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- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
current thinking about negotiation. This model is primarily focused on the face-to-face tactical interplay "at the table." Extensive field observation and analysis has led us to codify the 3-D approach in which moves away from... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
on the school’s training programs and read extensively about charter schools in general, for additional context. As they read through their notes, Ramarajan and Reid observed a clear, common theme: Tutors were struggling to implement the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
acquisitions, along with M&A consultants. He said their observations provided him with “a direct sense of what happens during an acquisition and restructuring.” Based on his research findings and insights gleaned from the interviews,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 29 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Comparing the Cash Policies of Public and Private Firms
Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa
- April 4, 2009
- Article
The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?
By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias
The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details
Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations
Musacchio, Aldo, and Francisco Flores-Macias. "The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?" Harvard International Review (website) (April 4, 2009).
- Profile
Peter Gumulia
fintech in South East Asia, as Chief of Staff and VP of Strategy and Growth. Looking for new challenges Having had the opportunity to observe the gray areas that the management team had to navigate – and the ambiguous decisions they had... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
investment banking," observes Fisher. "It takes a great team of people working together to do the job well. I've always enjoyed being a part of that process and seeing it unfold." View Details
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
launched the service with humans routing users' questions "behind the curtain" instead of computers. This allowed the company to observe how and what users were asking—and then spend time and money on a technology backbone that... View Details
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
ability to tease apart behavioral mechanisms in a way that earlier work (which often used self-reports or surveyor observations of hand hygiene) could not do. Researchers set out to discover whether they could induce households to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Research Summary
Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation
Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
organizations schedule time for workers to reflect on their workdays. (Previous research has shown that taking time out to reflect on work improves job performance in the long run.) “Our results show that one reason we observe unethical... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure Financial Constraints?
- 22 May 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture
- 23 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms
- June 2021
- Technical Note
SPAC Space
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248... View Details
Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "SPAC Space." Harvard Business School Technical Note 721-456, June 2021.
- Article
Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon
Schumpeter's conjecture that large monopolistic firms were the key source of innovation in modern industrial economies has been the underpinning for much work on the topic of innovation. In this review paper we consciously move beyond the Schumpeterian tradition of... View Details
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Vivek Tandon. "Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation." Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008): 1–98.
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
“many of our existing leaders have not had the experience of not being included in their companies’ cultures because of factors related to their race or gender.” That observation probably applies to many in the lower ranks of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
dining-room table because someone was making noise in the bedroom office.” Her coaches: “My daughters, who are 8 and 10 and feisty and awesome. It’s strangely jarring how effective your children can be in giving feedback. They are very astute View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Taste of Tradition
clan's empire. A company "creed" adopted in 1926 formalizes many of the traditions and habits long observed by the families. Among the ideals it articulates are peaceful behavior, faith, mutual respect, and discipline. A company "creed"... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross