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- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling FDI to promote growth through backward linkages. Using realistic parameter values, we quantify the response of growth to FDI and show that an increase in the share of FDI leads to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing
knowledge sharing outside one’s core department. That is one implication of a new study about how knowledge is shared that focuses on academia, but may offer lessons for technology, pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 11 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Employers Favor Men
evidence of “in-group” favoritism and “out-group” bias, meaning that employers were more willing to hire a member from the lower-performing group if the employers shared the same gender or birth month. In the gender experiment, female... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
percent of revenue for unforeseen costs; if that money isn’t used, a portion goes toward bonuses for nurses, meaning that they share ownership over the residual benefits of their out-of-the-box work. It all adds up to higher morale and... View Details
- 05 Jul 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Are Middle Managers Falling Down Most Often on Employee Inclusion?
career. 2. The reliance on policies allowing work away from the office has created new challenges for managers. A better reason backed by research is that organizations are failing to engage their employees. Why? In large part because... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
workers like his father a share of the profits and get them to think like owners. The case studies, written by HBS Professor Dennis Campbell and assistant professor Ethan Rouen, describe the sea change in motivation that happens when... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
naturally that way; I knew too much about the politics of Asia when I got shot down. I think there was a lot of damage done by optimists; other writers from other wars share that opinion. The problem is, some people believe what... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
typical startup roles to help you determine which one might be the best fit for you, 2) profiles of startup executives across many different functions who share their stories and describe their responsibilities, and 3) a methodology to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
built up a strong retail market share in the U.S., not under the RBS brand, but through a series of acquisitions of regional (not national) banks. RBS is adding value for its shareholders by letting these banks retain their individual... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Case 209-097 Perry Capital owns shares in King and, to facilitate approval of the merger, buys shares in Mylan, whilst hedging out its economic exposure to Mylan's share price... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
replace the other. Remember that the person you appoint to staff your office will signal, rightly or wrongly, your views on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Hold a town hall meeting for the entire organization. This is a requirement by... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
unconscious mind to identify new product opportunities. Using metaphor-elicitation techniques, firms providing farming supplies, home appliances, office systems, and beauty care have identified important unmet needs. R&D departments... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 29 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely
Reading Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far Master the One-on-One Meeting Do you work remotely or manage those who do? What works and doesn't work about the arrangement? View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
democratized both inside and outside of companies. In the past, CEOs and other senior leaders were seen as the legitimate strategic decision-makers because they had more access to data and could decide if and when to share it. With much... View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Master the One-on-One Meeting
career. From the nerdiest, most introverted engineer to the highly extroverted sales executive. They’ve been on either side of up to 20 years senior or junior to me, varying genders and from as far away as India and China to as near as the View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
officer of RANE, a risk intelligence company. Emily Tedards is a research associate at HBS. [Image: iStockphoto/Krzysztof12] Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives The IT Leader’s Hero Quest What qualities do leaders need... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
more like a DB plan in the near future. Although this chapter focuses on a U.S. context and corporate pension plans, retirement and asset-management issues are a global challenge, and indeed, while the details vary across geopolitical borders, the fundamentals are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
digital transformation journey. 2. Align around a customer-centric narrative Vision and strategy matter, but without a sense of shared purpose, employees aren’t willing to do the hard work required to build a digitally mature... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
Anglo-Dutch twin Royal Dutch Shell formed major elements in the historically large Dutch FDI in the United States. 2 However, the fact that all dividends were remitted to N.V. in the Netherlands did not mean that the head office in... View Details