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- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
borrowers are defaulting less.” Before recent interest rate hikes, American homeowners had been reaping the benefits of record home prices, cashing out amid a buying frenzy. However, data from the National Association of Realtors showed...
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- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
visiting professor at HBS who teaches in the School’s FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) global immersion course, which sends groups of students all over the world to get first-hand experience doing business in...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
costs of being provocative. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908015 Octone Records Harvard Business School Case 507-082 In February 2007, Octone Records...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
smarter trades, according to the findings of a study by Soltes, an assistant professor at HBS, and David Solomon, a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business. To conduct the research, the duo obtained investor meeting records from...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
insights into foreign policy, statecraft, and world order have been widely discussed. Yet surprisingly, until this book, his impressive achievements as a negotiator have escaped systematic analysis. While specific cases have been examined...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
around the world who want to study its practices. The Clinic's journey also holds lessons for organizations outside health care that must suddenly compete by creating a superior customer experience. The authors, one of whom was critical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
2017 Advancing Organizational Theory in a Complex World Getting Started with Ambidexterity By: Binns, Andrew, and Michael Tushman Abstract—This paper demonstrates the value of thinking about ambidexterity as having three distinct...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
with decades of use. Strategic Brew doesn’t have that track record yet, making for some anxious moments. Last year a glitch was found during practice rounds, just hours before official play was to start. “We were able to fix it just one...
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- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did." We asked Tedlow to discuss how denial can cripple a company, and what can be done about it. Martha Lagace: What is the meaning of denial as you...
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- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
two contrasting approaches to delivering digital content to users. Can Apple and the recording industry seriously compete against free? Do iTunes and p2p help each other in some ways? Professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and collaborator...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
associated with R&D investment are uncertain, the past track records of firms may give insight into their potential for future success. We show that a long-short portfolio strategy that takes advantage of the information in past track...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
that recording moderately successful practices can be counter-productive, since doing so may inefficiently reduce employees' incentives to experiment. This "strong-form competency trap" forces firms into an...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
in the world where factor costs are favorable. This paper re-examines this assumption and suggests that not all manufacturing is highly mobile. We suggest that manufacturing sectors should be viewed along a continuum from highly mobile to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
European cuisine—American food was considered too rustic and parochial. Beard changed how the world thought about American food, in part by insisting on local ingredients and tapping into regional cuisines while exhorting other chefs to...
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- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
municipal data from Boston, the authors found that their algorithm accurately detected how blocks changed between 2007 and 2014. Google's car-mounted cameras drive the world over recording street scenes....
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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
Wedgwood to Dell. Before leading a wide-ranging discussion that dipped into topics such as cultural literacy, the impact of the Internet, and the continuing importance of traditional communications channels, Koehn provided an historical perspective. Although View Details
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by James E. Aisner
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
the commercial recording industry because you can play the notes reliably, ultimately you may find that you've lost your brand specialness. In business terms, if you're in a margin business and you want to command high margins, if you're...
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- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
disappeared. In the United Kingdom, however, where no such rule exists, the effect of school ties on buy recommendations stayed markedly positive. "This provides more evidence that the alumni channel is really about information," Malloy says. The Small View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
unique to sports, of course. Based on our surveys with executives from a wide range of fields, the rate at which managers lose relevance has increased dramatically, even over just the last decade. The world is changing faster than ever...
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