who from time to time push for divestment or other values-driven investment decisions. And yet,... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Simmons Family Endows Professorship

and make time for family life, believe in hard work, and support their communities. The family recently established a fund to create the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professorship of Business Administration at HBS. In announcing the chair,... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

Sometimes, thinking outside the box isn’t ambitious enough to get real innovation flowing. In her new book, Rosabeth Moss Kanter encourages organization leaders to think much more broadly at what restricts creativity and how to overcome... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

awakening in the last couple years around diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Is this moment leading to real change, in your view? Frances Frei: I totally agree there’s been an awakening, and I think what’s different about... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

managed for the long term." The research team was interested in several issues: Do short-term companies attract a particular kind of investor? Is investing in these firms riskier than investing in companies with longer-term time horizons?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

coming from China,” Cavallo says. “That share has dropped to 70 percent.” That means countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam may be the real winners of the US-China trade war, hurting China in decreased exports even while they’ve... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he resolved. He would save everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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