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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
large crowd of students in Burden Auditorium and those who watched a simulcast in the overflow area in Spangler. What successful enterprises have done in the past has worked, he noted, using IBM as an... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
destabilize Kenya, while others claimed it was an important step towards lasting peace. The Kenya scenario presents many aspects for consideration, including the wisdom of the ICC's involvement (given the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
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 partially crowd out the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Shiv, and Rebecca M.C. Spencer Abstract—Conventional wisdom and studies of unconscious processing suggest that sleeping on a choice may improve decision making. Though sleep has been shown to benefit several... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
provider of a whole range of services—parking, fuel-price data, intermodal routing—centered on the connected car. Although the majority of our data comes directly from... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
financial incentives do not appear to crowd it out. Third, the responses to both types of incentives are stronger when their relative value is higher. Indeed, financial rewards are effective at motivating... 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
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
for the launch by an unknown start-up, considering the wisdom of taking a B2C rather than B2B approach with a novel technology, and using analogous products to forecast demand and sales for a new technology.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
Using the example of Indian firms, we show that an influential finding is reversed when we take these differences into account. We further argue that the conventional wisdom about tunneling and business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace by Guhan Subramanian (W.W. Norton) Today’s marketplace is filled with business transactions that include elements of both negotiations and auctions, yet the received View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Class Day, Commencement Mark New Beginning for Newest Alumni
crisis and opted instead to relate lessons learned and wisdom acquired over his long career. “I am wildly optimistic about the future of America,” he said. “It is still one of... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
vary in their propensity to violate MAP policies and the depth by which they do so. Our inductive research approach documents managerial wisdom about MAP practices. We confront these insights from practice with a large empirical study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
avoid approaches that could undermine one another (e.g., economic incentives crowding out intrinsic incentives). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51300 Notes on Developing a Strategy and Designing a Company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
presence of agency conflicts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50792 Harvard Business School Case 317-007 Fitbit In 2016, Fitbit remained the world’s leading producer of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
and harness the wisdom of crowds. Most organizations, however, don't find it easy or natural to use these new tools initially. And executives see many possible pitfalls associated with them. Enterprise 2.0... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective
app provided great fun as we all shared our memories over the weekend and beyond. #2 – The Welcome When we arrived at the Spangler Center, we were not only greeted by the wonderful Peek Weekend team, but given our case studies, HBS Peek tees, The View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
Publications 2006 University of Chicago Press Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education By: Anteby, Michel Abstract—Corporate accountability is never far from the front page,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne