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- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge over their rivals? In this book, drawing on my case studies and other research on the worlds of media and sports, I... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
(again) American political leaders have repeatedly tried and failed to stem spiraling drug costs. US President Donald Trump said in May that he expected drugmakers to voluntarily cut their costs, providing few details. However, a Wells... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 9
Authors:Diego Comin, Mark Gertler, and Ana Maria Santacreu Abstract We develop a model in which innovations in an economy's growth potential are an important driving force of the business cycle. The framework shares the emphasis of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23
century American, European, Japanese, Indian, and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of business beyond making profits, although until recently such views have not been mainstream. There was also a wide variation... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
Conversely, I’ve heard investors say they wish the leaders of their portfolio companies would be more transparent about challenges they are facing and ask for help. As one investor said to me, “They already sold me on the business and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
market in the Gulf, Olsson and Sheikha recognize the importance of finding a strong leader to head the Saudi operations. They have their sights on a specific German-Saudi entrepreneur, Abdulla Elyas, but he has so far declined both of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/918012-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-454 Steve Jobs: Leader Strategist Strategically, Steve Jobs got it brilliantly right some times and terribly wrong other times. This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
health care has led her to study nurses, who, as direct care providers, are at the center of the web of supply chains of equipment, supplies, medications, and even physicians. Singer received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 06 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 6
PublicationsDoes Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek Publication:Journal of Development Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain
collected describes the needs not only of ultimate customers but also of intermediaries such as retailers and wholesalers. Q: What is the most important take-away? What can business leaders start doing now to improve their Value Profit... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 19 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 19
but also a source of, inter-organizational conflict. Principals, agents, and teams face different sets of constraints and opportunities in negotiations. We develop grounded theory detailing how the micro-interactions comprising a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
characterized by underdeveloped institutions and frequent environmental shifts. Yet they also contain many firms that have survived over generations. How are firms in weak institutional environments able to persist over time? Motivated by 69 interviews with View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
and inadequate care. In short, health care in the United States appears to be broken. Enter Harvard Business School's Life Sciences & Health Care Initiative, which brings together faculty from diverse parts of HBS to both conduct research on the sector and prepare... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
for the introduction of health products in developing countries where consumers may be uncertain about product quality, and price subsidies are common policy instruments. Through a field experiment selling an unfamiliar health product in... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
process for midrange computers. All the parties I talked to felt that productivity had increased, but they talked about the work more as capability development than benefits realization. They were learning how to "speak Web... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
can't be bothered with the details of their business is crazy. —Robert Hargrove in E-Leader Updated advice: Leaders must constantly push the boundaries of established ways of doing business—but they must also know which established... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech wizard Greg Brandeau, MIT researcher Emily Truelove, and Being the Boss coauthor Kent Lineback, found among leaders a widely shared, and mistaken, assumption: that a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
working paper is instead focused on perceptions of political risk by domestic business leaders active in Latin America and South Asia since the 1970s. Employing data from the Creating Emerging Markets oral history database View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman