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- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
need to get the wrong people off the bus, but what about the need to avoid putting the wrong people on the bus in the first place? As Capital One's CEO, Richard Fairbank, put it several years ago, "At most companies, people spend 2... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
Inner Angels and Demons: What We Have Learned About Want/Should Conflicts and How That Knowledge Can Help Us Reduce Short-Sighted Decision Making Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Although observers of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
question—it’s clear.” Simply put, inefficiencies in the development of precision medicine can best be addressed by a business-analysis approach. With the mapping of the human genome completed 15 years ago, the sci-fi concept of using a... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
were unable to provide new loans to underwrite company growth. “The recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.” Even large companies that could ordinarily rely on public equity or debt markets discovered that both were effectively... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2023
- Case
Interior Collab
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
After venture capital-funded online interior design agency Homepolish collapsed, its former freelance designers met to discuss next steps. The bitter experience led some of them to create a workers’ collaborative called Interior Collab. The founding members needed to... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard system has cut a path in business as a more rigorous way to measure performance by quantifying what had been considered intangible assets, such as human capital, information, and culture. The system... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- April 2006 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
Peoplepower, Inc.: The Republic of the Philippines
By: Noel Maurer
In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and other professionals. The same trade agreement, however, means opening the country's... View Details
Keywords: Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Human Capital; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Japan; Philippines
Maurer, Noel. "Peoplepower, Inc.: The Republic of the Philippines." Harvard Business School Case 706-052, April 2006. (Revised June 2008.)
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55632 forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Active Choice, Implicit Defaults, and the Incentive to Choose By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
disclosure. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50424 forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
opportunities that they did have. The relative inflexibility has crept in since the 1970s—and not just for reasons internal to the company. The second reason is that they had the human capital, knowledge, and skills to take advantage of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-039.pdf Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked Authors:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable donations are rationalized by two human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
30,000 megawatts of power, would change the face of European energy networks, use new technology, and help several European countries meet their Kyoto targets for reducing CO2. The issues are whether a small company like Airtricity has the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
cohesiveness, freedom of speech, and non-violence. Greece badly needs the creative destruction brought by the forces of competition—not a destruction brought by outdated and failed political views. However, with both financial and human... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
investment against cash flow to survive in a highly cyclical business. Such skills are usually transferable to new environments—and are the most portable type of human capital other than general management... View Details
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by saving more? A recent working... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
the pyramid have found other ways to distinguish themselves, going beyond buying things that are expensive," Bellezza says. Luxury marketers should be aware of the different ways that people display status and they may find ways to View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
Rings'—capital T, capital R—are arguably one of the most recognized brand symbols in the world. By definition, companies want to cobrand with the Olympics, at least when they aren't laden with problems. Big names such as Coca-Cola (an... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
capital and labor. Opportunity-seeking entrepreneurs are plentiful: They can gain access to human and financial capital; they can overcome barriers to entry; and they can succeed in economic, social, and... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- Article
Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The survey first examines the magnitude of immigration as an economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers into... View Details
Keywords: Surveys; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Immigration; Economic Systems; Human Capital; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Fluctuation; Situation or Environment; Labor and Management Relations; United States; Europe
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey." Finnish Economic Papers 24, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 1–32.