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  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

government environment required to support citizens in the long term. The two goals can often be at odds, Werker says. Sirleaf was elected president in 2005 after an interim government was set up to move the country toward a more stable... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in behavioral decision research where people have two distinct modes of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

increase in the flow of FDI. In support of our theory, private savings increased very rapidly beginning around 1960. This seems a good example of the dynamics emphasized by the model where private savings is helpful in attracting FDI,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages for oil workers nor Mexican... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?

government. After all, many organizations rely on government for fair or outright supportive legislation. This is not a simple decision driven only by personal feelings. On one level, it requires analyzing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

self-compassion, authenticity, and, ultimately, self-actualization. How do True North Groups help people develop as leaders? An important part of self-awareness is accepting yourself—your weaknesses as well as your strengths—and having confidence that others will... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

Rhodes-Kropf, and Soojin Yim Abstract—We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance-which prevents shareholders from controlling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

clear, immediate, and direct, 3) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior when ethicality erodes slowly over time, and 4) the tendency to assess unethical behaviors only after the unethical behavior has resulted in a bad outcome, but not during the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

decision by the Bush White House to provide more than $20 billion to GM, Chrysler, and their financial subsidiaries, the auto task force put together by President Obama managed a restructuring of both companies at a breathtaking pace.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-034.pdf Making the Gambler's Fallacy Disappear: The Role of Experience Authors:Gregory M. Barron and Stephen Leider Abstract Recent papers have demonstrated that the way people acquire information about a View Details
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

out how to build and support organizations is something we're learning how to do through the for-profit world. It's absolutely critical to have that in place first—if you don't, it's hard to figure out what are the important things to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study the compatibility decisions of two competing platforms that generate profits through both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

recent study, which compared funding decisions of startup theater productions made by art-loving masses on crowdfunding website Kickstarter with evaluations by experts in the field. “Most of the disagreements were on projects that the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation
  • 23 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships in the sector they serve, and decide which relationships they will support. For example, many organizations aspire to end homelessness, but they focus on different elements of the homeless problem. Some View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

dampening the incentive to adopt managerial practices; and c) nonpecuniary returns to potentially inefficient but power-preserving practices. The findings presented in the paper provide support for a) and c), while we do not find evidence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

balances the four drives while avoiding negative leadership and leaders who are missing the drive to bond. Order the Book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470623845.html Market Heterogeneity and Local Capacity View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

structures, we adopt a process perspective and find that integration was achieved despite an incentive structure that did not support it. By drawing a distinction between the incentive landscape and the planning process, we identify... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

that were not litigated offer empirical evidence supporting the hypotheses. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407001 Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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