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- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
histories spanning generations, we combine induction and deduction to propose reputation as a meta-resource that allows firms to activate their conventional resources. We conceptualize reputation as consisting of prominence, perceived quality, and resilience and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
important questions in terms of its future strategy and mission. Should the Bank continue to focus on micro-level development initiatives, such as the Millennium Development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
mixer. This project has taken over 1 year to develop, mainly because the division's management team continually asked for more analysis, and R&D was slow in developing a reasonable technology to create a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
experience. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50573 2015 Shaping Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Leadership Development Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving By: Datar,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
after a merger." Tony Eckel said, "Properly applied, they are investments in the continuity and stability of the organization." Some were vehement in their opposition. "I view a retention bonus as a sort of blackmail... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
has been substantial growth in the number of physicians pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees over the past decade, but there is continuing debate over the utility of these programs and the career outcomes of their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
says McAfee. Another reason the governance structure works, adds Lakhani, is that it is transparent—everyone's edits can be read and commented upon by anyone else. But the real basis of Wikipedia governance is a collection of policies and guidelines View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane: The nature of competition is changing rapidly. Drivers such as globalization, deregulation, and technological change are opening opportunities for the development of new, original business... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
households continue to hold individual assets, however, they rebalance both stocks and mutual funds to offset about one sixth of the passive variations in individual asset shares. Households rebalance primarily by adjusting purchases of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
developed by the company’s marketers and strategists. “They want to react to changing demand and supply conditions,” says study author Alexander J. MacKay, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School who... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
at the number of times investors accessed environmental and social data on Bloomberg terminals and ranked countries based on the number of "hits," accounting for the size of each country's capital market. We also developed a call to... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
better off, since $100 million is more than $80 million. A would also do better, since overall earnings of $200 million would exceed $150 million. Who would be worse off under this proposition? The consumer, who must continue to pay $3.05... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
or is the phenomenon evident in other developed economies-such as Australia? We assessed Australians' perceived and ideal wealth distributions and compared them to the actual wealth distribution. Although the United States and Australia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
rise of 3G, of the internet,” Kerr says. “You had a couple of wars, you had a great recession, you had 9/11. There's been lots and lots of things that have hit that world. And [software has] only continued to rise up.” Add that to the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
Editor's note. Argentina is in the midst of a continuing saga regarding its 2002 default on its sovereign debt, a case that the US Supreme Court will decide soon. HBS finance professor Laura Alfaro, who served from 2010 to 2012 as... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
growth. One respondent turned the topic on its head, posing a more interesting question of whether equality fosters productivity. Several felt that innovation and productivity increases are leading to inequality. As Donald Shaw put it, "Technology View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
levels—these days. Why? Is it because large organizations are perceived as lacking agility, unable or unwilling to generate the impetus for development and exploitation of disruptive technologies? Is it because a new generation of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
that "technology and knowledge advancement have again developed faster than the managers' and business owners' capabilities to leverage its usefulness in their decision making process." Philippe Gouamba reminded us that "perfection is but... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
accounts for their staying power, and where do you fault them? A: Those two classics were published within a few months of each other almost twenty-five years ago. They continue to sell thousands of copies a week. On the surface, they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace