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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
change in directions that favor new sets of interests (for a review, see Battilana, 2010). A second factor that contributes to institutional change is determining whether the processes are endogenous to the everyday functioning of institutions, such as the loose... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
"co-fragile" if their owners have correlated trading needs, even if the holdings of these owners do not directly overlap. We formalize this idea and apply it to the ownership of U.S. stocks between 1990 and 2007. Consistent with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Cross-Registration | MBA
next to the my.Harvard petitions for any course in which they were not enrolled. Please note that an email from a faculty member indicating enrollment does not constitute official enrollment in the course. All formal enrollments will be... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
all over the world.” Oberholzer-Gee envisioned the Boardroom as more of a collaborative effort than a formal presentation. There is no PowerPoint, he stressed. “The task is to draw on the wisdom in the room and for the students to apply... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
managers who implemented formal performance management systems and invested in sophisticated data analytics. From 1998 to 2007 (phase two), these investments allowed Cross Country to quantify service providers' impact on motorist... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
working hard didn't increase their number of hours; and lower-skilled workers didn't work more at all. The application of formal cash incentives worked in a different way than the sorting effect. The absolute effect of cash incentives was... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
cooperation, social situations. And in the end, I got very involved in using game theory for that. Game theory is this formal mathematical theory of strategies used by players in, you know, well-defined games. Trying to solve a problem of... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
with the utmost respect. Kanter believes a formal complaint process might not be effective if the victim feels vulnerable and exposed. She might question if it’s even worth reporting, doubting that the complaint will be investigated... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
come up with quick policy advice, but to actually try to deepen understanding of those problems through rigorous academic research, which ultimately can lead to new remedies.” Outside of formal hearings, get-togethers between researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
of risk talk the CRO can enable the real work of risk management to take place not in his own function but in the business. In both cases, facilitation involved a significant degree of humility on the part of the CRO, manifest in limited View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
shocks, i.e., they must buy or sell at the same time. Two assets are "co-fragile" if their owners have correlated trading needs, even if the holdings of these owners do not directly overlap. We formalize this idea and apply it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
other hand, the Bank has no required procedures for developing policy, and no clear minimum standards for soliciting or incorporating public inputs in its lending operations. As a result, public participation is usually ad hoc and discretionary, and the Bank generally... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
just one example of the formal and informal networks in place to pass along Native heirloom seeds. Each season, Keen can request two varieties from the Cherokee Nation seed bank, and the volunteers at the Tri-Faith garden are always... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
the kingdom allocate their time and their capital. What’s more, there is no formal training for how to do their work. So how do these influential leaders practice their craft? What skills do CIOs require? What frameworks do they employ?... View Details
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020)
focus areas across the school: the actual socioeconomic diversity of the class itself the cost of attending HBS the cost of extracurricular and social experiences, which are less formally included in the cost but impact one’s ability to... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
program for neuroscience entrepreneurs. The company has assembled a core staff and a roster of more than 140 mentors who are experts in its four areas of focus—product development, operations, clinical and regulatory affairs, and business development. The curriculum is... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
administrative offices in two proposed buildings will accommodate faculty growth and offer space for the return of departments now housed off-campus. 7 Batten Way ETA Unknown A widened and re-landscaped Batten Way will provide a formal... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect IP. We investigate the impact of modularity on IP protection by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
American Democrats, their beliefs and values suggest that Peronists are the Argentine equivalent of the Republicans. Third, given that these beliefs are non-standard (for economists) we present a model formalizing some of their key... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne