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Events - Creating Emerging Markets
the interviews undertaken by the Creating Emerging Markets project can be used in research. The speakers were Susie Pak (St. John’s), Valeria Giacomin (Bocconi) and Sudev Sheth (Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania). Feb 06 6 FEB 2023 Zoom Using Oral History in... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007
and economics. A focal attribute of communication is miscommunication. We model this key characteristic as a noise in the messages communicated, so that the sender of a message is uncertain about its perception by the receiver, and then identify the strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Online Management Course | HBS Online
Differentiate between the myths and realities of management, and learn how to adopt and leverage processes to your advantage. Highlights Managing vs. Leading Columbia Space Mission Case Process: The DNA of Management Show Hide Details Case View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
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and impact of ERM, but the studies are inconsistent and inconclusive, due, we believe, to an inadequate specification of how ERM is used in practice. Based on a ten-year field project, over 250 interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
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https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49214 Working Papers Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract— A firm's costs are typically tightly guarded secrets. However, across a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
stronger for jobs in more digital industries.” The research team also found that weak ties are more important for people engaged in remote work, where they might not hear the latest information in their field around the proverbial water... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Apr 2008
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and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
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Qualitative Analysis, edited by Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu. Stanford University Press, forthcoming Abstract This chapter assesses the contribution of contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia to the field of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2011
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The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
creating effective cultures. A 2010 Conference Board study revealed that only 45 percent of US workers were satisfied with their jobs—the lowest level in the history of the survey. Our Q&A with Heskett begins with that dour figure.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jun 2007
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Intrapersonal Conflict Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between how people anticipate preferences and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or pharmacy pick-up a requirement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
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Colleen Ammerman, director of the Gender Initiative at HBS. And yet it hasn’t been thoroughly studied in the context of organizational behavior and social psychology. But with more scholars investigating the organizational factors that... View Details
- 10 May 2022
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Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
The research offers a cautionary tale for would-be entrepreneurs, identifying industries where the self-employed have both struggled and thrived. High-capital startups have declined Kerr says there’s clearly been a shift in the makeup of the self-employed since 1970... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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Health Care Curriculum - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
professional education programs for health professionals around the world, consists of conceptual frameworks and actual in-depth case studies of numerous health care provider organizations, health plans, and employers offering health... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
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Publications May-June 2015 Human Resource Management Back to the Future: Implications for the Field of HRM of the Multi-stakeholder Perspective Proposed 30 Years Ago By: Beer, Michael, Paul Boselie, and Chris Brewster Abstract—Thirty... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
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How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
find, and woo, the best ones. Q: You and your colleagues studied the postseason matchups of college bowl games and their impact on television viewership. What were your key findings? A: Having a good match between teams is a big... View Details
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the case... View Details
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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity
negotiations and more broadly on negotiation as a micro-mechanism of inequality. Judith Clair Judith Clair is an Associate Professor at Boston College in the Department of Management and Organization, located in the Carroll School of Management. Dr. Clair is... View Details
- 2018
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Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-062, January 2018.