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- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
of experimentation, both the design and analysis, are key skills in today’s data-centric economy and an important source of competitive advantage for companies. “Business leaders need both frameworks and sound judgment to effectively... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
This generation was showing different beliefs and behaviors than previous generations—beliefs and behaviors that were having a significant impact on the overall economy and in particular on the food industry. This note explores the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
approach to philanthropy. When you started with Baupost at age 25, did you already consider yourself a value investor? Yes. After my junior year in college and right after graduating, I worked for Mutual Shares Corporation, which was run... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
whether the testimonial's efficacy increases when information is added about an affiliation the quoted individual shares with the recipient. Research Design and Methods: A total of 5,498 union members were randomly assigned to receive 1... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Innovation-Economics-Creative-Organizations/dp/1422143635/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005820&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Architecture+of+Innovation The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
Group, Inc. in 2015: Celebrating 40. Co-written with HBS finance professor Adi Sunderam along with Allison M. Ciechanover (HBS MBA 2002), director of the HBS California Research Center, the case looks at the current state of Vanguard, which has a 78 percent View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on a field study of three jurisdictions in particular: Canada, China, and India. Across these jurisdictions, I first describe unique elements of domestic political economies that are shaping... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
diversified business groups in contemporary developed economies of Western Europe, North America, and Oceania. It aims to come up with a new theoretical understanding of diversified business groups and other comparable models of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help themselves, while the measure of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
set the bar for the next 15 to 25 cities that follow its lead.” For Kinch and Baird, BlocPower’s mission is no less than improving the health and safety as well as the economies of low income neighborhoods like those in which they grew... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Pérez Villaneuva, Mayra Espina Prieto, and Lorena Barberia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, forthcoming. Abstract The Cuban economy has been transformed over the course of the last decade, and these changes are now likely to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms Authors: Modupe N. Akinola, David A. Thomas Abstract Workforce diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization of the U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Business School professors who have signed the petition, and asked them to share why they openly oppose the Executive Order. Here are their initial responses. David B. Yoffie, Max & Doris Starr Professor of International Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Rangan , Benjamin N. Roth , Natalia Rigol Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management,... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
still rather large. Our message is don’t take a solo journey. Do what Bonita and I did, and really what we're doing with you today, Chitra, team up. And once we team up, we are an unstoppable force. Bonita: Well, Jacqui shared the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Abstract—General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the U.S. market fell from 62.6% to 19.8%, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
(MBA 1988) is cofounder and COO. She is also the founding CEO of Mediva, the company’s consulting arm. Platanus clinics share overnight resources and electronic medical records, so their combined 2,500 at-home palliative care patients... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
systems with recursive influence between environments and interactions, studies of micro-processes in organizations often assume implicitly that interactions among organizational members are closed systems. We suggest that this incompatibility between assumptions may... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
culture, technology, and economy to coevolve in unison under the rubric of an integral polity. Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth by Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997) (Wiley) This book is a roadmap to... View Details