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- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online
can be used to assess, evaluate, and strategize your organization's financial health. A finance course will teach you the key levers that drive your company's performance and cover topics such as cash flow , value creation , and the cost... View Details
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
is about saying, I am the scarce resource, and therefore I am valuable.” The business of busyness Marketers have already begun using such insights to target consumers, flattering them by implying how... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated
how effective these online interventions are at shaping public health outcomes. The research team found that the average campaign shifted self-reported outcomes close to 1 percent of baseline estimates, and it View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
But when I began to research a broader range of measures including investment, phone calls, tourism, and immigration, I found that, surprisingly, the average extent of globalization is only 10 percent. For... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Past Issues - Alumni
deliberation—and its implications for the future of capitalism Lesson Plan After serving alongside senior US Treasury officials during the financial crisis and advising clients at Goldman Sachs, Paige... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
bribes paid, including the bribe amount, the name of the corrupt official, and services rendered. The ipaidabribe.com portal then aggregates these data to create maps and charts of corrupt activities across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
private equity funds, search funds, and venture capital funds) are ineligible for funding. Eligibility Eligibility and selection are determined by a Review Committee and awards are distributed on a funds-available basis. You are an MBA... View Details
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
should look at the impact of brand sponsorship on influencers’ reputations because, really, their social capital is the foundation of influencer marketing,” Zhang says. “If... View Details
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
and harder and harder. To break out of that you don't need any more capability, but you do need enormous courage to say, if I am going to be really good at something, I am going to be bad at something else. If I am going to compete on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
face of changing climate, increasing regulation, labor pressures, and customer demands, farms are under existential threat. Robots have the power to completely transform the farm's "Operating System" from human-driven to AI-and-robot... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
also identifies criteria that make a decision strategic and derives explanations why strategies often reflect the background of the strategist. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52726 And the Children Shall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
hidden biases embedded in internal systems, organizational structures, and decision-making processes. It's often hard, for example, to get the kind of cost information you need to think strategically. Or the... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- September 2019
- Case
Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)
By: Amy Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
In 2012, Nalin Jain, then head of GE aviation for South Asia, was given the added responsibility for GE’s transportation business in India, including bidding for a $2.5 billion contract to manufacture, service and maintain 1,000 diesel locomotives for state owned... View Details
Keywords: Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Groups and Teams; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; India
Edmondson, Amy, Ranjay Gulati, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)." Harvard Business School Case 420-058, September 2019.
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Intangibles, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainability by the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management at the 2022 EIASM Interdisciplinary Conference for “Regulated Human Capital Disclosures” with Thomas Bourveau, Maliha... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
culture. Second, startups typically operate under some pretty unique circumstances that are hard to replicate in a larger enterprise. The reality of startups, though, is that you don’t have a lot of money... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
1998-2006. Our data exhibit three striking facts: (i) few firms lobby, (ii) lobbying status is strongly associated with firm size, and (iii) lobbying status is highly persistent over time. Estimating a model of a firm's decision to engage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
than they were to make that judgment themselves. For example, if someone says that you deserve a higher raise than facts might suggest, you are more likely to come to agree with this view than you are to decide on your own that you deserve a higher raise. This kind... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
welfare in Mexico. Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the supply of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the cost of credit? Did... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
cost advantage over integrated mills. But the quality of the steel they produced was inferior. The rebar market at the bottom rung of the industry (rebar is small steel bars... View Details