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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

High Fives

company. Another was when Dick Fisher and John Mack asked me to head the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley, which I consider to be a great responsibility and a great honor.” Stephen A. Schwarzman President and CEO The Blackstone View Details
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

  Working PapersInternational Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Abstract This paper examines differences in the size and roles of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

in presenteeism (employees working while sick), which led to a company gain of $1,846 per person in terms of greater productivity, the journal article says. While some workers suffer from depression or anxiety on an ongoing basis, others... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
  • Web

Data Storage - Research Computing Services

If you are logging in to the HBSGrid to do work via the NoMachine GUI or terminal, you are automatically placed in and are using this home folder. This is located at: /export/home// For example faculty member John Harvard's home folder... View Details
  • 18 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

in the die-throwing task increased the likelihood of cheating on the subsequent word jumbles. Eighty-one percent of participants in the “likely-cheating” die-throwing group ended up claiming to have solved “taguan.” But among die throwers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

issue and a reminder of the possible consequences of a board’s hiring decision. One group found it difficult to identify any conditions under which such a hire might be made. Edward said, “He/she had their chance. I’m prone to stay away... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

forthcoming World Bank Economic Review Productivity Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of FDI on host countries.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

  Working PapersThe CHAT Dataset Authors:Diego A. Comin and Bart Hobijn NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15319, September 2009 Abstract This note accompanies the Cross-country Historical Adoption of Technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

  Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

managerial human capital explanation of retention. Download the paper: http://people.hbs.edu/jwulf/TargetCEOWulfSinghSeptember2010.pdf   Working PapersReversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas Author:David Moss... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

subsequent increases in firm value. We show that companies increase performance on immaterial issues because of agency problems, low awareness of the materiality of ESG issues, and attempts to divert attention from poor performance on material issues. Download View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in forming public financial policies from 1775 to 1817. Part II surveys 12 merchant and investment banking firms founded during the nineteenth century by individual immigrants or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

extensive (turnover) margin as opposed to asymmetric effort responses on the intensive margin. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54422 Harvard Business School Case 718-039 Lisbon Revisited No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. Using an instrumental variables approach derived from a regression discontinuity, we find that increasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail
  • 26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks Abstract—Expressing distress at work can have negative consequences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2015 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Erin L. Henry, Andreas Georgoulias and Natalie Bartlett
Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank details the development of the bank's new Office of Outreach Partnerships to sustain a culture of innovation through maintaining and generating partnerships in order to fulfill the bank's greater... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business And Community; Well-being; Wealth and Poverty; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Technology Adoption; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Change Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Partners and Partnerships; Restructuring; Welfare or Wellbeing; Business and Community Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Banking Industry; Latin America
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  • Spring 2019
  • Article

Fluid Teams and Knowledge Retrieval: Scaling Service Operations

By: Melissa A. Valentine, Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats and Amy C. Edmondson
To scale service operations requires retrieving knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge networks may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. A knowledge repository has the... View Details
Keywords: Teaming; Teams; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Management; Service Delivery; Knowledge Use and Leverage
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  • 12 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 12

external risks, companies can call on tools such as war gaming and scenario analysis. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/06/managing-risks-a-new-framework/ar/1   Working PapersDid Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard

wanted to have a career that was more practical and hands-on than theoretical (my husband is an English professor at Boston College, so that’s his domain). After college I worked in a pharmacogenetics lab at Massachusetts General... View Details