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  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

performance of hybrid organizations that pursue a social mission, and sustain their operations through commercial activities, by studying work integration social enterprises (WISEs). We argue that social imprinting and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

you have performed much more than adequately to have lasted so long; and a confidence that having come this far, you are well prepared to meet all future challenges." "The nation's business community," Graves said, "continues to reserve... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

  PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor markets share three stylized facts:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

proposals on material versus immaterial issues affect firms’ subsequent ESG performance and market valuation. We find that 58% of the shareholder proposals in our sample are filed on immaterial issues. We document that filing shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

corporation’s stakeholders beyond the shareholder is that they are vital to the long-term successful economic performance of the corporation. Some argue that only the interests of the shareholders should be... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

GAYLORD, Boston Ballet NINA HARSTAD, Equal Justice Initiative VI MAI, MBTA ALEJANDRO MOLINA, the White House National Economic Council RACHEL OROL, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts SAMI PAL, Coney... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
  • November 2000
  • Case

WARDA: Leading a Rice Revolution in West Africa

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
The West Africa Rice Development Association, along with various national and international partners, was developing and transferring new rice technologies to farmers throughout West and Central Africa. While production in West Africa was growing faster than any other... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa
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  • 25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

unintentionally undermined the intended admissions policy—led to the elimination of Boston’s walk zones. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52937 May 2017 American Economic Review Stable and Strategy-Proof... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Sep 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

firms to 400 to 1 just prior to the current economic meltdown, because pay for performance most often applies only to a small cadre of managers in many organizations. Further, pay for performance, when... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 22 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

Diversity and inclusion in organizations enhances various kinds of performance, from creativity to profitability. A growing body of research tells us this. So they are not just the right things to do; there is both an economic and social... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

from "real work." But when Google's people analytics team examined the value of managers, applying the same rigorous research methods the company uses in its operations, it proved the skeptics wrong. Mining data from employee surveys, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

economic motives behind individual concerns for privacy. Recent theories of privacy demands in commercial contexts have assumed an economically aware and sophisticated consumer, capable of evaluating the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 5, 2006

helping intentions; in other words, those participants who did not dehumanize outgroup victims were the individuals most likely to report volunteering for hurricane relief efforts. Internet Companies' Growth Strategies: Determinants of Investment Intensity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2020
  • News

A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

explored the ways the performing arts organization pivoted to a mostly virtual season to reach its audience while completing the two-year, $140 million restoration and expansion of the former Warner Grand Theatre, now known as the Bradley... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Q&A - Mark Fields

have confidence. If you perform the appropriate due diligence up front, then you can be confident that you’ll make the right decisions, no matter where you are. What are some of the business issues you’ve dealt with? Cost issues, an... View Details
Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • Web

Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog

How to assess the risks and returns in private investments and real estate portfolios 3. How to perform relative value analyses of differing investments 4. How to manage troubled investments (when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em) 5. How... View Details
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

scale of the relationship relative to location-specific and other effects. We find cluster presence to be significantly related to higher wages, with the effect being moderate but meaningful. This suggests that cluster presence enhances the ability of View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

was able to overcome the economic crisis that it faced and to maintain higher than average economic productivity, the other performed below average. “One of them failed, and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

more likely to use equity in the transaction, and buy companies in a related industry. The market tends to react more negatively to the announcement of the acquisition of a venture capital-backed company, but the long-run stock market and operating View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

types of investments? In relation to manager selection, how could the Notre Dame investment team continue to find the best managers to create alpha? To what extent would the performance of managers during the crisis be predictive of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace