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Operations Research in the Public Sector and Nonprofit Organizations

By: Zilla Sinuany-Stern and H. David Sherman
Public sector and nonprofit organizations (NPO) have been growing substantially in number and size since the turn of the millennium. In light of the ongoing economic crises these sectors are expected to grow even more with expanded demands for services, increased need... View Details
Keywords: Third Sector; Operations; Public Sector; Nonprofit Organizations
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  • 28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

study they asked, what is the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on management practices across the world? Read the paper: http://bsr.london.edu/lbs-article/611/index.html Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2007
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Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Carbon Strategies describes specific steps any business can take to implement sound, practical, climate-related corporate policies. Based on Andrew J. Hoffman’s widely praised report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and significantly revised in light of... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy
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    Roberto Verganti

    Roberto Verganti is in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Design Theory and Practice for the double degree program MS/MBA conducted jointly by the Harvard Business School and the... View Details

    Keywords: automotive; computer; consumer products; electronics; fashion; food; furniture; high technology; home appliances; industrial goods; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; textiles
    • 24 Jan 2012
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    First Look: Jan. 24

    (Study 1). Product priming also increases the speed with which product-relevant individuals come to mind (Study 2). In Study 3, consumers felt subjectively closer to networks primed by specific products, and this felt closeness predicted... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 12 Sep 2006
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    First Look: September 12, 2006

    through successive stages of industry evolution. We then show how this strategy was used by Sun Microsystems against Apollo Computer in the 1980s and by Dell against Compaq and other personal computer makers in the 1990s. Download working paper:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 27 May 2014
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    First Look: May 27

    argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Joseph L. Bower

      JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

      Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
      • 30 Oct 2018
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      New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

      cases. The wide geographical coverage includes not only the United States and Europe but also less studied settings, including Chile, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Japan. The book serves as a warning against facile beliefs in the potential... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 20 Mar 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Catering to Characteristics

      Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson; Technology
      • 2010
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      Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

      By: Youngme Moon
      Every few years a book-through a combination of the author's unique voice, storytelling ability, spirit, and insight-simply breaks the mold. Youngme Moon's DIFFERENT is that kind of book, a book for "people who don't read business books...," a book that feels like an... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Creativity; Competition
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      • 28 Sep 2006
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics

      Keywords: by Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell & Feng Zhu; Technology
      • 23 Jul 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

      lead to an HBS case study, written with professor Karim R. Lakhani, on how Wikipedia governs itself and faces controversial challenges. The elbows are sharp on Wikipedia. It's not cuddly.—Andy McAfee The View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
      • 29 May 2018
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      New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

      policyholders, downstream intermediaries, and other actors thus constitutes a balancing act. The context of this case is an underdeveloped market whose reputation has suffered from broker misconduct. In light of the market’s legacy issues... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 31 Oct 2007
      • HBS Case

      Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs

      What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
      • 26 Sep 2006
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      First Look: September 26, 2006

      spent significant time self-reflecting about ethical matters. In using case studies that demonstrate how well-intentioned people can all too easily slide down the slippery slope of unethical behavior,... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • January 2014
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      China's 'New Regionalism': Subnational Analysis in Chinese Political Economy

      By: Meg Rithmire
      The study of Chinese political economy has undergone a sea change since the late 1990s; instead of debating the origins and direction of national reform, scholars have turned to examining the origins of local economic variation. This essay reviews recent work in... View Details
      Keywords: China; Political Economy; Economy; Government and Politics; China
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      • 18 Sep 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

      environment where moral behavior is instilled as proper behavior rather than imposed. How moral orders are built and sustained in organizations is of particular fascination to Harvard Business School Associate Professor Michel Anteby. His latest book tackles the... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education
      • 04 Jun 2013
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      First Look: June 4

      Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Ashley V. Whillans, Adam M. Grant, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When does giving lead to happiness? Here, we present two studies demonstrating that the... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 Nov 2018
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      New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

      forthcoming Journal of Finance Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales By: Barbon, Andrea, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, and Augustin Landier Abstract—Using trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman