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- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Experimental Psychology: General The (Perceived) Meaning of Spontaneous Thoughts By: Morewedge, Carey K., Colleen E. Giblin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Much human thought... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have. As corporations have broken down work into manageable activities View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
problems like advertising auctions and market design. The accelerating phenomenon has given rise to a new field within economics called the economics of digitization. Research from the field is quickly... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
are steps that major players working together in metropolitan areas can do to save their cities: When it comes to the elements of soft infrastructure such as education and... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Working Papers Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison Authors: Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
$3.94 billion in sales from its more than 3,000 retail stores and its online auction site. Even so, Goodwill’s core mission is to provide job training and placement to people with disabilities, criminal... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Working PapersA Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra, and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We study the correlation between a belief... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
investment. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ships_qje_2014.pdf Working Papers Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— Architectural... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
means and ends. Whether it was Rovell landing a guest, Lucci solving a caller's problem, or Kraft acquiring the stadium, each transaction made sense in its own right. But each one also enhanced the odds... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Working PapersNo Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments (revised) Authors:Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We present six studies demonstrating that outcome... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
government can counteract some of this by issuing more short-term debt. Here Robin Greenwood discusses the research findings in the paper, and the need to understand better the potential implications for... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
lifetime or be able to manage a Beyoncé. But you can learn a lot about how things work in general when you look at exceptions—when you study these really unusual cases. Here, participants walk away with a deeper understanding View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
respondents. Joseph Butler suggests that "It is the responsibility of corporations and governments alike to share knowledge and to work to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
offered a course in starting new ventures. After 1983, the School began using the working definition of entrepreneurship as the "pursuit of opportunity beyond the... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
they've ever had in the 125-year history of university-based business education. I believe that most of our students want their work to have meaning, View Details
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
a new working paper. “We find that routine customers have higher value to the organization, even after controlling for their level of consumption,” Ascarza says. These customers may also tolerate price... View Details
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
numbers will work out. The second is to work a deal with employees for a lump-sum payment covering the value of their pension, walking away without further obligations. That... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman