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- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
a challenge for researchers who wish to study them and for the governments, business leaders, and citizens striving to improve life quality in them. The limitations of the dominant development paradigm coupled with the need to focus on consumers View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for industrial parts and suppliers.... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
Beringer's deal certainly provides Foster's with greater distribution clout. Foster's expects to use Beringer's strong position in the U.S. to enhance the sales of its Mildara Blass wines there. Furthermore, the company hopes to use its... View Details
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
"There are almost no politicians in their 60s who are able to provide the necessary leadership and coherence," he told the group. "The bureacrats are good at dealing with things within their sector, but when it requires... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
toward risk. A promotion focus leads to risk-seeking behaviors, while a prevention focus leads to risk avoidance (Study 3). Through higher levels of dishonesty, promotion focus also results in higher levels of virtuous behavior (Studies 2 and 3), thus View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
equity—grew from 8 percent to 66 percent. Almost all of that was due to option programs that made relatively poor use of market information and were poorly designed. The compensation committees rely on consultants to provide market-based... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
the layoffs one by one? What rationale did they provide to the employees? What kinds of benefits did they offer them? What kind of reactions did people have, and how did the managers handle those reactions? What happened inside the... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
blockbuster approach. In the book, I provide several examples, from Apple to Red Bull and from Victoria's Secret to Burberry. And I describe in depth how the blockbuster strategy is increasingly carrying the day in the hospitality sector,... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
product. But from a four-drive point of view, this is a serious loss for American society. The economist Benjamin Friedman has found evidence that a steadily rising standard of living provides not only material benefits but also moral and... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
risks for physicians on innovation may be positive or negative, depending on the characteristics of the technology. Empirically, we find that, on average, laws that limit the liability exposure of healthcare providers are associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
Hildreth. “We provided evidence suggesting loyalty can be a good thing, but there is a big caveat, which is beware when you tell people what their loyalty demands because that can have a strong blinding aspect to it.” In the case of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
cinema," Khaire says—establishing a criteria of quality and providing a stamp of approval. In workshops, selected filmmakers were mentored to realize their projects. "I find it hard to believe that merely having an iPad will... View Details
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
community resource because it nourished the livestock that provided a foundation for the local agricultural economy. If the commons fell into disrepair—either through overuse or neglect—everyone suffered. Although taking care of the... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
host country on knowledge inflows to the subsidiary depends on subsidiary knowledge stock. Our findings show that as knowledge stock at the subsidiary grows, it absorbs more knowledge from the host country compared to the HQ. We additionally View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
soon as possible, not all teams will know how to provide the necessary support. Ng suggests a couple strategies: Observe others and take notes: If you don’t have regular workgroup meetings, consider asking your manager to suggest meetings... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United States was bankrupt. Individual states weren't required to... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
and to establish a foundation upon which intelligent progress can be made. We hope to address this need by providing leadership educators with a single reference that not only shares current best practices, but does so within a broad... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
all over the world can come and fully thrive," he added. "In my own personal experience," he continued, "that is what the School has been to me. So it troubles me deeply that this School is experienced by some as not View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
118,000 datasets for public use. "I cowrote the case in part to provide a field guide to suggest how to encourage data openness within organizations and even countries. Some countries, I think, would be better at it: Canada,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
from outside that you should be doing inside to create proprietary advantage? Regulatory, Macroeconomic, Political, Societal: Are there impending (or early) shifts in regulation, political power, or society that threaten to disrupt entrenched power bases and View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate