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- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
States a rich field of study and one that's a specialty for Harvard Business School professor Roy Chua. Chua, a native of Singapore who speaks fluent Mandarin, draws on human psychology to better understand important social processes in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
cluster-building efforts through cooperation across firms in a disadvantaged area. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707004 Medtronic Vision 2010 Harvard Business School Case 807-051... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani
Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows,... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry; India
Garvin, David A., and Rachna Tahilyani. "Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-024, June 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
firms such as Elliot and Dart as "vultures" or "rouge creditors" who sought to profit on sovereign debt restructurings at the expense of countries suffering economic hardship and of the majority of bondholders whose View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
anxiety within the populations of some major advanced economies about what these changes meant for them. The concerns manifested themselves in an inward focus, rumblings of protectionism, and questions about the worth of international View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-021.pdf Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn A. Simpson
Senior Partner Rob Smith just led construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients'... View Details
Keywords: Profit Sharing; Global Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Cooperation; Expansion; Consulting Industry; Europe; Middle East
Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn A. Simpson. "One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-006, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
improved girls’ outcomes by moving households’ human capital investments closer to the efficient frontier. This is consistent with an incomplete contracting model, where negotiation allows daughters to strategically View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
skills that are embedded in the workforce, competitors, suppliers, customers, cooperative R&D ventures, and universities and often support multiple industrial sectors. Although industrial commons are largely supported by private... View Details
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
your negotiation or decision. Unless someone has given you specific, credible information that time truly is of the essence, avoid succumbing to pressure tactics. Strategy 3: Partition the negotiation across multiple sessions. Human... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
game-theoretical agent-based models to explore group genesis in homogeneous populations and find robust group formation with just two basic principles: reciprocity and transitivity. These emergent groups demonstrate in-group cooperation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
institutions, poor human capital development, geography, and culture are important but not sufficient. This is partly because recent research in business history has shown that several of the arguments are not empirically proved, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
attention to the question of when to mix qualitative and quantitative data in a single research paper. We discuss implications of the framework for educating new field researchers. Cooperation and Equity in the River Sharing Problem... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
would not be successful without the buy-in and cooperation of both individual examiners as well as the union. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-025 Financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
open bar happy hours with David Fairhurst, a personal friend he had promoted to oversee human resources, and the two men developed reputations for “flirting with female employees.” HR allegedly didn’t intervene despite knowledge of the... View Details
- August 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project, a $520 million submarine cable system that would run from Australia to Japan. The sponsors, excited by the... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Cooperative Ownership; Organizational Structure; Investment; Ownership; Capital; Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Communication Technology; Projects; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Telecommunications Industry; Australia; Japan
Esty, Benjamin C., and Carrie Ferman. "Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company." Harvard Business School Case 203-029, August 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
faced a uniquely challenging combination of home and host country political risk. This article reviews the company's responses to these adverse circumstances, challenging the prevailing literature that interprets so-called "cloaking" activities as one element... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49266 Forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes The Highest Form of Intelligence: Sarcasm Increases Creativity Through Abstract Thinking for Both Expressers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
viable product, in order to real-world test Gallop's "business of the future" concept while development was ongoing. IWRTW was conceived to bring together human good intentions with corporate good intentions, to activate both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
titles such as chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer, and chief human resources officer. “In companies that have more related businesses, it makes sense to have these positions toward the top with the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel