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- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
little is known about how workers perform in assignments to locations far from their hometowns, which may subject them to increased cultural distance, information costs, and effects related to social attachment to hometown/workplace. By... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Measurement, Causes, and Consequences By: Comin, Diego A., and Marti Mestieri Abstract—This chapter discusses different approaches pursued to explore three broad questions related to technology diffusion: what general patterns... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Leviathans Multinational Corporations and the New Global History edited by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and Bruce Mazlish (Cambridge University Press) In this collection of articles gathered by HBS professor emeritus (and Pulitzer Prize-winner) Chandler and coeditor Mazlish,... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Negotiation Strategy: Pattern Recognition Game Harvard Business School Note 908-015 In negotiation, correctly identifying your counterpart's strategy is vital. Only then can you constructively influence their behavior—or adapt appropriately to what they are doing. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
role of social capital is also key to overcoming obstacles related to weak economic institutions. In the absence of formal credit bureaus, many micro-credit organizations, for example, rely on the self-selection and mutual monitoring of a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
1930s, where it was noticed that direct labor costs tended to decrease by a constant percentage as the cumulative quantity of aircraft produced doubled. Learning effects figured prominently in wartime production planning efforts. World... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
understanding of these implications is essential for future policy analysis, particularly for issues relating to fostering innovation. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Kerr_Kerr_Lincoln_WP14_IPEFirms.pdf January 2015 IESE... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
answered include: How do I get past a feeling of being stuck in life or work? Can I resist the temptations of success? Am I working too hard? Is there room for spirituality at the office? 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Organizations with strong,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
the probability that an individual declares bankruptcy, experiences a foreclosure, or is delinquent on a loan. Further results and a simple calibration suggest the result is driven by changes in savings or investment behavior, rather than simply increased View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
consumers, and labor around the world in a way that they simply didn’t half a century ago. At the same time, business has become responsible for much more than simply “selling high and buying low” and “delivering a healthy return for... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more just future. Marketing Alternative Investments: A Comprehensive Guide to Fundraising and Investor Relations for Private Equity and Hedge Funds By Hemali Dassani (MBA 1999) and Nandu... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book represents a unique comparative study of the complex and non-linear impact of globalization and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
ESG dimensions should be mandated by regulation, and if yes, what form such regulation should take. The underlying debate, of course, relates to the broader issue of the role of the business organization within civil society and whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
material exchange in labor relations). Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16621 Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ricardo Pérez-Truglia Abstract In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
difficult tasks. Second, overestimation of ability by both men and women varies across categories. To understand these patterns, we develop a model that separates gender stereotypes from misestimation of ability related to the difficulty... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Lakhani said the question comes down to this: Do we have the right labor force? His research team recently held a three-weeklong contest that looked to improve the accuracy and processing speed of an algorithm designed to analyze genomic... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
international norms in the area of stakeholder relations (e.g., human- and workers-rights issues, and environmental matters). Thus, among its other ramifications, globalization is forcing companies to operate and conduct themselves... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the area of stakeholder relations... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
years. We argue that the current world economic conjuncture is the product of a large and unusual divergence or "wedge" between the returns on capital and the cost of capital. Globalization—in particular the integration of the massive Asian View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace