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- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
to study for three or more years. Vallée and Célérier developed a dataset that divided France's 240 engineering schools into nine sections, ranked by selectivity. Group 1 included the most selective schools such as École Polytechnique,... View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
millions of portable computers and handheld devices. When the 3,000 or so hot spots that exist today jump to 10,000, a tipping point will be reached that quickly leads to development of some 300,000 hot spots, Dayton predicted, driven... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
exporting to 32 countries and had manufacturing plants in Brazil and Uruguay. As it continued its international expansion, should it follow the same vertical integration strategy in other countries, or should it View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
illustrate how team members' identities and interests intertwine to affect the distribution and flow of information, subgroup dynamics, and team decisions. Findings-We develop three specific ideas to demonstrate the utility of this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
emigration grew in Michigan (0.24% to 1.18%) while dropping in states that did not enforce non-competes (0.20% to 0.13%). The relative risk of post-MARA emigration was 1.353 in Michigan, 99.9% higher than in states that continued not to... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
far from clear. Brexit proponents continue to argue that getting out from under the yoke of the EU will solve all its problems through better trade deals, fewer regulations, and curtailed immigration. But an objective strategic assessment... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
House of Representatives on September 10, 2009. The subject of the hearing: "The World Bank's Disclosure Policy Review, and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful Development Outcomes." [Webcast]... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
grapples with a number of strategic tensions: between innovations and the traditional business, between global and local, and about increased partnering or proprietary advantages. He must continue to lead and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
landscape look like for women? Myra Hart: Let's start with, "Who do women entrepreneurs know and who knows them?" In spite of the fact that women are very good at networking, the reality is that they don't know many people in the financial community. My... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
the public record—articles, speeches, and views from those with direct knowledge—that the CEO was concerned with developing a people-centric, high commitment culture. In effect, we searched for CEOs who were leading high commitment, high... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
It's called TrapGuard—a special kind of floor drain developed by a Georgia company that prevents sewer gases from entering homes. On the great spectrum of innovative products, it's probably not keeping company with the iPod or Segway... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-111.pdf Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative Authors:Nava Ashraf, Günther Fink, and David N. Weil Abstract Since 2003, Zambia... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 7
transformation of the very nature of the innovation search process. We find intermediate disclosure has the advantage of efficiently steering development towards improving existing solution approaches, but also the effect of limiting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
learn to recognize and build their leadership capital—the resources and influence needed to realize their goals, says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones. In his recently released book, The Treasure You Seek: A Guide to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-091.pdf An Exploration of Technology Diffusion Authors:Diego A. Comin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
In a famous example of how first movers can lose their advantage, second-mover Microsoft won the Web browser wars from Netscape and continues to dominate the market today. But that competition was the subject of another "war,"... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
and students, since the case studies in the book were developed for a course on corporate restructuring that I have taught here at Harvard Business School for the past eight years. (I have also taught these materials in a number of our... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
Nonprofits will continue to face multiple and competing accountability demands, so they must be deliberate in prioritizing among these demands. A critical challenge is to find a balance between upward accountability to their patrons and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
Agree or disagree—and even his colleagues disagree—Theodore Levitt's controversial article "The Globalization of Markets" reshaped the debate on globalism and consumer marketing, and continues to provide modern managers with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne