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- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
number of competitors increases. Greater rivalry reduces the incentives of all competitors in a contest to exert effort and make investments. At the same time, adding competitors increases the likelihood that at least one competitor will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes an attempt at bringing economic theory and management strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
more intensive regulatory oversight. What should Tang do to position CreditEase so that it can continue to fulfill its mission of making financial products and services available to millions of underserved Chinese while branching out into... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
lost this place of privilege. We discuss that most explanations regarding the hypothesis of Argentine Exceptionalism fall into one or several of four categories. The first explanation is to challenge the exceptionalism hypothesis, either... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. Many fail to make the transition successfully. In this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
said, "Go to back-to-school night. That is more important." And then he told the board at dinner why I wasn't there and why it was so important to make it possible for working parents to have very big jobs but still be involved... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
through the 5 Cs in order to help you develop and deploy your leadership capital step-by-step. With each one, you can start from exactly where you are and focus on making progress in one area at a time, just a little bit at a time, in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
strategies of companies within those industries. In particular, I focus on how an industry gets defined: how consumers and other industry players make sense of, or frame, the industry, and the way that framing in turn affects how the... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
PublicationsProspects for the Professions in China Authors:William P. Alford, William Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, eds Publication:Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia. London: Routledge, 2010 Abstract Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/gray ward norton.pdf What Makes Analysts Say 'Buy'? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, Nitin Nohria, and George Serafeim Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
Apple's Tim Cook is one of an increasing number of CEOs using the corporate bully pulpit to promote social views. @iStock In their paper Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Field Experiment, the researchers address two key... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
continues. Similar to the NFL, this hiring has to take place virtually. And the shortcomings of virtual hiring in the business world are not dissimilar—technology fails, the impersonal nature of remote interactions, and the challenges... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Link between Non-financial and Financial Performance in One Space Authors: Robert G. Eccles, Jess Schulschenk, and George Serafeim Publication: In Making Investment Grade: The Future of Corporate Reporting, edited by Cornis van der Lugt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
role of small entrepreneurs in the co-creation of the industry. Making extensive use of oral history, the article explores the role of tour companies in drawing affluent Western ecotourists to the country, and of the creators of ecolodges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
relationships by making (even objectively generous) exchanges feel transactional. When exchanging resources, people should be wary of both how much they exchange and the manner in which they exchange. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance
continually renewing sense of success that really seems worthwhile and lasting on all your success targets, you have to give up the standards of maximization. Is There Room For Spirituality At The Office? Does Spirituality Drive Success? Is there a View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
change from two bloody civil wars between 1989 and 2003 that left the country torn apart by warlords notorious for using child soldiers and quarter of a million people dead. (UN peacekeepers plan to stay in place until 2017.) Werker says... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
highly attractive host economy over the following decade. There are major acquisition opportunities in, for example, the fragmented U.S. banking sector, and the probable further weakening of the dollar over the medium term will make U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
facts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-101.pdf Cases & Course Materials Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1 Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson HoutHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
development of broader firm capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-019.pdf How Can Decision Making Be Improved? (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Dolly Chugh, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract text Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace