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  • 21 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

that shadowy area between the clear light of right-doing and the clear light of wrong-doing. What the jurors in Houston in effect told us is to forget about pushing the limits of legal compliance. They told us that what we need is a more centered View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations Authors:Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana Abstract We develop an institutional theory of how local communities continue to matter for organizations, and why... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

The Roman god Janus had two sets of eyes—one pair focusing on what lay behind, the other on what lay ahead. General managers and corporate executives should be able to relate. They, too, must constantly look... View Details
Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Technology & Innovation Professor of Business Policy, INSEAD “Michael Porter’s stature as the preeminent business strategist in the world is unassailable. He invented the theory of competitive advantage and continues to innovate insights... View Details
  • 30 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

production, foreign investment, and trade of both final and intermediate goods by multinational corporations. Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects host economies. This paper reviews the main View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

on track. Underpinning his advice with research and illustrating it with stories from others’ successes, Barnett lays out practical, step-by-step processes to help readers realize their goals. Money, Murder, and Madness: A Banking Life by... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 26

Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms Authors:Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

energizes and draws on imaginative thinking. Managers tend instinctively to delegate; leaders like to get involved in working toward solutions to substantive problems. The picture in business today (along with government) is bleak. The mantra today is to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 12, 2016

practice, disciplinary rigor, and successful search for powerful generalizations help explain the lasting impact of their 1965 book, A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations. Central to their argument are three important... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

Handbook of Organizational Creativity, edited by Jing Zhou and Christina E. Shalley. Psychology Press, 2007 Abstract We use the componential theory of creativity as a framework for describing the ways in which researchers can study... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

organizations as well as customer pressure from individual investors are critical in mitigating free-rider problems among asset managers and sustaining engagement practices. Finally, I explore the limits and anticompetitive concerns to the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

presents a process for asking the big questions that will enable you to diagnose problems, change course if necessary, and advance your career. He lays out areas of inquiry, including questions such as (1) Do I clearly articulate my... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

himself and coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara in their new book, Can Japan Compete?, before leading a discussion on approaches to Japan's economic recovery. The conversation sparked considerable debate around his own View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Reimagining China and India

most storied multinationals in the West have, by and large, fallen flat on their face. There are some exceptions, but not a huge number. I have a theory of why this is the case. If you come in and say, “I need to sell you soap,” you may... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

The Case for Studying Financial History

at the current financial crisis in hopes of solving it? I draw a parallel between the natural world and the financial world in the concluding part of the book and sketch out a rough evolutionary theory of finance. And the bottom line is... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 31 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

Collaborative Management Research, edited by A. B. Shani, N. Adler, N. Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore and B. Stymne. Sage Publications, Inc. 2007 Abstract The gap between theory and practice has been of concern to both practitioners and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to potentially influential... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52723 forthcoming Management Science A Formal Theory of Strategy By: Van den Steen, Eric J. Abstract—What makes a decision strategic? When is strategy most important? This paper formally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

introducing a generation to the practice of personal computing and laying the foundation for the Information Age. Gates and Jobs turned their curiosity about electronics into a multi-billion dollar industry. From early experiments like... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne