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- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
by national policy than they were by informal, local business deals. As Lurtz writes in her research summary, "Here coffee emerged in the hands of a diverse body of participants. Alongside foreign merchants and migrant planters, local... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
guess one could have accused me of being opportunistic in writing this book, but the fact is the book was finished last year and is only now getting published. I actually wrote my dissertation in 1998 on this topic. The common thread that got me started on studying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process
extends to authenticity during the interview itself. “The more authentic the company is, the easier it is for the student to understand if their natural brain and body works in this environment,” Hamilton said. For example, if a company... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
the bodies up there.’ We ignored that advice.”) Cohen is also proud of her part in effecting the transfer of authority over remote Midway Island from the Navy to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For decades, the Navy had restricted... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
Federal Reserve System, a new agency, or a coordinating body of existing regulators." On Capitol Hill, Barney Frank, the Democratic chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, initially championed the Fed as a systemic risk... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
learn to take those, so I can dance all night with you.” You know, like romantic lyrics. Like all of it. All of it. So these are some of the lyrics that are coming out in the new body of work. And I’m happy to have both the emotional... View Details
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
become too big to succeed? Of course neither prospect is particularly inviting. But if a growing body of data supports the notion that bigness is not necessarily good, particularly for customers and investors, should leaders of such large... View Details
- Profile
Hiroshi Mikitani
Sadly, he found their bodies at a makeshift morgue in a local school and he was deeply moved by the loss. “I realized in those days how tenuous our existence is,” he wrote in HBR. “We have only one life, and it must be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
children by 2030. They want to ensure that every child, regardless of income or background, achieves full brain and body development by age six. The digital platform offers content that is curated by a team of teachers, vetted by the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
painful reality of being Black in America. Because, guess what? Watching the repeated destruction of Black bodies hurts like hell. Thank you to everyone who reached out to check-in – it truly means a lot to me. But, I’m angry. I do not... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
took his life yesterday. There's a degree of trauma in the body and in the heart of so many people in my generation because the basic sense of trust and security has been ripped away from us, and that happened a long time ago. But there's... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Two well-documented problems can derail government programs to boost new venture activity. First, they can simply get it wrong: allocating funds and support in an inept or, even worse, counterproductive manner. Decisions that seem plausible within the halls of a... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
interplay between these two levels, we review research from two separate bodies of literature. Research in psychology and organizational behavior on candidate-employer negotiations sheds light on the effects of gender on Level One... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
a purist when it comes to principles. To me, free trade is always superior to managed trade because it is always more efficient Trade policy is essentially political, not economic It’s also relevant to ask which time horizon governs such political decisions. If a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
participate directly in the process, they don't ask the right questions. Leaders most typically choose members of their teams. There is a large body of literature that concerns a tendency of many leaders to choose those who have human... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
more because of those experiments. For example, casino hosts felt they had more leeway to overcomp a player based on experience with similar customers in the past, or by reading body language or other telltale signs that the customer was... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
for truly independent regulators is of considerable importance. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fulfills that function in the United States, but regulatory bodies abroad lack the clout of subpoena power and can be swayed by... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
professor Robert Simons has been adding to that body of knowledge and practice through an extensive research agenda that has resulted in numerous books, articles, and case studies. Working Knowledge editor Jim Aisner sat down recently... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- Profile
Paris Wallace
invaluable conception information. Ovuline collects a wide variety of information from health and wellness data points including menstrual cycle, cervical fluid, basal body temperature, nutrition, weight, sleep activity and more. Wallace... View Details
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
from ancient DNA), extending health lifespans – ‘curing the disease of aging’. We also look at feeder technologies that act as accelerants to the core technologies. These include ubiquitous networks that collect data on everything including what happens inside our... View Details