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  • 21 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

activity the CEOs undertake during one workweek and (ii) a machine learning algorithm that projects these data onto scalar CEO behavior indices. Low values of the index are associated with plant visits and one-on-one meetings with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

multiplier firms and megaprojects engaged in sustainability-related initiatives, we also explain the value of learning logic, in contrast to blueprint logic, for leading change for sustainability. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

increased dramatically. Now that they could pay for showing up late, the parents stopped feeling guilty and made it a habit. "If you put a money value on the incentive, you often take away the pressure to conform to norms," Raman said.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 15 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Press in 2000. Reinhardt evaluated current trends and tensions for managers, and outlined tactics that managers use to try to reconcile what at face value seem competing objectives: how to maximize shareholder View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

2005 book Jealousy of Trade, which explores the birth of economic nationalism and other social effects of expanding eighteenth-century markets. Markets, Morals, Politics brings together a celebrated cast of Hont’s contemporaries to assess... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

GE’s transition from Jack Welch to Jeff Immelt. In 20 years at the helm, Welch had grown shareholder value from $14 billion to $400 billion and Fortune had named him “Manager of the Century.” Immelt, meanwhile, went on to preside over the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 16 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

should immediately reflect their priorities for their daily lives. Silverthorne: Given how ingrained group conflict is, is divisiveness and thus decline inevitable—or is there hope? Kanter: A classic social science experiment at a boys’... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

academic labor market. Students with lower-than-average SAT scores tended to have a stronger preference for schools known for athletic success, while students with higher SAT scores preferred institutions with greater academic quality. Also, students with lower... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

Dollar General Corporation's acquisition by private equity sponsor KKR, which took the company private in 2007. Although the proposed merger generated a 30% premium over the stock price at the time, and the enterprise value to EBITDA... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

tax" is one that guarantees a socially desirable distribution of the tax burden, which is of course shaped by the views and beliefs of a country. Ane Damgaard Jensen: Overall, people have different views of what a flat tax is and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Componential Theory of Creativity Author:Teresa M. Amabile Abstract The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

is quite a bit in scoping out the right question with them so the community can be of value to them," Lipstein said. "If it's a simple question, there's no reason to crowdsource." DeJulio agreed that framing the question just right — free... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Apr 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

but only by the firms that have employee longevity and a valued ... way of life." This may not mean retaining everyone, however, as Horacio Cavallero suggests in commenting that "I have always thought that it was very important... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

operations? 2) What might be the intellectual added value of such a perspective? 3) What are the basic elements of behavioral operations research? Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-096.pdf Film Rentals and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

scales than ever before. However, big data will not solve large urban social science questions on its own. Big data has the most value for the study of cities when it allows measurement of the previously... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

employee, and as a result leaders hire for attitude and train for skills; (5) effective operating strategies have to create value for employees, customers and investors, so leaders ensure the achievement of the leverage and edge that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4

desires of sports fans, alumni, and athletes themselves are at the crossroads of these realignment decisions. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46476   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 514-096 Building a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

http://www.people.hbs.edu/lalfaro/SurvivingGlobalFinancialCrisis.pdf Picking Green Tech's Winners and Losers Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, Shuman Talukdar, Richard Alton, and Michael B. Horn Publication:Stanford Social Innovation Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

existing theory would predict. We discuss how these findings advance understanding of how organizational structure and corporate leadership interact and of how organizations can more effectively realize the strategic value of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

Contributors draw from a range of disciplines, including political science, public administration, civil society studies, anthropology, organizational sociology, business, and social and critical theory. In so doing, they demonstrate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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