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- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
frontier technology and therefore do not need to attract foreign investment to innovate, so domestic saving does not matter for growth. A cross-country regression shows that lagged savings is positively associated with productivity growth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
absent in the “2020-2021 Class of Lift Outs.” The lack of cultural integration may even be a short-term plus, freeing new recruits to devote their energies entirely to the tasks at hand, without the cognitive burden and social stress of learning new names or navigating... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
position is unreasonable, it may make little sense to be reasonable yourself. But if everyone routinely came to a dispute with a realistic starting position, the offers would be more or less aligned, and any negotiation that followed... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Arbor) and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons School of Management (Boston). Laura’s research centers on cultivating positive identities in diverse work organizations. She examines these processes through the lens of:... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
their “agency” at every level will be in the best position to create change. Corporate social responsibility in action Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening Are product sales affected by the CEO's stance on... View Details
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, with many studies that find no effect. In order to provide an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Strategic Value Advisors—predict environmental performance. We find that firms that have more KLD Environmental Concerns have slightly, but statistically significantly, more pollution and regulatory violations in later years than firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
inept or complacent management drew the attention of raiders. "I give credit to that 1980s movement as a whole for having created the profit machine that we see in the 1990s," Hayes says. "We now have an M&A; movement driven by strategic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
your biggest buckets of cost and rethinking those strategically in ways that give your customers something they value," notes Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School. Morriss (HBS MBA '04),... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
opportunities to travel and meet new people. Maintain a sense of humor and share your true self. Make sure you have close friends with whom you can brainstorm and complain in private. Be positive in the job environment, but be sure that... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
Washington. "Industrial policy" involves some degree of central planning. What we're talking about is a discussion about strategic capabilities that need to reside within the country. Pisano: Unlike other nations, we don't have... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
co-researchers wanted to find out whether sustainable investment capital is flowing to companies that are in the best position to solve the urgent and complex problems created by climate change. In their new working paper, The... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
and a vulnerable position in the labor market. External focus makes them more "portable" in terms of making a positive move, but can cause problems if they want to progress within their own... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
disconnect between strategic goals and field implementation in sales. This article focuses on four areas where companies can improve links between strategy and sales. The article also outlines how selling activities materially affect core... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
territorial information. This exemplifies how a career can be not only lucrative but also a means of giving back to society. Similarly, consider the case of Sanjay from Waycool. Through strategic innovation, he has identified... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
into one of the world's largest advertising and marketing services organizations. With revenues of around $12 billion, it comprises some of the most famous firms in advertising, marketing, and public relations. He is now positioning WPP... View Details
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
across the organization. In short, most people tended to communicate with others in their own group or with peers. Among the exceptions: women. "We were surprised by how little interaction occurs across three major boundaries: the View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
veteran employees as it does with the newcomer," he writes. Team-specific Roles Before recruiting stars, it's important to consider whether a star's position is especially dependent on team dynamics. In studying star American... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
with positional power over team members reactively followed up on a single communication when their attempt to communicate the existence of a threatening discrepant event failed, and they determined that a second communication was needed... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer tools to develop the knowledge to pursue social entrepreneurship more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace