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- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
than those who dress conventionally. “You're saying, 'I'm so autonomous and successful that I can afford to dress in a nonconforming way'” Think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his hoodie, or the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in black turtleneck and jeans. To many... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
case study of a multinational firm in the biotechnology sector to illustrate how the core-periphery framework works in multiple emerging markets across institutional differences. The analysis is based on 32 interviews conducted with the CEO and other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks that View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
India's economic growth is an exciting new playing field for the retail industry and for entrepreneurs looking to get in on the ground level, a panel of that country's businessmen agreed. Rising incomes, increased advertising, and a jump in the number of View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
Scores By: Coffman, Katherine B., and David Klinowski Abstract— Multiple-choice exams play a critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
not to quadruple the capital in their latest fund. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208027 Andrea Jung: Empowering Avon Women (A) Harvard Business School Case 408-035 In October 2005... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
outcome methods don't seem to apply? Performing the research to answer these questions led to the publication of this book. It is based on project records and interviews exploring the experiences of men and women who have managed, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
pounding). In two experiments, participants were eye-tracked while viewing photographs of men and women adopting either dominant, high-power (i.e., expansive and open) or submissive, low-power (i.e., contractive and closed) nonverbal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
primacy of signaling cooperative intent, handshaking actually reduced cooperation when the action signaled ill intent (e.g., when the handshaker was sick; Study 5). Finally, in Study 6, executives assigned to shake hands before a more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
toxic many of the cleaning products she was using were to her health and to the environment. So, when she heard about Vida Verde, a worker cooperative organized by Brazilian women immigrants, which sells housecleaning services using... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55650 February 2019 Top Sales Magazine Sales Managers Must Manage By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract— A common complaint from C-level executives about their sales colleagues concerns the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
opportunities for women and minorities. While there are no real guarantees, being born as an insider increases the odds and likelihood of success. In our research, we saw education supplanting religion, birthplace, and nationality as a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank-are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other projects. When aid is given to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
former Warner shareholders. As a result, Time directors had no duty to maximize shareholder value and were permitted to rebuff the arguably higher Paramount cash offer for Time that a majority of the Time shareholders favored over the Warner deal. View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
With more data available than ever before, why would any executive gamble on a hunch—especially for decisions that involve their own employees? An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training that is not likely to yield a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
that, "It's very hard to change one's habit and society's perception. You may be the only executive strolling in the park with young mothers and playing kids. You feel completely out of place, and feel like 'getting back to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
tenure from 2011 to 2013 at JCPenney, where messages from top executives were so murky, the retail company was described as a place where “communication goes to die,” the researchers write, leading to rumors and distrust within the firm.... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz