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- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
as well as economic value and who pair micromanagement with big-picture aspirations about the future. The authors, who have studied, taught, and interviewed executives in some of the world's leading companies, assert that such leaders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
The 85-year-old Business History Review, published quarterly by Harvard Business School, is the acknowledged leading peer-reviewed journal in the field. (BHR has recently been made available online through Cambridge University Press.) So... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
Kazakhstan at 3.62 percent. Beyond monetary or fiscal policy changes themselves, students were struck by where the actual dollars were spent and how that differed from nation to nation, says Tannya Cai, who coauthored a working paper on the tracker with Cavallo. Cai,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
poor financial markets, b) increases in the share of FDI or the relative productivity of the foreign firm leads to higher additional growth in financially developed economies compared to those observed in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
for monetary gambles, reference points for experiences that are set at more extreme outcomes, leading to concave utility for negative experiences but convex utility for positive experiences. As a result, people are more risk-averse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
answers on the national college entry exam in Chile. We find that the policy change significantly reduced a large gender gap in questions skipped. It also impacted gender gaps in performance, leading to increased representation of women... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29
chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food movement, a movement focused on rediscovering Nordic cuisine and ingredients, which had helped increase the popularity of Danish cuisine. Since 2013 Noma had a new investor, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how different types of dependency on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Crisis or Opportunity? Psychological Science Ayse Yemiscigil, A.V. Whillans, and N. Powdthavee “Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? In a nationally... View Details
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
search processes that shape networks, cognition, and capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-106.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBanca Regional Andino: Facing the Globalization of Microfinance Harvard Business School Case 307-060 Three... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
organizations with whom we've had no previous contact that get in touch with us to check up on the latest thinking that they say has influenced their management over the past decade or so. Finally, the service profit chain turns up in annual reports such as that of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. Many fail to make the transition successfully. In this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
efficiency and innovation, between maintaining existing businesses and creating new ones, between revenue growth and increased profitability. They must strive to make progress on all these fronts—simultaneously. 2. Innovate with abandon.... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
that best represents the data. Thus researchers could use such methods to explore novel and robust patterns in data, which could in turn lead to inductive theory building. ML’s strengths include replicable identification of novel patterns... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
forthcoming Annual Review of Economics History, Micro Data and Endogenous Growth By: Akcigit, Ufuk, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—Economic growth is concerned with long-run changes, and as a result historical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
recruit and retain motivated and capable CHWs. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910030-PDF-ENG Brazil: Leading the BRICs? Arthur A. Daemmrich and Aldo MusacchioHarvard Business School Case 711-024 Brazil's new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
plus side of the ledger, tariff rates declined, leading to more competition and forcing Greek companies to compete internationally. Reducing bureaucracy also helped: time to export decreased from 20 to 16 days, according to the World... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
forecasted GDP growth rates for Japan by 0.5% for the first quarter of this year, and by more than 1.5% for the second quarter. The financial consequences are equally alarming. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average plunged 6.2% at the market's... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4
total consumer traffic for higher revenues derived by exposing consumers to unsolicited products (e.g., advertising). We show that competition between platforms leads to lower equilibrium levels of search diversion relative to a monopoly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne