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  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

companies in at least five ways: as a source of knowledge and expertise, as a sounding board and constructive critic, as a driver of accountability, as a stimulus for innovation, and as a resource for the full board. In an accompanying... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2016
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

at how workers could face challenges head on, by becoming more resilient, building a repertoire of skills that allow them to recover quickly, and responding constructively to hardships. “A lot of tough stuff hits us,” he told... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

discovered that many of these problem contracts were not very profitable," says Healy. The results were more stark for Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, which Healy is researching for an upcoming case study. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

and the present. (The comparable figures for India are $330 and $2,104). Nonetheless, likely negative outcomes range from poor quality construction and growing work-related accidents to the remarkably low level of personal trust seen in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

moderation-of-process approach (Spencer, Zanna, & Fong, 2005) to constructively replicate and extend our findings. The paper demonstrates how multiple identities within people can have consequences for performance in tasks that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

control group offered comments such as, "This player's hand placement is wrong." In contrast, those in the rediscovery group gave more constructive advice; for example, "Have that right hand flowing on the strings, and suspend the hand... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 15 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 15

encouraged even relative strangers to hold each other accountable for progress. Thus the team scaffolds enabled the construction of group coordination processes among fluid groups. Quantitative analysis showed that performance improved... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 22

Compensation and Firm Performance Authors:Joanne Horton, Yuval Millo, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (forthcoming) Abstract Using a sample of 4,278 listed U.K. firms, we construct a social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

successful $500 million capital campaign that included the opening of the Spangler and Rock Centers, the construction of Hawes Hall, and the renovation of Baker Library. Shortly before his departure from Soldiers Field, Clark shared some... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

of exogenous price variation to test this proposition: higher tariffs should lead to more vertical integration; moreover, ownership structures should be more alike across countries with similar levels of protection. To assess the evidence, we View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract This study examined the convergent and construct validity of ratings of individual creative contributions in a team context. A sample of 201 employees and supervisors, working on 26 team projects,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807011 Business, Law, and Society: The Systems Approach to Law and Management Harvard Business School Note 806-086 Presents the systems approach to law and management, a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial loss. The project did not meet its sales goals, and the bank pressured the investors to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

cross-border finance and in patterns we have seen before. In his new book Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance, Abdelal documents the waxing and waning of international capital controls in the twentieth and twenty-first... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
  • 12 Jan 2004
  • What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

exported—those involving personal services such as face-to-face retailing and repair work. The Wal-Martization of work in the U.S. is emphasized while the fastest-growing types of service jobs in medicine, high-tech maintenance and development, and View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 23 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

Amabile, many organizations unwittingly construct impediments by fostering an atmosphere where turf battles are commonplace, where fresh ideas are negatively criticized, and where everything new is viewed with suspicion. Since much of... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
  • February 2015
  • Case

Continental Hope Group

By: Christopher Marquis and Qi Li
This case provides an opportunity to examine and discuss how a traditional Chinese private business was launched and developed into a globalizing, multi-industry corporation. It also highlights how second generation entrepreneurs successfully developed an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; China; Technology; Real Estate; Talent Retention; Incentives; Talent and Talent Management; Diversification; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; China
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  • 27 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

the socially constructed nature of helping behavior. That is, the parties must establish and maintain a helping frame for their interaction, especially when help-givers are high-status external leaders. Second, the model specifies that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

the capabilities they need. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52603 September 2017 Current History China Gambles on Modernizing Through Urbanization By: Looney, Kristen, and Meg Rithmire Abstract—Contemporary discussions of urbanization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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