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- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
first comprehensive and systematic findings on supply chain auditing practices, our study suggests strategies for designing more credible monitoring regimes. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343802 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
about what each group will produce. We are trying to incorporate and play off each other's efforts in our own work. My HBS colleagues and I will focus on the case studies I've already mentioned. The School... View Details
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
and Kathleen Vohs Abstract—Rituals are central to family life. Three studies (N = 1098) tested the relationship between family rituals and holiday enjoyment and demonstrated that family rituals improve the holidays because they amplify... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
paper investigates the role of the CRO in making these transformations happen. The two cases highlight that the role of the CRO may be less about the packaging and marketing of risk management ideas to business managers, but instead about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
School. Photo: Susan Young Players were in the classroom at 8 a.m. each day, studying and participating in case study discussions with faculty. In the evenings, the students... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
required to accomplish such a planned massive expansion, from yet-to-be hit rural areas to overwhelmed urban health systems. As leaders consider how to tackle the task, they might look at the Harvard Business School case View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
home country was clearly his default choice when looking for a partner. As Silicon Valley is a special place on many dimensions, I sought to characterize how well this case study generalized to other cities,... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
senior researcher in the Global Research Group who has been working recently with a number of faculty members to develop Asian-based cases for the School's curriculum. "There's one Chinese company, for example, that has established... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 13 Aug 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Parents’ Guide to Harvard Business School
experience to students' parents, Narayandas leads a mini-case study of Coca-Cola as it decides whether to deploy a new generation of interactive vending machines. Narayandas also discusses the evolution of the modern enterprise, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
Richards, the former global head of Computer Associates, while Richards was doing time in prison for securities fraud. (The correspondence led to the case study A Letter From Prison.) Listening To The Field... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
fewer jobs. Luca doesn’t see the study results as a definitive case for or against minimum wage increases. Instead, the findings help us understand how the minimum wage affects markets—in other words, which... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
one big thing. The next issue was course development. Along those lines, Richard Bohmer and I created a new course, Managing Medicine, back in 1999. I collaborated with Richard, but it was really his idea and his thrust. However, outside that course, there was still... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
more than 20 case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Study Results Author:Robert Simons Abstract This paper reports the collective finding from 102 field studies that look at the relationship between two organization design variables: span of control and span... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
A recent study by HBS assistant professor Jordan Siegel tests whether foreign firms can leapfrog their countries' weak legal institutions by listing equities in New York and voluntarily abiding by U.S. securities law. The study, which... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
selective increases in capacity, new approaches to managing consumption, and increased merger and acquisition activity, with attendant realization of synergies and lower costs (Jill Feblowitz), and (3) has delivered on its promise of lower prices, at least in View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jan 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sports: Lessons for Managers
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement A case study on the marketing of tennis powerhouse Maria Sharapova. Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)? Few of us want... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. Study 1 shows that people feel happier after giving more to charity, but only... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
fostered by the established structural context of the firm. We illustrate this model of corporate intervention with a case study in which a high-performing firm seeks to shift its performance trajectory into... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace