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- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These results and other observations lead to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important even as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
to market, said Scott. Using Web services to streamline internal processes has reduced their vehicle design process from forty-eight to eighteen months. "You can't see middleware, but you can prove ROI quicker than you can on some applications," View Details
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
where big deals are available—Japan and South Korea—are highly competitive and tend not to be friendly towards foreign firms. The high-growth markets of Southeast Asia generally offer smaller targets or minority stakes in large companies. Below are snapshots of my... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
United States,” observes Risher. “Worldreader has created these tools. Now we wanted to see if we could deploy them in the United States.” By the end of 2020, Worldreader had signed up two big partners—World Vision and Raising a Reader—to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
observes Dean Nitin Nohria, who deferred his plans to step down as dean until December in order to lead the School through this crisis “Every day, we must make key decisions amidst significant uncertainty and with incomplete information.... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
diverse and unique ways as an effective strategy for achieving industry dominance. "In the IT industry, we can observe a fundamental change in management principles from constrained innovation to unconstrained innovation," Nolan notes.... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
firsthand how swiftly places such as Chicago, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh, were growing. In these and other cities, he could observe the effects of accelerating industrialization: the emergence of new enterprises and occupations, the... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
experience? In their book, the authors have undertaken the formidable task of describing judgment and how good judgments are formed and carried out, based on observations of successful and unsuccessful leaders. They assert that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
this," Di Tella says. "In Latin America, you can observe things that you would not in a more stable environment." Gauging Beliefs The researchers asked survey questions to gauge the squatters' stance on beliefs common to a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction | Baker Library
Harvard University. TC 172-2-13 Field Work The field work apprenticeship program ran from 1937 until women entered the Harvard Business School MBA program in the early 1960s. "The field work provided the students with immediate practice in testing both their powers of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
pooled coverage, even of presidential candidates - I think you lose something without having those different perspectives." Another big change she has observed is that women journalists, once rare, are everywhere. And she further notes... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
needs help from an electrician, they can post their request on this platform, and receive bids from available electricians. The consumer can then choose to hire one of these professionals. This online platform is an ideal setting because we can View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
where diaspora connections serve to navigate uncertain environments. We further show that diaspora-based contracts mainly serve to lower costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
authenticity, which is the essential quality of leaders with high levels of emotional intelligence, or EQ. In my experience I have not seen leaders fail for lack of IQ, but I have observed many leaders fail who lacked EQ. Daniel Goleman,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
suppliers selling substitutable products to a customer that engages in supplier reliability tracking. Using this analytical model, we observe how a supplier's service level performance molds a customer's beliefs as well as how a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
price drops, suggesting that they have failed to reach a very low bar indeed, making the news particularly bad. The main concern about these findings is that Fitch might have grown their share of the ratings in an industry at times when some of the changes we View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
novelty but are meaningfully reduced by the publication of objective regulatory guidelines. Finally, I consider how the regulatory process affects small firms' market entry strategies and find that small firms are less likely to be pioneers in new device markets, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
outstanding debt. To illustrate, most press reports peg the current U.S. deficit at $1.5 trillion, roughly 10% of gross domestic product (GDP). Gross public debt is $14 trillion, or over 95% of GDP. Most observers believe that the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
OSHA-10/OSHA-30). We also make it easy to share skills and experiences they have (e.g. have worked on a roof). Lastly, by bringing the instructors and career counselors from their schools onto the platform, we let employers hear from the advocate who knows them best.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
second observation about some public companies not deserving a significant commitment of wealth by sitting directors, I couldn’t agree more. In those cases, the directors should simply resign, or commit to turning around (and investing... View Details