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20 Oct 2016
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Photography by Brandon Patoc You think the traffic is bad where you live? Be glad you don’t live in London, where the average driver wastes 101 hours a year—the most of any city in Europe—stuck in traffic, according to the Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, a global... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Support Activities for Transportation

01 Jun 2013
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Building a Better Brazil

work as professionals in education, government, or public health the opportunity for advanced study at the University to help build a strong network of leaders committed to social change in Brazil. LORENTZEN Photo courtesy of Erling... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

press An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://ceo.usc.edu/book/doing_research_that_is_useful.html Business Network Transformation in Action Authors: Marco Iansiti and Ross Sullivan Publication: In Business View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution. Maritime shipping causes about 3... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Water Transportation

02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

stall a company’s scaling efforts. To prevent this from happening, companies must make core processes like recruiting, interviewing, and development a real priority in daily practice. As Aristotle emphasized a long time ago, “Excellence... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2012
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Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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HBS - The year in Review

size of discussion groups for better engagement, finding new ways for participants to network and socialize virtually, and increasing virtual access to case protagonists. Post-program surveys revealed very strong satisfaction scores.... View Details

07 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 7, 2015

economies. But only a handful of companies have managed to do it successfully until now. In this article, an MIT engineering professor and a Tuck professor of management explain why. After conducting a three-year study of reverse... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

and threats to organizations and conclude with a research agenda that more fully accounts for the potential of community forms to be a creator (and a possible destroyer) of value for organizations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-131.pdf View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2012
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Strategic responses to collective activism in the U.S. biomass sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt

Almost all companies face constraints and pressure from collective activists. Using tactics such as protests, boycotts, and lobbying, social movement organizations and collective actors can draw significant media attention to issues facing industries and organizations,... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business and Community Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Identity; Forest Products Industry; United States

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01 Sep 2024
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The Road Less Traveled

transport (less than 1,000 pounds). That same year, he launched Micromobility Industries, a media company that hosts webinars and global conferences, from Amsterdam to Southern California, and publishes news... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53512 Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling By: Ferreira, Kris Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Nov 2014
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http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/science/article/pii/S0305750X1400254X November 2014 Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2015
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the ability to achieve a goal, which in turn translates into higher rates of learning. We test the resulting model experimentally, using a mixed-method design that combines two laboratory experiments with a field experiment conducted in a large business-process... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2017
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How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

provides unparalleled exposure to some of the best companies in the world. It is a tremendous opportunity to network with potential employers, from any industry or geography of interest. Applying to top MBA... View Details

August 2021
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Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (B): Kevin Hart and Clubhouse

By: Anita Elberse, Briana Richardson and Cydni Williams

In May 2020, Andreessen Horowitz secures an agreement with Clubhouse, one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups, to lead its ‘Series A’ funding round. One of the factors that insiders saw as pivotal in the race to be Clubhouse’s VC firm of choice was Andreessen... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Talent Management; General Management; Inclusion; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Nonprofit Organizations

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17 Dec 2013
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Review Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS By: Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten Abstract—If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial ingredients in a modern... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

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