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- 09 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Boundary Spanning in a For-Profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe
- April 2009
- Compilation
A Defining Moment: The Financial Crisis of 2008 and Its Broader Impact
By: Nancy F. Koehn and Rachel Wilcox
- 1981
- Other Unpublished Work
Comet Energy (C) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith
- February 2013
- Supplement
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012
By: Anita Tucker and Amy Edmondson
Keywords: Process Improvement; Leadership Succession; Healthcare; Quality And Safety; Transparency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Business Processes; Health Industry; Ohio
Tucker, Anita, and Amy Edmondson. "Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 613-710, February 2013.
- 19 Apr 2021
- News
ESG And The Future Of Work: 3 Strategies Every Leader Should Know
- October 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)
By: Willy C. Shih
This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Big Data; Business Analytics; Product Development Strategy; Machine Learning; Machine Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence; Product Development; AI and Machine Learning; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology Industry; United States
Shih, Willy C. "Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 616-025, October 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- 2018
- Article
Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818
By: Sudev J Sheth
The meaning of land revenue farming in Indian history has eluded consensus. Some view it as an administrative aberration indicating weak state control, while others see it as a strategy for consolidating authority. This essay traces the historical development of iqṭāʻ... View Details
Keywords: Iqṭāʻ; Ijārah; Revenue Farming; Financial Agents; Mughal Empire; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Property; Finance; South Asia
Sheth, Sudev J. "Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818." Art. 4. Special Issue on Repossessing Property in South Asia: Land, Rights, and Law across the Early Modern/Modern Divide edited by Faisal Chaudhury. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 61, nos. 5-6 (2018): 878–919.
- September 2011
- Article
Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning
By: Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack D. Wood and Jennifer L. Petriglieri
This paper examines the process through which management students develop personal foundations (such as self-awareness, self-management, and a grounding life narrative) for the ongoing development and practice of leadership. We conducted an inductive, qualitative study... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Innovation and Invention; Personal Development and Career; Curriculum and Courses; Customization and Personalization; Learning; Management Practices and Processes; Business Education
Petriglieri, Gianpiero, Jack D. Wood, and Jennifer L. Petriglieri. "Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 3 (September 2011). (
Nominated for Carolyn Dexter Award For the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy presented by Academy of Management. Winner of Best Paper in Graduate Management Education Sponsored by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) presented by Academy of Management
.)- Fall 2024
- Article
Redemption Mechanisms in Poison Pills: Evidence on Pill Design and Law Firm Effects
By: Olivier Baum and Guhan Subramanian
We present the first evidence on the incidence of “trip wire” versus “last look” poison pills. Using a hand-collected data set of 130 poison pills implemented and/or amended between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2023, we find that pills are almost evenly divided... View Details
Baum, Olivier, and Guhan Subramanian. "Redemption Mechanisms in Poison Pills: Evidence on Pill Design and Law Firm Effects." Business Lawyer 79, no. 4 (Fall 2024): 1043–1069.
- 30 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industry
- 2012
- Article
Signing at the Beginning Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-reports in Comparison to Signing at the End
By: L. Shu, N. Mazar, F. Gino, D. Ariely and M. Bazerman
Many written forms required by businesses and governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their... View Details
Keywords: Nudge; Morality; Honesty; Self-report; Policy-making; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Reports; Policy
Shu, L., N. Mazar, F. Gino, D. Ariely, and M. Bazerman. "Signing at the Beginning Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-reports in Comparison to Signing at the End." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, no. 38 (September 18, 2012): 15197–15200.
- 9 Dec 2004 - 11 Dec 2004
- Conference Presentation
Perceptions of Women in Business: The Good, the Bad and the Interesting.
By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
- April 2025
- Article
Serving with a Smile on Airbnb: Analyzing the Economic Returns and Behavioral Underpinnings of the Host’s Smile
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Elizabeth Friedman, Kannan Srinivasan, Ravi Dhar and Xupin Zhang
Non-informational cues, such as facial expressions, can significantly influence judgments and interpersonal impressions. While past research has explored how smiling affects business outcomes in offline or in-store contexts, relatively less is known about how smiling... View Details
Keywords: Sharing Economy; Airbnb; Image Feature Extraction; Machine Learning; Facial Expressions; Prejudice and Bias; Nonverbal Communication; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Perception
Zhang, Shunyuan, Elizabeth Friedman, Kannan Srinivasan, Ravi Dhar, and Xupin Zhang. "Serving with a Smile on Airbnb: Analyzing the Economic Returns and Behavioral Underpinnings of the Host’s Smile." Journal of Consumer Research 51, no. 6 (April 2025): 1073–1097.
- December 2017 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advise King and Parliament to declare war on Germany in the wake of the country’s invasion of Belgium or to stay out of what quickly was becoming a world war triggered... View Details
Keywords: The World; The Rise And Fall Of Globalization; World War; Globalization; War; Economics; Trade; Business Cycles; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Society; History; Values and Beliefs; Macroeconomics
Reinert, Sophus A., and Federica Gabrieli. "Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-023, December 2017. (Revised January 2024.)
The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million
The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology... View Details
- 1 Feb 2009
- Conference Presentation
Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions and the Boundaries of Firms
Keywords: Business Ventures