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- 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17
we test the prediction that novel rituals—arbitrary hand and body gestures enacted in a stereotypical and repeated fashion—can impact intergroup bias in newly formed groups. In four studies, participants practiced novel rituals at home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Laoye must decide which of these options offers the greatest growth opportunities. In addition, as her company grows, she must decide how best to structure the payer and provider aspects of her business in a way that maximizes synergies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
simply amazed at how frank and open the executives I worked with have been in discussing their experiences, and I do not know of another resource out there that can be used to teach students the actual practice of corporate restructuring.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Leger’s manager at the World Bank encouraged her to apply to Harvard Business School and earn her MBA. “I found my time at HBS to be incredibly fulfilling—academically, intellectually, and socially,” she recalls. “My best memories of HBS... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
Business School Case 207-091 Jerzy Peters, Managing Director of Patron Capital Partners, must decide the best investment option on the development of the Odra Polish theater chain and the associated real estate. Capital Field was a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
get caught, it won't be all that bad. If the best that can happen is to get paid full value and if the worst is to be paid zero, they're guaranteed to come out positive. There's an information asymmetry here. In particular, the merchant... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
most crucial in today’s world have very little to do with what’s being taught in a lecture hall. We like to say that the traditional soft skills—empathy, self-awareness, resilience, creativity—are actually the power skills of the future. So, the View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
short-term profits and returns to shareholders at the expense of worker safety and health, the environment, and society in general. In this article, I argue that a very different logic informs the practices of most high-performing and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
widely held beliefs. First, conventional wisdom holds that the country’s coastal region is the best place to find successful businesses, said Oberholzer-Gee. In fact, for two decades the government officially encouraged foreign investment... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
countries, that contribute to the quality of lives in other countries, whether it's clean water for an African village or it's sponsoring children in other countries. There are many ways that people get involved. Businesspeople are among our View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
that learners can practice different types of financial statement analysis, including ratio analysis and forecasting. To complete these exercises, participants should be comfortable writing basic spreadsheet formulas (i.e., formulas that... View Details
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Highlights Information Asymmetry Development of Antegren Alex's Final Decision Show Hide Details Concepts Course Introduction and Overview of the Reflective Leadership Model The Complexities of Business-Customer Relationships Applying the Reflective Leadership... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
learned as much from how Dutch said things as from what he said," says Marriner. "He showed us not just how to deal with a particular problem but also what questions to ask, or how to look at any problem." Marriner and Roadtrip Nation are View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
variety of valuation approaches, from techniques widely used in practice to methods less frequently seen in practice today but likely to be increasingly important in the future years. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
and principles—that is, by providing freedom within a galvanizing framework—leaders can equip employees to make on-the-ground decisions that are in the company’s best interests. Gulati uses businesses as diverse as Netflix, Alaska... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
Bill George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. "Innovators need to be able to try things out, fail, correct them, and then bring them back into the organization." You really need to develop two... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
forthcoming New York: Dey Street Books Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life By: Gino, F. Abstract—The world’s best chef. An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing. A magician... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
rules, we find that outside specialists are most effective at excluding the responsible affiliates, which we interpret as a benefit of specialization. However, in-house staff are more successful at identifying and excluding affiliates whose View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4
on reputation. We conclude with a more general discussion of the contributions of our framework to understanding managerial practice in emerging-market regulatory contexts. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
report we did on the IT industry. I could make real connections between my personal experiences in the field and the research that went with it. It was a huge ‘aha’ moment.” Head of the Class “Research is the engine that drives HBS. It keeps faculty at the forefront of... View Details