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- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
consistency to which federal spending at the state level seemed to be connected with a decrease in corporate spending and employment. Did you suspect this was the case when you started the study? A: We began by examining how the average... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
and the concentration of the certification industry. We also analyze the possibility that certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. ... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
issues to a new level by commenting, "It is tough to even have people agree on what is being denied ." Denial can be beneficial. Joline Godfrey waxed almost poetic in saying that "denial is a critical component of my... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
perspective to interpret/appreciate the information can (produce) negative energy that is avoidable ." Peter Lee echoed the thought this way: Management must "work to improve trust before emphasizing transparency; transparency without concurrent View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
accountability and span of control to motivate different levels of innovation and entrepreneurial behavior. Six propositions are derived inductively about when, why, and how managers make these choices. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
model is more local than expected and that it's working in small and medium markets. Getting to a strong brand awareness and consideration level will be cheaper and easier in these markets, which will be critical for local business. Since... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
performing outsourced tasks sending much of their work abroad, enabling them to "further outsource non-strategic work so as to concentrate on strategic issues that their audiences (the U.S. firms) would be more interested in."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
nominating a candidate, please call Christine Fairchild at HBS, 617-495-6437, or send e-mail to cfairchild@hbs.edu.) Candidates should be involved and connected with the School on some level and should be sensitive to issues that concern... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
served with office space, if any, and how often people would like to be there. If some people want to be remote and others somewhat in-person, consider hiring from concentrated locations, starting with Denver and Boston. By limiting the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
costs and retail prices down, prompting global production to shift to economies with lower input costs. The manufacture of personal computer components is now concentrated in Asia and manufacturers are constantly seeking to drive costs... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
convey perceptions of competence. This work can provide the basis for coaching people in how to behave. Meanwhile Joshua Ackerman and his coresearchers are concentrating on the effects of touch (with origins in the womb) and surroundings... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
of improvement, rather than changes in income level or displacement of residents over time.) Education is a catalyst for neighborhood improvement What did seem to matter the most were two factors: population density and education. “The... View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
the Cluster Mapping Project, uses statistical techniques to profile the performance over time of regional economies in the U.S., with a special focus on clusters. Clusters are geographically concentrated groups of interconnected... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
performance data, in their decisions. These decision-making patterns are associated with large and systematic differences in learning rates across business units. Learning is concentrated in business units with "loose... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services industry using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's quinquennial Economic Census and the Service Annual Survey. These data, heretofore... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Evelyne White
the model is more local than expected and that it's working in small and medium markets. Getting to a strong brand awareness and consideration level will be cheaper and easier in these markets, which will be critical for local business.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Oakville, Ontario Energy management applications Paul Grana (MBA 2009) Tigo Energy Los Gatos, California; Munich, Germany; and Osaka, Japan Hardware and software that brings new levels of power output efficiency, management, and control... View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
statistics. In an environment often eager for simple answers, many reflections surrounding the fifth anniversary of Lehman's collapse suggest that the financial system is riskier today because it is more concentrated. Indeed, there are fewer banks, and asset View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
component of bid-ask spreads. We empirically examine these predictions for a sample of large U.S. banks, exploiting recent mandatory disclosures of financial instruments designated as fair value levels 1, 2, and 3, which indicate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
priority of policymakers in emerging markets cannot be achieved rapidly nor by government decree. After all, it took the United States a century to achieve its present level of development. Finally, agencies and multinational companies... View Details