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- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
institutional pressures. In this chapter, we present current research arguing that such firms adopt heterogeneous sets of environmental management practices despite facing common institutional pressures because organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations and in general do not intervene... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Jim. Q: Now, Bill Ford has just put the brakes on his ride as CEO of Ford Motor Company and handed the wheel over to Alan Mulally, who's a veteran of Boeing. How common is it these days, Joe, for companies to turn to outsiders for the CEO... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
varied so widely. A policy aimed at strengthening the banking system, for example, might seem to have little in common with a policy designed to compensate the victims of involuntary unemployment. But the truth is that public deposit... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Joy—and What Will By: Whillans, A.V. Abstract— No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55600 forthcoming Emotion Common Variants of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Do Not Predict the Positive... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
culture and religion-and among our participants-our results suggest a common psychological mechanism underlying their effectiveness: regained feelings of control. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20gino.pdf Rituals Enhance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
negotiators interact to influence cooperative behavior of low-power negotiators. Managers from four different cultural groups (Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, and the United States) negotiated face-to-face in a simulated power-asymmetric View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
productivity and performance has been largely hidden or unnoticed or even ignored by economists and others. The philosophical discourse, and common usage as reflected in dictionary definitions, leave an overlap and confusion among the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
sell when it costs so little to be happy ." Warren speculated that "we are going to come up with a self-sustaining economy meaning that we will revert back to small towns that depend less on trade and more about the common... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business holdings. The traditional Argentine newspaper La Nación provides an example of such a shift, when in 1996 a change in ownership of the controlling stake led to the appointment of Julio Saguier as board chairman. Saguier was... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
Middle East. "U2's appeal has always been about our common humanity and the yearning we all experience to follow a higher path. People are looking for the light, and U2's music has spoken to that search since the band started recording... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
likelihood of implementation, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to play a key role. In particular, the likelihood of implementation is increasing in the percentage of votes cast in favor of the proposal and in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant markets, buy an ownership stake in Istanbul's other remaining airport, diversify into related businesses, or seek out large infrastructure projects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA
created, and shared during field activities, Clarify ownership rights and non-disclosure agreements for students, faculty, and company sponsors in company-sponsored field-based learning projects. The policies governing Field Based... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
potentially make electric cars more common and faster than we thought. Can you walk me through it? Jurgen Weiss: Companies like Amazon or FedEx or UPS that own all the delivery trucks look much more closely at the total cost of ownership.... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
transport, power, and other infrastructure needs in poor regions. Meanwhile, a new set of investor protections were developed to help protect investor property rights. What happened, and what are some of the lessons we've learned from this period? A: First, private... View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
sociology in order to understand this critical turning point in German family business history. The book analyzes changes in ownership and management, dynastic, and succession strategies, as well as the "psychology of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
a related note, how do the business classes differ in each country in terms of power, agreement around issues, etc., and has that state of affairs helped or hindered economic recovery efforts? A: The book shows that stock ownership has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
businesses outperform both single-unit firms and multi-unit firms composed of unrelated businesses. Explanations for this relationship between focus and firm performance have largely centered on economies of scope achieved by sharing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Cynthia King Vance (MBA 1985), director, Advanced Strategies, New York, New York Follow your instincts. Looking back, the decisions I made along the way make more sense now than they did back then. There are common threads that reflected... View Details