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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
look at the creation of the Carnegie Tech Graduate School of Industrial Administration after World War II. This episode illustrates the increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
Perhaps negotiation teachers wanted to see themselves as surrogate peacemakers and problem solvers, bringers of value-creating light to the world through the future of good works of their charges. They certainly didn't want to see... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
trouble if they don't go well. Perhaps the brand with the most to gain—or lose—is Mother Russia, which paid a record $51 billion to host the Games, and has a rare opportunity to show it has shaken off its economic and political doldrums... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
importantly, these gains were driven entirely by increases in exports, which as a percentage of GDP rose to 30 percent, much higher than the typical 20 percent that was the norm 10 years ago. Merchandise exports rose between 2007 and 2014 by more than $15 billion,... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
wished. Creative people are rarely superstars like Michael Jordan. Indeed, most of the creative work done in the business world today gets done by people whose names will never be recorded in history books.... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
destroy value by adding administrative costs and leads to structures involving health plans and providers and other actors, which are misaligned with patient value. In a world of zero-sum competition, for example, providers will... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
For many years, Americans have shown their generosity to myriad nonprofit organizations. And 1999 was no exception, as charitable giving in this country reached a record high of just over $190 billion. At the same time, however, there is... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
advertisers. Nor are they the World Cup—the quadrennial single-sport, multi-week championship of professional soccer that commands vast attention in much of the world, but limited interest in the United States. Rather, the Olympics both... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
escalating, high-profile campaign against Third World debt, poverty, war and disease. “Any CEO who thinks his or her job is about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past.” Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian who has... View Details
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
in the near future as well. Gasoline and oil are at their lowest prices since 2008, a year that saw oil peak at record highs of $140 a barrel before plummeting to just below $50 by year's end, roughly where it stands again today. Those... View Details
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
pharmacy lab who finds young, classically trained musicians; records their work; and distributes the CDs to customers. "He blends the purity of the artist and a sense of discovery with his business," he says. "It speaks to a certain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
real-world complication, students sometimes encountered occupations involving multiple tasks that can be performed separately. As an example, Rivkin cites the job of bill collector, which includes the tasks of telephoning the debtor and keeping View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
borders? Money is crossing borders... ideas are crossing borders," she said. Unfortunately, she added, there is little evidence that Africa, given its population and size, is benefiting proportionately from the phenomenon. The continent can claim only 2 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
capabilities to adapt, making them ideal partners for HBS and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Furthermore, for institutions like HBS and HBSP, one of the major worries about engaging in activities in this part of the world is... View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave that started after World War 2, intensified from the 1980s until around the 2008 global financial crisis. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Last winter, a senior admissions officer at Claremont McKenna College resigned, after admitting to inflating reported SAT scores of the incoming class for six years and sending the falsified reports to U.S. News and World Report. “It's... View Details
- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
And an audience of customers standing by with their smartphones to record any spectacle seems to have had, until now, unfortunately, no discernable impact on corporate policy guidelines for dealing with uncooperative customers. Companies... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
copied Japanese management techniques. Given the influence of Japan, our book aims to set the record straight on what did and did not work there. The rest of the world should not be emulating policies that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer