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- 26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008
Working PapersDiffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision Authors:Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel Abstract A key role of corporate managers is to encourage subsidiaries to adopt innovative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. That practical experience informed her work on the board of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, of which she became chair in 2009. “Measuring performance in charity... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
looking for for many, many years,” says Bob Mahley, president emeritus of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease. Samzelius, who had no knowledge of neurological diseases, first sought out Mahley for advice shortly after that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
Corruption doesn't announce itself with a capital C. It is subtler and thornier than that—as one HBS student learned the hard way during a recent summer internship in Tanzania. In a new case detailing his experience, the student struggles to navigate the systemic... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
We are focused on building, in some ways, universities that are the exact opposite of my great alma mater. We want to invest in good institutions and help make them great by making them accessible and affordable to as many people who have... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4
knowing "who we are" might depend in part on repeatedly remembering to forget "who we were not." The Enabling Role of Social Position in Diverging from the Institutional Status Quo: Evidence from the U.K. National... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
the government can actually tax and spend and build things, while lowering the cost to business of doing its work, then you've achieved a good equilibrium. At that point, a country can begin to use its own institutions to look after... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
using simulated reinforcement learning agents, we find that both in settings where subjects are given complete information about auction payoff rules and in settings where they are given no information about... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
effectiveness of groups, how perceivers use group properties to inform their judgment, and the contextual and individual differences that allow some perceivers to be more accurate. Across seven studies, we present consistent evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
Course Authors:Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Communications of the Association for Information Systems 24, no. 1 (2009) Abstract We report on the design and implementation of an unusual course in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
information accessible and portable, have been talked about for a long time. One hurdle to progress on this relates, again, to the existing business model, which makes it difficult for information stored on... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22
psychology that accounts for behaviors inconsistent with ethical beliefs and describe how people reconcile their immoral actions with their ethical goals through the process of moral disengagement. We then examine how the mind selectively forgets View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
Council, where Eccles serves on the steering committee, has set out to create an integrated-reporting global framework that brings together financial, environmental, social, and governance information in a consistent format. Reflecting on... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
practice of providing detailed information about the company's "quarterly standings, stock prices, new acquisitions, etc.," concludes that "anyone who has stock or investments in a public company should be privileged to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that... View Details
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take out a student loan, you assume a legal obligation to repay the principal amount you borrow, plus interest, under a defined repayment schedule. The following information is provided to help in your financial aid planning. Please be... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
chief scientific officer, in particular — aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," Higgins explains. "It's these executives' professional ties and company connections, their access to information and resources... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
many firms have not instituted a process for managing the development of potential leaders. Many have not even thought about the process of selecting a leader when the time comes for change. And as a result, they are as confused about who... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53461 2017 Making Research Matter: A Psychologist's Guide to Public Engagement Government and Organizations: Transforming Institutions Using Behavioral Insights By: Dalton,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
Course MaterialsPerforming Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions Harvard Business School Note 207-069 Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment analysis. Written specifically... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace