Argus - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 29

Don't Learn from Success Authors:F. Gino and G. Pisano Publication:,em>Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011) Abstract We argue that for a variety of psychological reasons, it is often much harder for leaders and organizations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

that." Protecting Workers Peter Yu, an assistant professor of law at Michigan State University, argued that while it's true that labor is cheaper in other countries because workers are not protected, the cost of living is lower as... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

Web

Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

Can publically quoted firms ever be truly socially responsible? In 1958, HBS Marketing Professor Theodore Levitt wrote of the dangers of social responsibility, arguing that the function of business is to produce high level profits, and... View Details

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

risk management, “doing well by doing good”, and new sources of alpha such as investment in energy transition which is viewed as a “once in a generation” investment opportunity. Skeptics argue a focus on non-traditional criteria may... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

America the Difficult

States? Indeed, much of the rhetoric on investing environments argues that the major destinations for U.S. outbound FDI — the developed markets of Europe and Japan and the emerging markets of China and India — are filled with capital... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

Portrait Project

Minh Chau

and respect as a given. I didn't say thank you that Sunday. Not to my dad for his help in our Ikea construction. Not to my mom for her miraculous work in the kitchen. Instead, I argued with my mom, and we waved goodbye. I learned the hard... View Details

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

questions about what model is best suited to the integration of nonfinancial concerns. Does the joint pursuit of commercial and social objectives require new ways of organizing? In this essay we argue that it does. Or at least—to put our... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

that have informed LGBT organizational research from the late nineteenth century to date. The frames include a "medical abnormality," "deviant social role," "collective identity," and "social distinctiveness" view of sexual... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

employees, arguing that while agency theory provides a useful framework for analyzing compensation, it fails to consider several psychological factors that increase costs from performance-based pay. We examine how psychological costs from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

relationships depend crucially on the function involved: those closer to the product ("product" functions, e.g., marketing, R&D) behave differently from functions further from the product ("administrative" functions, e.g., finance, law, HR). We... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

multi-sided markets. In this paper we argue that there is a fundamental unity in the architecture of platforms. Platform architectures are modularizations of complex systems in which certain components (the platform itself) remain stable,... View Details

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

governments have started to list state-owned enterprises, have selected professional managers to run them, and have given them more financial autonomy. We argue that the transformation from owner and manager to majority shareholder has... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

The Economics of Housing Finance Reform: Privatizing, Regulating and Backstopping Mortgage Markets. In a presentation delivered recently at the Brookings Institution, Scharfstein and doctoral candidate Adi Sunderam also argued for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

14 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale

America which seeks to holistically redefine business success by certifying “B Corporations” that commit to meaningfully incorporating social and environmental concerns to their bottom lines. Correa delineates ways to reduce plastic usage in industry from the... View Details

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

is happening is business as usual. Microsoft is facing a race with time and the markets to re-deploy monopoly profits from a waning desktop opportunity in order to become more competitive with sumos in other parts of the information technology spectrum. Crane concludes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2019
Blog Post

Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset

evidence to support our side and argue against the other.) Taking a position and conveying a persuasive argument is a very important skill, but once we flesh out both sides of the arguments, I wonder if we could spend more time thinking... View Details

18 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Coming to HBS after Military Service

didn’t fully appreciate how my military service had impacted nearly every aspect of my life. The way in which I approach group projects, the point of view I argue in class, and the punctuality I demonstrate on a daily basis are in large... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

Sahlman discusses how Khan Academy, a global online education nonprofit, strives to balance founder Sal Khan’s (MBA 2003) vision with the need to focus and scale. Prediction: How AI Will Affect Business, Work, and Life Bill Kerr speaks with author Joshua Gans, who... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

experienced workers retire or move on? Leonard and coauthor Sylvia Sensiper examine such questions in a 1998 HBS working paper that was published as "The Role of Tacit Knowledge in Group Innovation" in the spring 1998 California Management Review. The authors View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Feb 2000
News

New Releases

Environmental Management, Associate Professor Forest Reinhardt argues that managers should treat environmental management as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than merely as an exercise in public relations. "Social... View Details

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