Observation - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

Administración de Empresas. (Today INCAE is judged to be the best business school in Latin America and among the best in the world.) As part of my work there I conducted a three-year research project in Veraguas Province, Panama. My students and I had the great good... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

of such historical accounts but observing that they can (1) bring to light complex realities and subtleties that parsimonious analytic models may neglect; (2) suggest overlooked, non-obvious aspects of the process that merit deeper, more... View Details

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

that shape business environments in China and elsewhere. Leading China observers and CEOs of major Chinese firms will visit the class. Through cases, notes, discussion, and research, students explore the opportunities and risks of... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Book Review: The Old West

Pinto calls on his experience as a financial advisor to governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs in the East and the West to explain why. It's not a result of globalization, he says, or even the 2008 economic implosion. Instead, Pinto offers a simple View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

on Network Associates' efforts to market its encryption software algorithms globally, despite national security concerns raised by the U.S. government. By Tuesday afternoon, participants seemed to have settled back into the classroom quite comfortably, as Professor... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

01 Dec 2002
News

Teaching Teachers

of the same techniques that I observed at the CPCL, such as role-playing and getting students to speak and listen to one another in one-on-one discussions at the beginning of class,” she remarks. “It's simply fantastic to watch students... View Details

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to navigate the bureaucracy. “This is a story told by millions of immigrant families every year,” observes Wang. As a child, he had accepted the significant financial and procedural obstacles... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2009
News

Big Bailouts, Little Debate

The truth is, this mess is as bewildering to policymakers and professional observers as everyone else. But there is one kind of story that I have struggled to get into print — not because of censorship or confidentiality but because it’s... View Details

Keywords: Charles Duhigg; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2002
News

Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training

and recently created PocketShop, a grocery shopping list program for the Pocket PC. Available at www.sdmventures.com, Murch notes that all profits will go to Habitat and the World Wildlife Fund. Working with Habitat, observes Murch, “has... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA... View Details

29 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?

in nature,” observe the authors of Pettiness in Social Exchange, a paper published last year in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. “That kind of precision can be very off-putting, and we wanted to find out why.” The coauthors, Tami... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

Why is this so?" What do you think? Original Article Recent estimates suggest that U.S. business organizations have attained the greatest disparity between the highest and lowest paid members of any in the world—and not by just a little. A growing number of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

majority of organizations haven't been willing or able to take full advantage of these conclusions. Some obviously don't subscribe to them. Organizations continue to hire for skills or easily observable surface behaviors and struggle with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

Decision-making and governance processes, which determine either a "yes" or a "no," can differ widely from culture to culture, not just in terms of legal technicalities but also in terms of behaviors and core beliefs. In my experience View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

Creativity (Oxford University Press) spells it all out. The Missing Link Higgins became interested in this missing link after watching a young biotech company go through two public offerings in the early 1990s. The observations she made... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

break every law when people don't have a desire to make laws work," observed Ezekwesili. "In Nigeria, every law we need to be a transparent nation is in the books. But every avenue to break those laws exists in the mind.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

it to Section E.” Jo is frequently inspired to create and to share by a quote from American radio personality Ira Glass, in which he observes that people start doing creative work because they have good taste, but get discouraged when... View Details

26 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

those spaces. Being immersed in Silicon Valley, I started to observe that entrepreneurship and financing were very much two sides of the same coin – who your capital providers were and the advice they gave could adversely affect a young... View Details

25 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

decisions of whether to submit a job application, comparing the actions of those observing the badges with those who didn’t. The researchers found that exposure to information that a startup is backed by top VC investors increased job... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

predatory behavior to obtain donations, it did not attract less educated or less affluent donors, the researchers observe in the paper. There was a higher instance of donors who died from cancer, however, which raises the question of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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