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- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
The first edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, by David A. Moss was published in 2007—just as one of the world's great economic downturns was taking off. The second... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Margaret Graham's RCA and the Radio Disc, a biography of David Sarnoff by an RCA executive, and a journalistic account of Sony's expansion. Precisely because of the tiny number of players involved, their... View Details
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
Discover what type of rebel you really are. Food CitizenshipThe public is losing trust in many institutions involved in putting food on our table, says Ray A. Goldberg. Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business
A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited from inside or outside the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
produced innovations in information and other technologies. Some questioned the data. Others counseled patience. David Caulfield sees productivity improvement, but not necessarily among workers. In questioning the way we measure... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
ethical dilemma for managers: Is it appropriate to let mere social category lines interfere with profit maximization? Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-033.pdf Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship Authors:Paul View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
needs to be known by members of an organization? What are the limits on transparency in the workplace? What do you think? To read more: David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moreti, and Emmanuel Saez, Inequality... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
with outspoken banking executives, argued that, “Silence may be both a more eloquent statement and a more intelligent one ” CEOs and other high-profile people “do a service by restraining their knee-jerks and shutting their mouths.” RCD... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
governed by a set of rules, the rules of play, according to John A. Deighton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Leora Kornfeld, adjunct faculty, Schulich... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
something for me." [Staples' head Thomas G.] Stemberg agreed to back him in exploring new businesses. Each ultimately invested $250,000 in a partnership to fund research on dry cleaning, an industry Stemberg had monitored for several... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- August 2011
- Supplement
Better World Books Video
By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh
This video contains an interview with David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books. Topics discussed include: the opportunities and constraints offered by having a social mission, an update on the company, and the future of Better World Books. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Management Teams; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Publishing Industry
Norton, Michael I., Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery, and Thomas Steenburgh. "Better World Books Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 512-701, August 2011.
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
Publication:In Innovation Policy and the Economy. Vol. 11, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. NBER Book Series. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
leaders on work, "it is extremely naive to expect that stereotypical ideas about what women in general are like will have any meaning for the behavior of women in senior management positions. Women who arrive in such positions will be very atypical ." The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
to be inconsistent, if not contradictory. "In the ultimate analysis, however everything boils down to perception of the team members or subordinates or followers of the leader concerned." The importance of maintaining an open mind on the subject of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
Summing Up The variety of responses stimulated by this month's column may help explain why our public institutions are so often perceived as responding slowly to natural or man-made "meltdowns." First, as Ravindra Edirisooriya... View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
academic circles; others are working more quietly behind the scenes to effect change. “The university is a nonprofit institution. It has a charter from the state, and it exists in large part to serve society,” says David View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
years...I also believe that a gut instinct is built, not born." V. A. Emuang commented, "I think vast exposure to life, wide-ranging experiences, and a courageous, positive attitude allows one to blink or thin-slice with better... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
colleagues on the Harvard Business School faculty, legendary teacher and thinker Tony Athos. In an organization with a culture of long hours and FILO (first in last out) norms (borrowing from David Physick's comment), Tony liked to sit... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Second, we compare patenting by venture‐backed startups and incumbent firms. Using a variety of measures, we find that VC‐backed startups are engaged in more novel and more highly cited innovations compared to incumbent firms. Incumbent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, has used music and singing to help staffers think in unconventional ways. Poet David Whyte brings poetry to corporations such as Merck and Procter & Gamble to stir creativity View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso