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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
development—regenerative biology, as well ethical issues such as “playing God” by virtue of DNA editing. “When we write the history of the early 21st century, I think we will remember this time as being a period when we achieved absolutely transformative discoveries in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
several major financial journals as well as two books, Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists and Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten the World Economy. Indeed, India is in the midst of a financial losing streak, and industry View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman identified Wily Technology founder Lew Cirne as the ideal case subject. "An inherent paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired," View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
at different times of the day and observed customization and turnout patterns on a longer time-frame. Users are excited to try out new ingredients and we even served a user who has never had a smoothie before in his entire life! (He loved... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
half of the entire bonus. Thus, it appears that subjects cloak their self-interest under the guise of the high principle of equality. In this experiment they behaved fairly with their partner but more generously than those observing felt... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 24 May 2018
- Blog Post
Win/Win Board Assignments: Expert Advice from Board Recruiter Julie Norris
for both parties," observes Julie Norris, Senior Client Partner, Board & CEO Services Practice, Korn Ferry International. Individuals seek service roles they value; boards want to reinforce the bench they have with perspectives they... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
forceful keynote address, Earl G. Graves, president and CEO of Earl G. Graves, Ltd., and publisher and CEO of Black Enterprise magazine, observed that a silver anniversary connotes "the blessings of longevity which include the... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
Marketing, Jill Wehunt, and analyst Mark Morse as they tackle a predictive analytics project to increase sales in the Mom & Baby unit of a nationally recognized retailer, PriceMart. Wehunt observed that in the midst of the chaos that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
2012) Abstract Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs, and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
the Sox had a player payroll of about $162 million for the 2011 season, the third highest in the league, with all-star caliber performers at almost every position. Fans and observers hailed the 2011 Red Sox as potentially one of the... View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
extant GAAP, as observed in a regulated setting, with GAAP that might arise endogenously as a result of market forces. Building on previous research, we argue that verifiability and conservatism, while detracting from accounting's role in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
realized. Our model aligns with many observed empirical regularities, and we quantify our framework by matching Census Bureau operating data with patent data for U.S. firms. We observe that internal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
between firms' CSR ratings and analysts' forecast errors, indicating that learning is unlikely to account for the observed shifts in recommendations. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507874 August 2013... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
observing subsequent sushi rolls that will be added to the conveyor belt later in the meal. Since customers are likely to purchase many sushi rolls over the course of a dinner, our results suggest that [all else being equal] customers may... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
portfolio of locations. Collis drills down into the many factors that can affect location and observes how companies typically assign each a weighted percentage: employee availability, sourcing, quality, and cost (40 percent);... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 23
http://www.amacad.org/publications/Challenges.aspx Advertising, the Matchmaker Authors:Bharat N. Anand and Ron Shachar Publication:RAND Journal of Economics 42, no. 2 (summer 2011) Abstract We empirically study the informational role of advertising in matching... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
employees, especially those in highly creative roles. Finally, it helps to keep work groups intact and informed of corrective procedures. "We were fortunate to have had the chance to observe and measure changes in a real workplace... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
simultaneously, and there are few templates for developing organizational processes and systems to help them do so. Internally, organizations often struggle to allocate resources toward these different goals and to deal with the trade-offs that they face. I have View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog
context, with a protagonist who must determine what to do. Students will experiment, receive real-time feedback, and observe others, an effort to develop practical management skills. Practice and repetition are used to help students... View Details