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20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

Non-Repatriation of Foreign Cash Negatively Affect U.S. Firms’ Operations? Evidence from Product Market Competitiveness By: Alhusaini, Badryah, Rick Laux, Henock Louis, and Anywhere Sikochi Abstract—Cash holdings provide the crucial... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market Authors:Santosh Anagol, Shawn Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract We conduct a series of field experiments to evaluate two competing views of the role of financial service intermediaries in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

may have incentive to use competitors' software in their dashboards, provided they have asymmetric profit strategies (car sales vs. value-added services). "Firms' business models today are increasingly multisided, which allows them to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

instead provide distraction by answering something they would rather have been asked. And what is more, oftentimes their listeners either do not notice the verbal sleight of hand or do not mind it. New research by Todd Rogers (HBS Ph.D... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

out whatever added research (perhaps using tools such as the Internet that didn't exist a few years ago) they feel necessary on which to base a recommendation. One objective is to provide added practice in framing problems as well as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

which concerns itself with research in supply chain management. The paper attempts to provide some context for those addressing issues of sustainability. Its intent is to get us beyond questions such as, Is sustainability desirable? or... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

focus events, and maintaining executive dedication to execute the initiative. The case provides a generalizable example for AHCs of how applying explicit management design can foster robust organizational change with relatively modest... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

areas. Nestlé, for example, redesigned its coffee procurement processes, working intensively with small farmers in impoverished areas who were trapped in a cycle of low productivity, poor quality, and environmental degradation. Nestlé View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

argued that businessmen who “take seriously their responsibilities for providing employment, eliminating discrimination, avoiding pollution or whatever else. . . are preaching pure and unadulterated socialism.” Does this make Larry Fink a... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

comprehend what they may mean. But other times I know I need help. This is one of those times. Just two decades ago, we didn't have Google and other information sources; storage constraints would not have permitted Google to provide... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

order to do so, they need the help of foreign "investors" that are familiar with the frontier. Of course, these foreign partners will not do all the work. Domestic companies need to provide certain inputs and exert effort.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

versus items they should buy (salad). In their research on online grocery-buying habits and DVD rentals, Harvard Business School's Katy Milkman and Todd Rogers, along with Professor Max Bazerman, provide insights on the want-should... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

violates the norm. From a social point of view, this is quite ingenious. In groups with helping norms, there will always be some people who try to exploit the friendliness of others. The anger displayed in the experiment protects the group from such exploitation. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

what they want and when they don't. . . . In the case of a new cell phone, I don't know what I want. . . . Here's where companies make the mistake of competing on technical features for short-term gains instead of providing customers with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

might be taken in admissions to sort out the "bad apples," the primary responsibility of business schools is to provide a place where ethics and values can be discussed by all, rather than just those clearing some admissions... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

comprehensive and shareable information on their suppliers; Broadview, a global M&A adviser and private equity investor focusing exclusively on the IT, communications, and media industries; and SCB Enterprise Solutions, an off-site View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

that occurs when group members reflect seems integral to the creative process." Sometimes, literally sleeping on an idea —perhaps dreaming about it — is enough to provide the necessary perspective and get a group moving from... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

August 5, Bazerman documents a decade of research showing how and why many leaders fail to detect critical information in their midst. "This book will help you recognize when to seek more useful information and apply it to your decisions," he writes. "It... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

followed a series of events that seriously damaged ChuoAoyama's reputation. We use these events to provide evidence on the importance of auditors' reputation for quality in a setting where litigation plays essentially no role. Around one... View Details