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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
commissioning stems from years of observations by John during his building projects, by Joe during his forensic investigations, and by nearly everyone who knows anything about buildings. Buildings don’t always perform as designed... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
learning process have remained fairly limited, seeing vicarious learning as simply a one-way process of observation and imitation, facilitated by formal organizational structures and conduits. Indeed, absent in these prior approaches is a... View Details
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
and risk-taking was especially high," he says. "But this was widespread across Europe, and has been observed in India, China, and the United States to some extent. Politicians are kind of the same all over the world. If you give them an... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
programs? What management practices work best? Catching Affiliate Fraud Edelman and Brandi, admitted computer geeks, developed software that allowed them to observe management structures within companies using affiliate branding. Edelman,... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
likely to collaborate on a deal than were two VCs from different alma maters. And the probability of collaboration between VCs increased by 39.2 percent if they were members of the same ethnic minority group. The data held up with what Gompers had View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
excellence does (not always) breed excellence because some of the best leaders may still not be the best selectors." Dick Meza suggested that "The issue here may be the degree to which senior management cares about selection." These View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
explain why they often don't go to work for organizations seeking managers of other people? In an effort to adapt, Khurana observes that nearly every one of the elite schools has adopted missions in which the development of leaders is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
outcomes. This can be done with a clear eye towards return on investment, particularly when the return includes less traditional measures like observable improvements in public health outcomes, economic activity, and time. John and Pippa... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
empowering local communities. Our visit to the facility stemmed three observations about the future of waste and plastic management: 1) Importance of Public-Private partnerships in solving the waste problem: Innovation in India requires... View Details
- Web
The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising
art and advertising. As the Railroad Advocate observed in 1856, “The various locomotive builders are getting up very handsome colored lithographs of their machines. . . . They are the appropriate adornments for the offices of every... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
lasting effect on their narratives—the effects persist even for executives who are later exposed to different ethnic cultures through work experience. The effect of ethnic heritage is observed in dialogues that reflect real time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
to 67.5% of standard. Customers who observed employees engaged in labor perceived greater effort, appreciated that effort, and valued the service more. Employees who observed customers felt more appreciated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
observes Willis Emmons (HBS MBA '85, PhDBE '89), director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at HBS. "We welcomed 38 new faculty to the School this year and hope to have a similar number to come on board... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
we could wrestle with and articulate, what this case method was all about,” observes Willis Emmons (MBA ’85, PhDBE ’89), director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at HBS. “We welcomed 38 new faculty to the... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Rucker Abstract—Previous research suggests that people draw inferences about their attitudes and preferences based on their own thoughtfulness. The current research explores how observing other individuals make decisions more or less... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
inversely related to income earned. This result holds even when the conventional model accurately describes the average individual, and it suggests one potential resolution to the puzzle of why observed redistribution is in some cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
observes Conforti, who is now Finale’s president. Their HBS credentials, recalls Conforti, were “also very helpful in convincing investors that we were going to manage the inherent risk of running a restaurant better than others might.”... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
start tapering, it may get out of the quantitative easing business—give new life to the observation that if the Fed catches a cold, the world gets pneumonia. The formal announcement of Janet Yellen's appointment as the Fed's next chair... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
by companies trying to make better CEO choices—and even in evaluating presidential candidates. The trick for a company or country picking an extreme leader is to realize that it is a high-stakes gamble, and that the candidates are difficult to evaluate—it happens over... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard