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  • 07 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

guide them through purchasing decisions were now on their own. Governments stepped in to fill this gap. Q: You use the consumer protection experiences in France and Germany as the basis for your book. Why those two countries? A: The United States is in many ways the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

process? I think that these sorts of scenarios, along with doubts about the effectiveness of recent US foreign policy decisions regarding Syria and Iran, have had a negative effect on how we're viewed by business and government leaders in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

Publications, 2011 Abstract The sole objective of our ontological/phenomenological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

and India are best poised to emerge as market leaders in Asia: Chinese firms in Shanghai "reflect relatively entrepreneurial cultures, open organizational climates and a relatively high degree of market... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

operation and to understand the tradeoffs between customer service and labor utilization. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/618062-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-104 Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008

decision. The (B) case explores the specific identified synergies in-depth and provides an opportunity to judge their viability. The (C) and (D) cases conclude the story and update the case with issues facing the global confectionery View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

Networks Published: September 14, 2009 Many business leaders are mystified about how to reach potential customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski provides a fresh look into the interpersonal dynamics... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech wizard Greg Brandeau, MIT researcher Emily Truelove, and Being the Boss coauthor Kent Lineback, found among leaders a widely shared, and mistaken, assumption: that a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

The ongoing pandemic is forcing a rethink of how the health care system operates in the United States as the death toll climbs, unemployment soars, and leaders debate how best to diagnose, vaccinate, and potentially treat millions of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Embrace/an/814001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-412 Beidahuang Beidahuang is a major new Chinese player in global grain trading that in 2013 is seeking access to grain both to help... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

with routine traders are essentially zero. Further, opportunistic trades predict future news and events at a firm level, while routine trades do not. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/pomalco.pdf Course Materials For: 'Being a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

process of learning from experience. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55991 forthcoming Organization & Environment Assessing the Impact of CEO Activism By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—CEO activism refers to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

and cultural assets, as well as skills and ideologies across borders. The chapter argues that capitalism proved much better than political leaders in building institutions that coordinated activities across borders, but also points to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon, and Fujitsu. Chinese patenting in the U.S. is small but growing rapidly and world-leading for drone technology. Patenting... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4

reorganization of the bureaucracy, and (c) an increase in monitoring by both the government and the general public. Correspondingly, we advance managerial implications that stem from these recent changes, illustrated by recent MNC and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jan 2012
  • Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing
  • 24 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

pole may not appeal to everyone, but it is fundamental to how the FDA functions. Conflagrations concerning products like RU-486 and COX-2 inhibitors are almost inevitable considering how many divergent interests and disputes over evidence the FDA has to balance. The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

looking behavior in the last period. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44102 Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption Authors:McElheran, Kristina S. Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

belief is sound, but the authors' analysis of the performance of 45 companies led by CEOs with military experience revealed differences in how the branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) prepare leaders for business. Those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

exploit an exogenous reduction in H1B (visa) quotas and find that herbal patents filed by western firms based in the U.S. are driven by scientists of ethnic Indian and Chinese origin. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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