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  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

subgroups can shape information sharing to create a hidden profile where there was none initially. Second, we describe how individual defection can weaken subgroup competition and, paradoxically, increase the chance that a team will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way You Work Author:Leslie A. Perlow Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2012 Abstract Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Marcela Sapone

we believe we can do it as well if not better than you.” To that end, new subscribers are assigned a personal “Alfred,” a carefully vetted individual who comes to a subscriber’s home, takes care of everything from the... View Details
  • 14 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

learned today and prepare for tomorrow. The Rapid Eye Movement (REM) phase of sleep appears to be dedicated to the former function, shaping the day’s barrage of stimuli and events into memories and lessons, and connecting those memories... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

to dealers with whom they have the strongest ties, and more so during periods of market turmoil. Systemically important dealers exploit their connections at the expense of peripheral dealers as well as clients, charging higher markups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

initial test along the path is so fundamental that we often overlook it: becoming a boss for the first time. That's a shame, because the trials involved in this rite of passage have serious consequences for both the individual and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Coming Out at Business School

guess of why I was calling crying and confused speaks to how deeply I had buried my identity from myself and others. I was unable to make this connection because of how deeply Christianity - a demonizing, demeaning version of Christianity... View Details
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

knowledge. We emphasize connections to the growing theoretical literature that gives personal plans a substantive role, but we conclude that more research is needed, especially on the latter two questions we cover. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

change the very system that has caused poverty in poor countries in the first place. Here again the profit motive would come into play. The WDC would not only provide jobs and raise incomes, it would also improve education by giving View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

connect her to a field.) The assumption is that personal involvement is antithetical to maintaining professional distance. In this paper, I argue that the taboo against telling our own stories stems in part from an epistemological... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

more likely to customize their treatment of victims when they were able to stay connected with their own emotional experience. Our conclusion, however, is that this approach is not for everyone. In fact, we identified four different... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

Are the world's poor, who individually have less than $5 a day in disposable income, a viable market for new goods and services? Consider the fact that there are four billion people around the globe that fit this description and you have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

webification of life whereby devices can connect to the "cloud" and provide functions on a mobile, as-needed basis. There is no more need to embed them in the guts of a stationary device. This makes an enormous amount of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

months of deliberations with multiple stakeholders in India and the U.S., including individuals from academia, industry, and government. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54716 forthcoming Handbook of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

without realizing they are doing so. We further argue that ethical fading—when individuals do not “see” the ethical implications of the situation or their action—is central to explaining why this occurs. Relying on past empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

Kanter, an authority on organizational change who advises major corporations and governments on these very issues, lays out a blueprint to help readers get a handle on work, and life, in an increasingly connected world. Here, in the first... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

clients on a real-world, high-impact issue. We connected with some of the boot camp participants to hear more about their summer experience. First row, from left: Adebodun Aina, Kyle Betts, Thomas Crispi, Lingxi Juang, Jay Kim Second row,... View Details
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 07 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

Empire to another. So in other words, the individual different historical actors were the ones who transferred the knowledge of violence. It’s about logics, and ideas, and bureaucracies, but it’s ultimately about people. Legal systems... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

would have precluded the Massachusetts Investors Trust from buying a large block of ARD stock. Luckily, Motley used his connections and financial savvy to help ARD obtain exemptions from this section and others on the grounds that it was... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante