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- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
and to show up at interviews when invited. The government deliberately hired candidates from each group. It's too soon to gauge which group will yield the best performers, since the candidates have just started working. But the initial... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
predecessors of ABB, the global engineering giant. In a 1991 interview in Harvard Business Review, he noted that: We had no choice but to do it secretly and to do it quickly.… There were no lawyers, no auditors, no environmental... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
will emerge. 2. Listen All The Time Science writer Malcolm Gladwell interviewed two Los Angeles policemen who staked their own lives on their ability to read other people's intentions. One of the officers chose not to shoot a wild-eyed... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
of votes a single shareholder could have to restrictions on the number of family members who could act as directors simultaneously," Musacchio says. We interviewed Musacchio about the research findings that underpin his new book,... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
lecturer of business administration. What should nonprofit leaders do as they face an economic recession? Lynda Applegate: Think like an entrepreneur I have been interviewing non-profit and for-profit leaders to identify how they are... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
stage-to redefine the roles and responsibilities of a public corporation in the 21st century. Based on extensive interviews conducted with Schultz and other Starbucks executives from 2011 to 2014, the case offers a range of vital lessons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
concern with the role of firms in creating markets, shaping policies, and diffusing globalization," says Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative. In this View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
in the future? By examining hundreds of job profiles developed by executive-search firm Heidrick & Struggles and interviewing numerous senior managers, the authors have identified some clear trends. One strikingly consistent finding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs. Based on interviews with professionals in a number of established accounting, strategy consulting, and executive search firms presently operating in China, it explores... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
the Domini Index (investments in socially responsible mutual funds) realized a 13 percent return, and the S&P 500 returned 11 percent. The average returns of traditional angel investing are hard to determine given the fragmented nature of the investment activity,... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors By: Reid, Erin and Lakshmi Ramarajan Abstract—People today are under intense pressure to be “ideal workers”—totally committed to their jobs and always on call. But... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309003 How Serial Entrepreneurs Build and Manage a Board of Directors in a Venture-Backed Start Up Harvard Business School Case 808-163 This case includes structured interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
has only just emerged over the past twenty years. In her study, which draws on interviews with over forty designers and others associated with the industry, as well as analysis of Indian magazine articles, Khaire finds a coevolution of... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
designed to enhance safety and effectiveness had the unintended effect of changing how men enacted their masculine identities at work. Interview and participant observation data show that the major reorientation was away from seeking to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
very counterintuitive way of working. Q: I found it amazing in your research that outsiders were most likely to find a solution. A: Yes. The problem may reside in one domain of expertise and the solution may reside in another. I've done View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Martha Lagace, he discusses what companies should bear in mind going forward.Lagace: People often equate globalization with the idea that globally standardized products are displacing local ones. In... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
that your interviewer isn't out to get you. Stay at the table and maintain a sense of perspective. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/04/15-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Can an 'Ethical'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
archival research and in-depth interviews to examine the interaction between these institutional processes and formulate hypotheses that predict the ways in which bank acquisitions are constrained by banks' CRA ratings and the way states... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
interviews with leading practitioners in both countries. Last week she organized a Colloquium in Buenos Aires, which I attended, to map out future research agendas. The meeting attracted a large number of both academics and practitioners.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the crisis, the impact on the firm's operations, and the likelihood of resolution. Due diligence includes interviews with city water officials and global-scale... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne