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- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
give more, that giving indeed causes increased happiness, and that these two relationships may operate in a circular fashion. Second, we consider whether advertising these benefits of charitable giving—asking people to give in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
treatment of stock options has contributed significantly to the overall difference between financial and tax accounting reports, as shown in Desai (2003) and Boynton, DeFilippes, View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
improvement in operating performance aggravates the impact of internal disruptions but not external disruptions. By taking advantage of an exogenous policy shock regarding corporate disclosure rules, we also find that managers show... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
the line. If you don't take the offensive and word gets out on its own (and you know one day it will), you'll destroy all the trust and goodwill you've built. "To secure... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
power sharing—the structural redistribution of resources from the hands of the few to the many—is essential. It must take place within companies too. Research indicates that corporations have contributed to creating View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
it" Often companies take the lazy way out, Thomke says. They look at their costs and the margin they need to make, and bingo, there’s the price. The Richard Lange Jumping... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
centralized fulfillment center instead of selling from a large number of decentralized pharmacies, and then encourage those people—essentially by cutting the size of their co-pay—to place their View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
A few years ago anyone could become an entrepreneur. All you needed was a half-baked idea and a phone to hear offers from salivating venture capitalists. Now the environment is much more difficult. Question: Do you have what it View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
boundaries, and information processing challenges associated with distant search. Information processing, storage, and communication costs have long been an important constraint on innovation View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
you have global frameworks that are robust and travel across boundaries, you don't actually have to teach management country by country. So the first order of business for us is to get the global content... View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
A factory worker uses company time and materials to fashion a lamp he will take home for personal use—an artifact called a "homer." The practice is probably illegal View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
the detrimental effects of each trigger. We conclude by discussing implications and recommendations for organizational scholars to take a more integrative approach to developing View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
Abstract—Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
into a very powerful motivating force. In a tough economic environment, when there is little money for bonuses and a lot of concern about layoffs, Katzenbach says it becomes even more important to communicate with employees about the... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
time management is a shared responsibility." Frode Hvaring suggested that " in order to enable employees to mange their output in terms of priorities, quality, resources available and best work... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
out the costs of leaving the EU, citizens have not heard a forward-looking plan on how the country could leverage EU membership more effectively in the future, if the country would decide to stay. The country needs to get on with taking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Working PapersThe Rise of Business Forecasting Agencies in the United States Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract This paper analyzes the rise of business and economic forecasting agencies in the United States. The field was developed by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
describes in a new working paper, The Better Is the Enemy of the Good. In fact, Exley argues that based on her research, people look for any excuse to avoid giving a donation and then rationalize their skinflint behavior to avoid feeling... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
the same, leading some localities to significantly underperform others. Take geothermal power, for instance. New technologies often require the creation of legal definitions and categories in View Details