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- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
Working PapersGlobal Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This paper considers the risk management problem of an investor who holds a diversified portfolio of global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
rich collection of feasible governance structures. Our model focuses on two issues emphasized by practitioners: spillover effects (as opposed to hold-ups motivated by specific investments) and contracting problems ex post (as opposed to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
bringing them to market. Though this article presents the three diagnostics linearly, they are rarely conducted in a linear fashion. Teams or individuals searching for disruptive opportunities can start with any of them. The results of... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
leaders focus on the few things that produce results and experiences for the right customers; (3) the best service operating strategies don't require tradeoffs, so leaders foster "both/and" thinking in designing winning operating strategies; (4) great service... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
scandal offers important lessons for all companies, the first being: It’s not OK to look the other way when a leader crosses ethical lines. In the wake of #MeToo, a global campaign against sexual abuse and harassment that started in 2017,... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
basic material needs to concerns about the safety and quality of these products. When products did fail—as happened dramatically in the late 1950s with the antinausea drug Thalidomide—such cases became the focus of aggressive consumer group mobilizations that... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
future? George C. Lodge: Bureaucratic inertia is strong. Big organizations do not like change. There is considerable mutual suspicion among MNCs, NGOs, and multilateral organizations. They are all busy doing what they are doing. There are ideological View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
back to the time of Confucius," says Paine, "the primacy of personal relationships and interpersonal reciprocity has been paramount in China. This poses a problem for those who want to use strictly market criteria when choosing... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
man who also knows Why will always be his boss," before concluding that it's a "balance of 'Know Why' and 'Know How' that will generate results." Wisdom Chitedze, however, put purpose in a somewhat different perspective: "The View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
certain settings. In particular we find that the impact of the changes on problem solving, standardization of work, and coordination improve the way that the firm learns and its productivity. Using a detailed case study we document the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
staging an entrance that Gorgeous George would have been proud of, Kelleher got to business. Although he strained with all his might against his adversary's obvious physical advantages, Kelleher lost the match. "If it hadn't been for my hairline wrist fracture, my... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007
forces in a company's government, legal, and social environment. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707469 U.S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income Harvard Business School Note 207-085 Identifies several of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
product offerings, start treating the third party suppliers like partners, and invest in local distribution centers.” Other concerns included those associated with changing customer shopping habits, the use of new technologies, and... View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
two approaches to the question of whether businesses have human rights obligations. The “moral” approach conceives of human rights as antecedently existing basic moral rights. The “institutional” approach starts with contemporary human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
no one passes up the opportunity; 91 percent of those accepted started class this fall, a yield unmatched by any rival. HBS MBAs are in high demand in the job market. So where's the rub? “Conventional MBA programs train the wrong people... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
diplomacy, are not innate talents but can be learned. It lists problems that research has shown often occur in the process of seeking or giving advice, including being overconfident about one's own perspective, failing to seek advice from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
buying a car alone does not go against what you hold dearest, against what is your sense of identity, against what you think is appropriate and valuable, the way that radical new cultural products do. When women started using the car—that... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
uniting, becoming more “producer-friendly,” and consider the role within ASGM governance systems they are best suited to play (which may be none at all). Findings contribute to debates on the merits of increasing governance fragmentation and the role of political... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsBundling the Contracts: TA-Energy Harvard Business School Case 807-075 Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
economy continues to make it easier for users to share new ideas with companies, society, and each other. Large firms routinely host open innovation contests to solve problems big and small, and forums like Quora encourage citizens to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel