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- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
identity. In addition, authentic self-expression mediated these relationships. We call for a new direction in socialization theory examining how both organizations and employees benefit by encouraging authentic self-expression. Download... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
activity, a trend that shows little tendency of alleviating. This book looks at the experiences of governments in encouraging entrepreneurs and venture capitalists across many decades and continents. Certainly, the dollars spent each year... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
features or discovered bugs. Feed its direct and indirect network effects. Support as much as possible the independent software vendor community so that the quantity and quality of complements is substantially above that of Linux. View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
critics have often complained that industrial revolution management transfers control of a job away from workers, encourages human exploitation in pursuit of cost minimization, and alienates workers from their labor. But the arrangements... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike’s Global Sourcing and Manufacturing division were focusing on three key supply chain challenges: sourcing from suppliers that meet compliance standards, challenging and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
targeting behavior. For managers contemplating the use of performance goals or targets to encourage more volunteer effort, our results suggest careful consideration about the extent to which they may render other incentives less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
innovation, by encouraging workers to cultivate their individual strengths and to speak up when they have ideas for improvements. And they can develop and empower their employees to solve problems instead of turning automatically to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
some coursework similar to what I had been doing at JPL." As his doctoral work progressed, Light became "more and more interested in the Business School side of the joint program." He found mentors in Raiffa and finance professor Eli Shapiro, who View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
welcome suggestions from readers regarding organizations that are explicitly trying to manage such value tensions, and encourage them to contact us (sandra.cha@mcgill.ca and aedmondson@hbs.edu). View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
by the threat to the core business and encouraged by the CEO's personal involvement, the management team repeatedly asked for heavy, upfront investments of resources. D'Arbeloff's response was critical. He pushed them to find new markets... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
help students to conceptualize; for instance, how would they approach implementing a great idea or pursue a great opportunity? There are always enormous risks, so rather than take on the whole thing, we encourage them to approach it in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
be on the verge of another significant advance. For if the mutual fund first empowered the "little guy" by encouraging him to visit Wall Street, the Internet has captured the Street and placed it at his disposal, inside his... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
Group, a Chinese hotel chain that opened about 2,000 hotels during its first decade in business, uses Balanced Scorecard (BSC) metrics to promote both consistency of service and an entrepreneurial attitude among hotel managers. The company needs to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B) Maarten W. Bos, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Kyle T. DohertyHarvard Business School Supplement 911-061 The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
IASB is working closely with the FASB to converge the U.S. and IAS standards. The Securities and Exchange Commission has even considered letting foreign companies list on U.S. exchanges using IAS. Q: What position do you encourage the... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
consider what other institutions, such as companies, might do. In addition, companies are sometimes more responsive than governments to the populace. Our aim is to encourage creative theory and research that considers the conditions under... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Encourages readers to think about the impediments to energy efficiency in the buildings sector and the ways in which entrepreneurs can profitably surmount the obstacles. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
it says, “college ready.” He has a mentor starting day one in grade nine, and the mentor encourages him to work with him on a regular basis and provides him with support. Very quickly, Oscar starts rising in terms of his achievement... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Statistics Trade Credit and Taxes By: Desai, Mihir, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract—This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced differences in pretax returns View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne