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- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
the required Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (commonly known as LEAD), which focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of the enterprise. The Elements Of The Case Click on image to enlarge... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Benjamin Abstract—I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive reviews. I also explore the competition and consumer protection... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
will be a hit or a flop.) Tricks of the Trade When tracking brain functions, neuroscientists generally use either electroencephalography (EEG) or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology. EEG measures fluctuations in the... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
good,” says Teodorescu. Much of the earliest applications of machine learning concerned language. At the birth of the field in the 1940s, British mathematician Alan Turing conceived the abstract grammars to analyze texts and describe... View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how core consumers of selective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. I focused on understanding the processes by which CEOs were selected—in particular the phenomenon of outsider CEO succession. In the conclusion I wrote a bit about the role of business schools in... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
occupations—management, medicine, law enforcement, and addiction counseling—and noticed three surprising patterns that cut across all four occupations. First, in contrast to the stereotypical image of an emotionally numb performer... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of masculine-image concerns and to behave instead in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
of product development, felt that a substantial portion of the new funding was needed to rework Open English's platform to enable the additional growth. She was concerned that the company's learning platform (LP)-the core set of software... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Conflict Management Research (forthcoming) Abstract Routine and persistent acts of dishonesty prevail in everyday life, yet most people resist shining a critical moral light on their own behavior, thereby maintaining and oftentimes inflating View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
usual reasons have become clichés: Disruptive technologies, emerging global competitors, changing workforce expectations, and heightened investor concerns over immediate stock price have put pressure on boards to find reassuring,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
resource allocation. Given the trend toward more politically similar leadership teams that we observe in the data, these concerns are particularly relevant this election season. Elisabeth Kempf is the Jaime and Raquel Gilinski Associate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
brokerages are working on repairing the tarnished image of the sell-side analyst profession while at the same time reconfiguring the economics of that function. Up until brokerage commissions were deregulated on May 1, 1975 (known in the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
Harvard Business School to reflect on his company's situation. Mazon was the vice president and general manager of the Imaging Systems Division of Philips Healthcare in Latin America (Latam). For three consecutive years, Philips... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
deserve. Martha Lagace is writer based in the Boston area.. Image credit: andresr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Book Excerpt A Platform to Rule All Others From:... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
Revealing Hand By: Kaplan, Robert S., and Anette Mikes Abstract—Many believe that the recent emphasis on enterprise risk management function is misguided, especially after the failure of sophisticated quantitative risk models during the global financial crisis. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
started their business, their product line enjoyed little consumer awareness outside New York City. But the couple was determined to build a large market for premium cosmetics. One of the earliest and most important decisions that the Lauders made about the brand View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
nine- to twelve-hour time difference makes it more difficult for the network to plan primetime coverage, since most events will take place overnight in the US. NBC's biggest challenge, however, may be the image of the host country and... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
clients and employees who felt betrayed by the firm's apparent misconduct. He must confront some tough decisions about recently uncovered questions concerning the handling of certain accounting transactions three years earlier and about... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace