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- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
several types of the complex business models organizations will need to adopt if they are to host such paradoxical strategies. Managing complex business models effectively depends on leadership that can make View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
regulators. Moreover, our findings highlight the trade-off between slow execution and potential information leakage in the decision of optimal trading speed. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55258 Summer 2018 NYU Journal of Law &... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008
Working PapersHighbrow Films Gather Dust: A Study of Dynamic Inconsistency and Online DVD Rentals Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
concern, idea, or mistake,” says Edmondson, who identified the importance of psychological safety in team effectiveness 30 years ago and has continued researching its impact on teams and companies. “It’s very important.” Particularly at a... View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
idea with Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria. Nohria remembered that he and his HBS colleague, Rakesh Khurana, had noticed a similar effect in CEO data—that some chief executives had two distinct halves to their careers, a... View Details
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
her credibility and effectiveness in a nonprofit organization. Differences At its core the nonprofit is fundamentally different than the for-profit. At the center of the nonprofit is its social mission. Understanding the mission, helping... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
effective care teams and good management of local operations (clinical microsystems). Clinicians influence both, and local clinician leaders will have several key tasks. Publisher's link: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1301814... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
understanding of the various dynamics that exist at state, regional, and community levels. Each stakeholder has a role to play here. The government’s recent EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) guidelines mandate that corporations like... View Details
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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
assessing customer lifetime value (LTV), customer-base analysis, and cohort dynamics to inform strategic decision-making. 2. Leveraging Data for Customer Growth: The course explores how firms use data-driven insights for segmentation,... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
Back, Moving Forward: A Review of Group and Team-Based Research, edited by Margaret A. Neale and Elizabeth A. Mannix, 359-381. Emerald Group Publishing, 2012 Abstract Purpose-We review how team members' identities and interests affect team functioning, paying special... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
distinguished economists who have studied the role of public support in generating innovation in other sectors of the economy. Over the last few years relatively few economists have studied energy innovation in any depth, but there has been a substantial investment in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
research shows that in the 10 cities with the largest Airbnb market share in the US, the entry of Airbnb resulted in 1.3 percent fewer hotel nights booked and a 1.5 percent loss in hotel revenue. The paper, The Welfare Effects of Peer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
In the late 1980s, scientists for New York City-based drug-maker Pfizer began testing what was then known as compound UK-92,480 for the treatment of angina. Although UK-92,480 seemed promising in the lab and in animal tests, the compound... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
repeal. This paper analyzes the extent to which tax deferral and other policies inefficiently subsidize U.S. direct investment abroad. Investments are dynamically inefficient if they consistently generate fewer returns to investors than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
unacceptable. Still, Madrick argues, there may be more reason to hope now than ever before. Rather than attempting to treat the symptoms of poverty, we might be able to ameliorate its worst effects through a single, simple, and... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
who need them most, but unrestricted transfers might threaten the Internet's routing system. I suggest policies to create an IP address "market" while avoiding major negative externalities—mitigating the worst effects of v4... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni Are Integral to HBS
be interesting if there was an HBS course that could give students an understanding about the political, economic, and business dynamics in Africa,” recalls Belo-Osagie. However, a semester-long course would be challenging for both... View Details
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Training Course in Personnel Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
background in the "understanding and treatment of human problems in any employment situation" that would enable them to enter positions in human resources departments. 3 Personnel work, the course catalogue explained, entailed "a careful... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16
further provide evidence that these effects are due to increased competition for local resources. China: The Indigenization of Insurance Authors:Elisabeth Köll and David Faure Publication:In World Insurance: The Evolution of a Global Risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
of rapid technological change. Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals Authors:Rafael Di Tella Publication:CATO Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011) Abstract We describe the evolution of selective aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel