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- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
corporation to do? HBS professor V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan and HBS research associate Arthur McCaffrey propose a framework for an "ethic of engagement," that embraces standards for global investment that respect poor... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
cats, or whatever,” says Andy Wu, assistant professor of business administration in the Strategy unit of Harvard Business School. “What’s overlooked is a comprehensive framework for how you mobilize the resources—such as financing,... View Details
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
traditional rating and ranking system. The new process involved informal monthly meetings between managers and their reports, and it more closely tied bonuses to business performance. Would it serve to motivate employees? Could its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
Framework Authors:Herman B. Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt Publication:Chap. 2 in Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response, edited by Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem, 18-41. Wharton School Publishing, 2009 An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
accepting full responsibility for outcomes and holding others accountable for their performance." Having established a framework for authentic leadership, George and his coauthor then personally interviewed 125 leaders they identify... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
organization for re-emerging from conservatorship. In the background, housing prices continue to deteriorate, and the company continues to lose money. In addition, political views continue to shift regarding the future regulatory and equity ownership View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
actually did. We use the want/should theoretical framework to explain the bounded ethicality that arises from these temporal inconsistencies, positing that the "should" self dominates during the prediction and evaluation phases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
that researchers can potentially invoke to supplement other resources available to them. We propose a framework of antecedents for the use of professional social networks by academics. The framework captures... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper proposes an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
holding across a wide range of industries and controlling for factors such as productivity and related technological capabilities. The results are explicated by a framework I develop for understanding the drivers of this behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
instinct for choosing the right tools—Continental Airlines' Gordon Bethune, General Electric's Jack Welch, and IBM's Lou Gerstner are all examples. Others can use this framework to help select the most appropriate tools for their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
emerged as a core subfield (Messick & Tenbrunsel, 1996). This paper draws on that framework and applies it to negotiations, arguing that not all unethical behavior is intentional; rather, negotiators fall prey to bounded ethicality,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
practice and teaching of business strategy today exist largely as a set of alternative views and frameworks not entirely connected to one another. These notes contribute an integrated sequence of steps for creating or evaluating a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
value of a more thorough reflection on the notion of strategy becomes clear when the conceptual framework is contrasted with the reality of strategies as defined by regions. We find that some important aspects of strategy, especially the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
framework for thinking about policy, both past and future. Q: Do you think your suggestions are practical? A: Jeremy and Sam spent most of 2009 working in Washington on financial policy, so I'll defer to them. But keep in mind that in an... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
framework for future research to explore and develop these arguments. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2231526 Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—This study tests... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
to accessing discounted products. We propose that deliberately increasing search frictions by placing obstacles to locating discounted items can improve online retailers’ margins and increase conversion. We demonstrate using a simple theoretical View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
based upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. We test our framework on the U.S. location choices of new manufacturing entrants between 1985 and 1994 and find that firms are far more attracted to skilled labor and specialized suppliers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
jobs must include entrepreneurs." Mills is approaching her work at the Competitiveness Project through a framework she calls a job-creation playbook, which is broken down into three categories: institutions (accelerators, economic... View Details