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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
it a fad that amounts to little more than sensitivity training in New Age clothing, or does it reflect something more profound about the way we are beginning to conceive of and relate to work? In the following pages six HBS alumni who are... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
American tradition of a well-regulated society with the legacy of Gilded Age laissez-faire capitalism produced the modern American regulatory state. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48304 forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
authenticity is perfect for wealthy customers looking for refinement and inconspicuous luxury in an age of ostentatious logocentric branding. Drawing upon the brand’s extensive associations with previous users, most notably Sir Winston... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
School Case 716-449 ASOS PLC Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world's largest online fashion specialists in 2016. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 80,000 items on its websites, many times more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives and influences of the United States. In an age where everyone is looking for new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
world? The response in the room from students and other business leaders was mixed. Winsor said he wasn't sure, but he believed opportunities would likely still exist for agencies that found new ways to serve business needs. "In this age... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
between following a prosocial norm and self-regulation. We tested 433 children between 6 and 13 years of age in two variations of the Dictator Game (DG). Children were asked what they should or would give in the game and then played an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
figures, Joe Seydl cited another more basic remedy for inequality. In his words, "The key to improving mobility is to improve educational experiences at the earliest age possible." This debate gives us something to think about:... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
Chinese—and how foreign businesspeople might overcome the challenge. The paper, "Effects of Cultural Ethnicity, Firm Size, and Firm Age on Senior Executives' Trust in Their Overseas Business Partners: Evidence from China, written... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
market, namely, limited exit and new investment opportunities. As Enfoca faced an aging fund, its leadership team began considering alternatives to the traditional private equity fund model. This case presents an example of a local... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
greater marriage age gaps, increased marital abuse, lower reported autonomy, and poorer health. My results are robust to a TS2SLS specification employing distance to a major health center as my instrument. As the first cohort of females... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
the popularity of JALC's events, however, the U.S. audience for jazz is small and aging relative to other music genres. This case asks students to apply marketing principles to the challenge that JALC faces in seeking to expand the reach... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
activity and new venture financing is an age old question. Public promotion efforts are controversial, and in most cases they tend to fail. In the United States, debate about the role of government in these areas can be traced back to at... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
media usage had declined among Americans less than 35 years old, and the only age group using Facebook more were people 55 or older, according to Edison Research.) As a marketing medium, online channels were cluttered and increasingly... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
Sitaraman, The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017) ORIGINAL COLUMN: There is increasing talk about stimulating $1 trillion in spending on the aging... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
showed that immigrants who come into the country at a young age build better growing firms than those who come to the United States as adults. So far, the analysis only scratches the surface of what the platform could potentially tell us... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
to employ specialized financial advisors. And they obtained the mayors' current or former occupations, educational backgrounds, and age at the time of election. The data suggested that mayors with the most-educated backgrounds were... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
1982). Brad Stone, the everything store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (New York; Little, Brown & Company, 2013). Note: There is no reference to a biography of Bill Gates. While several are available, I don't believe the definitive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
last project was completed in the 1960s, when California had a much smaller population, with much smaller bank accounts. Woolf Farming & Processing—along with thousands of other farmers—relies on this aging infrastructure. Stuart... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
modest size." Technology has also inspired Professor Richard L. Nolan's current interest in Asia. Nolan, who was involved in the recent Tsinghua program and teaches Competing in the Information Age in the MBA curriculum, is intrigued... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg