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- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation....
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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or pressure from regulators to demonstrate that...
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- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal, says Harvard Business...
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- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
years that have caused deep manufacturing job losses in the United States: the appearance of robots/automation, and increasing import competition from China. “The appearance of robots caused a sizable reduction in the local population,...
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- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
multicultural global contexts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-127.pdf The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization Authors: Michael C. Jensen Abstract I argue here that the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
average, countries have adopted technologies 47 years after their invention. There is substantial variation across technologies and countries. Over the past two centuries, newer technologies have been adopted faster than old ones. The...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
skillful negotiators can effectively manage both incentives and penalties. Publisher's link: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/24/like_a_boss_nuclear_talks_iran Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11
on clinician productivity in ambulatory settings. Study Design: We examined EHR use in primary care practices that implemented a web-based EHR from athenahealth (n = 42) over 3 years (695 practice-month observations). Practices were...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
Working PapersCompetition in Modular Clusters Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard Abstract The last twenty years have witnessed the rise of disaggregated "clusters," "networks," or "ecosystems"...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Even in the absence of national health coverage, the United States became the world's largest prescription drug market and emerged as the global leader in new drug research and testing. With health benefits View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
problem of filling empty seats and recruiting new customers in a way that did not harm other forms of ticket sales. ScoreBig has raised over $20 million in three rounds of financing. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/812043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social identification processes of cohesion, competition, and comparison. Using five years of personnel data from a large law firm, we examine the influence of demographic match...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
joined this train of thought as he commented, “A new economy has not arrived, if we define it as one that will sustain humanity on the planet for eternity ” The reasons it has not arrived are many, he continued. “(Unsustainable) global...
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by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
Editor's Note. Given a veritable flood over the last year of corporate "inversions"—US companies that reincoporate in other countries to take advantage of favorable tax rates and business regulations—lawmakers in Washington D.C....
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- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
assess the impact of this work. Dick Meza said that "it will have to run the gauntlet of peer reviews and further research ." Lorenzo Ferlazzo observed that "the current lack of standardized insights into behavioral stimuli and evolutionary asynchrony...
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by Jim Heskett
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
that progress is occurring on the work-life balance front, in part because of the inherent trade-off between productivity and a "work to live" philosophy? What do you think? Original Article A reader of this column who follows View Details
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by James Heskett
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
globalized business world, and technologies that are constantly changing. Within that dynamic environment, a curveball can come from anywhere: a portion of their businesses may suddenly dry up, belt-tightening layoffs may loom, or...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22
and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
States have usually been white men who were blessed with the right religion, family, or education. But "outsiders" have also created their own paths to leadership, a trend on the rise today. Paths to Power is the first book in fifty years...
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Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo