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- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-148.pdf PublicationsOpen to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
Editor's note: As traditional hierarchical organizations flatten, new ways of thinking about internal communications must be developed—news no longer flows just from top to bottom. In Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
and magnitude of their capital flows in and out of the funds. We use dollar-weighted returns (a form of IRR) to assess the properties of actual investor returns on hedge funds and compare them to buy-and-hold fund returns. Our main... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
Summing Up One of the defining issues in the 1992 U.S. presidential election, NAFTA, has fallen off the radar in the current campaign. This suggests either that many in the U.S. have lost interest in it or, more likely, the subset who visit the HBS Working View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
ago," he said. Sean Dalton (HBS MBA '98), general partner at Highland Capital, said that dire predictions for VC were nothing new. Rather than worrying about the flow of capital into and out of the industry, however, he counseled a... View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
These candidates are trying to adjust to what the voters care about.” You Might Also Like: Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One Is It Even Possible to Dam the View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
competitive firms. August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Winners in the Spotlight: Media Coverage of Fund Holdings as a Driver of Flows By: Soltes, Eugene F., David H. Solomon, and Denis Sosyura Abstract—We show that media coverage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
network, the contacts, the knowledge of tropical medicines and the knowledge of many countries where this disease was." Terrorism And Crime Professor Rafael Di Tella teaches the Business, Government and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
mitigation policies within its supply chain and in government policy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/caesars-entertainment-betting-on-sustainability/ Working Papers Market Reallocation and Knowledge Spillover: The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
investment flow adjustment costs in the developing economy. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI flows. The model is able to explain (1) why U.S. shocks have a larger effect on Mexico than in the U.S. and hence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
the changing social and economic environments in which consumers live, and that their offerings enhanced people's lives in meaningful ways. A third important factor in understanding how these entrepreneurs created such successful products, brands, and organizations is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
domestic savings in economic growth has been discounted in the past? How has your research advanced knowledge in this area? Diego Comin: There are several literatures that have studied the relationship between savings and growth. At least... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
Future Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/Hispanolistic View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806148 Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets, Module Note Harvard Business School Note 806-137 Describes the third module... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
sponsored buyouts are typically more informed, more hands-on, and more interventionist than public company boards. There are several reasons for this: Private-equity boards typically have the advantage of in-depth due diligence that precedes a buyout, and they use this... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
The analysis finds no impact of financial incentives on learning but significant effects of both goal setting and counseling on real financial outcomes. These results identify important complements to financial education that can bridge the gap between financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
increase air flow and quality can have dramatic effects on workers. Click HereJohn Macomber and Joseph Allen at a recent Books@Baker event. But the economic benefits don’t stop there. Macomber expects that a growing public focus on health... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
There are many, but here are examples of each. Settings: Air flow and other engineering steps. Before you think of moving back into your office building or shop, you should check on basic metrics that any building manager should easily be... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
deficit of information that could be critically important for their job,” he says. How to prevent communication breakdowns To keep the conversation flowing among staff, Choudhury advises that business leaders: Consider the position and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding