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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Hekmatullah Ebrahimkhil prays next to a network tower on a hill overlooking Qargha Lake, outside Kabul. Ebrahimkhil is helping his father guard and service one of the mobile communication towers on the hill—part of an innovative community security View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
to 2 million people by 2020. Is this private model needed at all? Why can't cities take the time to grow organically, like London or Jakarta? Here's why I believe we need to go faster and better, with seven steps toward how. My research... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
MBA course in negotiation as well as advanced dealmaking electives and Executive Education programs), has developed a model with former HBS faculty member David A. Lax called "three-dimensional negotiation." In a course note... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
large whiteboard to enable the discussions to mimic those conducted at HBS. By all accounts, the hard work of the organizers paid off. "I congratulate the HBS alumni in Ireland on a very successful program. They have combined 'hands-on'... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Abstract We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We present microfoundations for a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
boards concentrate on fundraising and other activities rather than performance management. Executive attention is further divided by the need to take care of a large number of clients on each end of the pipeline—both donors and... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
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Online AI Course | HBS Online
roles to build an AI-powered organization Learn how generative AI connects to your organization and its impact on business and operating models Who Will Benefit Business Professionals Current and Aspiring Leaders Functional Specialists... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable. While some would like to see a convergence around the best features of the European and U.S. approach to management, there was limited confidence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
experienced scientists, engineers, and managers from large organizations. These people take their knowledge and experience with them into the small company. Another thing they do is to work closely with universities and one or more of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
cash-only offer from Cablevision, and a $15 billion cash-only offer from KKR and Providence. The fact that both Comcast and Cablevision are themselves family-controlled and with a large wedge between the family's ownership and control... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
In its place is a debilitating, often desperate condition, bequeathed to them in large measure by the apathy, greed, and ignorance of adults both near and far. That, one could say, is Africa. But ask JoAnna Van Gerpen (MBA ’81), UNICEF’s... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
S. Fader, Sunil Gupta, Bruce Hardie, Aurelie Lemmens, Barak Libai, David T. Neal, Foster Provost, and Rom Schrift Abstract—In today’s turbulent business environment, customer retention presents a significant challenge for many service companies. Academics have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
in conflict. Yangon was the only large city and was like a time capsule from the past. When we got to the hotel in Yangon, for the first breakfast, my wife and I got into a conversation with the waiter, a very bright, animated young man.... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
We develop a model of the productive opportunity space for SEOs as a basis and an inspiration for further scholarly inquiry. Order the book: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0733-558x&volume=33 Egalitarianism, Cultural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in behavioral decision research where people have two distinct modes of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
value-relevant before disclosure, for negative earnings adjustments it is value-relevant only after disclosure. This finding is consistent with managers delaying the communication of bad news until IFRS compliance. A finer model shows... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson heterogeneity by using a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
disbursements are relatively more staggered. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14074 Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a goal-oriented model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
is the case, both empirically and theoretically. We provide an analytical model of exchange when there are many highly sensitized patients and show that large cycles of exchange or long chains can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne