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- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services increased View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
the Bind of Necessary Evils: Psychological Engagement and the Production of Interpersonally Sensitive Behavior," in the Academy of Management Journal. The researchers joined forces and shared their insights on this tricky topic in an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
their espoused strategy and management principles. Beer and Eisenstat began implementing the process ten years ago at Becton Dickinson and Company, a medical products and diagnostic systems supplier. "Ray Gilmartin, who was CEO at... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
opportunity, says Teixeira. "A second screen can be a competitor, but it can also be a collaborator," says Teixeira. After all, if consumers already have their smartphones or laptops in hand, it only takes a few clicks to visit an advertiser's website and buy... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25
Publications Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance Author: Gary P. Pisano Publication: Harvard Business Review Press, in press. (due October 2012) Abstract For years-even decades-in response to intensifying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015
Publications June 2015 Review of Accounting Studies Speaking of the Short-Term: Disclosure Horizon and Managerial Myopia By: Brochet, Francois, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract—We study conference calls as a voluntary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
Publications Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK Authors: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim Publication: Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-031.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments Authors:Melissa A. Valentine, Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Objective. To identify, review, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
workplace interactions. Building on West and Zimmerman's (1987) now classic articulation of gender as "the product of social doings," we describe this organizationally induced behavior as "undoing" gender. We use this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
capital flows—both debt and equity—into public and private components and study their relationship with productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
entrepreneurship " Peter McCann pointed out that things are déjà vu all over again. "There will be increased productivity but the day of zero marginal cost for more than a small set of goods and services is not even on the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
recent Harvard Business Review article, "How the Quest for Efficiency Corroded the Market," proposes a number of radical remedies including tax breaks for long-term investors, the establishment of an investor's union, and making... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
Accordingly, this review provides a framework for optimizing efficiency in the cardiac cath lab. The authors outline a management method based on the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, a commonly used business tool by which a company can... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808167 The Coartem Challenge (A) Harvard Business School Case 706-037 In November 2005, Novartis, a major global pharmaceutical firm, is reviewing its Coartem program, an ambitious attempt to deliver... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
way through that critical project. But first, just one more cat video Research has shown that people are more likely to follow through on their goals, whether it’s boosting productivity at work, improving grades at school, losing weight,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21
slightly for ISO 9001 adopters, although total injury costs did not. These results have implications for organizational theory, managers, and public policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-018.pdf A Decision-making Perspective to Negotiation: A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
that outside expertise is often needed. Sony, a legendary marketer, outsourced its program to market products through its online "Sony Style" store, recognizing that they needed expertise in areas... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
problem. Of course, it makes it easier that those companies are industry leaders with unique products customers want regardless of any inducements, says Healy. But he suspects another factor is also at work. "People know they are not... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding