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- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
Starbucks on the main classroom floor. "We have to make it easy for our colleagues to show up," he said. "We can't put the blinds down and shut the doors if we want to change the culture." Sometimes the CEO needs to step in and handle a problem in a way that shows both... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
sees a problem with the larger system within which boards and executives function. Writing in the Washington Post, he and Andy Zelleke, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, argue for... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
outcome methods don't seem to apply? Performing the research to answer these questions led to the publication of this book. It is based on project records and interviews exploring the experiences of men and women who have managed, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Russia, and China, Western leaders appreciate aspects of these perils, but they are crafting unduly soft policies to deal with the challenges. The authors believe that "globalists"' notwithstanding, such views are myopic in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
flows. The hyperbole was striking: The language of religion—orthodoxy, heresy, dogma—seems for some reason to pervade policy discussions of international monetary and financial issues. And the prevailing orthodoxy had been determined in... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
that people are more likely to select choices that serve the should self (should-choices) when the choices will be implemented in the distant rather than the near future. This 'future lock-in' is demonstrated in five experiments for should-choices involving donation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
how is internal adaptation in employment practices linked to external shifts in gendered beliefs and practices? The authors began by comparing thousands of pages of the firm's internal documents, such as surveys and interviews, as well as View Details
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
from Innovation and the Intellectual Property Revolution Author:Gary Pisano Periodical:Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the publication of David Teece's article, "Profiting from Innovation" Research View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
interesting," says Parsons, "because it implies that policy can change things." Money In The Pews The same holds true for Parsons's study into how money motivates ministers, Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentive... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Publication:World Development 38, no. 3 (March 2010) Abstract Female "empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Publications January 2014 Harvard Business Review IDEO's Culture of Helping By: Amabile, Teresa, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer Abstract—Leaders can do few things more important than encouraging helping behavior within their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2025 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News
The case examines the Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News defamation settlement based upon statements made on air in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. View Details
Keywords: (General) Management; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Transition; Crime and Corruption; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Demographics; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Finance; Cost; Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Political Elections; Business History; Information; Law; Legal Liability; Laws and Statutes; Management; Marketing; Advertising; Media; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Society; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
vividly in these articles is the multidimensional quality of our competitiveness problem. Despite what political rhetoric may suggest, there are no simple fixes. Discrete reforms in tax policy, regulation, corporate governance, K-12 education, and R&D View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
valuable asset." It was one of several that questioned whether governance policies and practices are designed to achieve what many felt to be their primary purpose, to foster the long-term success of the corporation on behalf of all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Targanta Therapeutics: Hitting a Moving Target (TN)
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Teaching Note for [709002]. View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Environmental Policy Making and Implementation Author:Alnoor S. Ebrahim Abstract This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
many research and policy questions on issues such as the appropriate quota for H1-B temporary visas, the possible crowding out of native students from the science and engineering fields, the brain-drain or brain-circulation effect on... View Details
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
development of a public school turnaround initiative in Boston, Teach Plus showed that teacher-driven policy initiatives filled an important gap in the education reform landscape. By mid-2011, Teach Plus had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation By: Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Abstract—Why can some organizations innovate time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Publications August 2013 Economic Development and Cultural Change The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" By: Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, and Eric Werker Abstract—As is now well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne