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Regulatory Change/Business-Government Relations

“Sources of Learning Heterogeneity: Discontinuous Regulatory Shock and its Impact on Organizational Search Behaviors”

Co-authoring with Jerry Kim, in this study I look at how discontinuous regulatory shock shapes organizational... View Details

Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Regulations; Regulatory Capture; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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Industry Information - Alumni

digests, which are offered for several major global regions. CBRE Hotels Knowledge Center Provider of intelligence fort hotel investors, developers, and financiers. CBRE Knowledge Center includes posts... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

of Nations, is that free markets require certain conditions in order to function—among them, well-defined property rights, enforceable contracts, non-collusion between parties, and complete knowledge that puts everyone on a level playing... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

communications and content strategy to equip leaders with actionable insights to inform business’ role in society. Amram Migdal Head of Knowledge Amram Migdal is the Head of Knowledge. He leads BiGS’s efforts to build a strong... View Details

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Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Michael E. Porter May 2019 Value-Based Health Care Delivery: The Agenda for Head & Neck Surgery by Michael E. Porter April 2019 Redesigning Care to Provide Value at End of Life by Dr. Thomas Feeley March 2019 Gaining Knowledge by Asking... View Details

15 Apr 2015
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Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

policy that reflects Americans' nuanced, evolving sense of fairness. They are a part of what makes our economy, and our society, work. And that knowledge might even make writing that check on April 15th a bit less painful. This article... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

08 Oct 2018
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Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

she says. A different reaction While knowledge of managerial compensation seemed to coax more effort out of workers, the exact opposite happened when employees learned what peers were making. For every 1 percent higher salary a co-worker... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Nov 2012
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Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

at Urbana-Champaign. “Our study suggests that an increase in wages will decrease theft, but won't fully pay off” With this research, Sandino and Chen contribute to a growing body of knowledge about how wages affect employee behavior and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

16 Apr 2020
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Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Question: How has the coronavirus affected financial flows?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2023
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How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

immigration is high.” You Might Also Like: How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Redefining How Businesses Operate

knowledgeable about it as you think critically about the strategy for your company. To be a business leader today, you need to have a fundamental understanding of the advancements shaping our world.” For HBS and Harvard AI-related... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Oct 2006
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Negotiating in Three Dimensions

set-up error (among many): It is easy to make one kind of mistake in your choice of negotiating agents. You know the importance of using a skilled and knowledgeable negotiating agent as well as crafting a contract that aligns your agent's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 May 2000
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The Simple Economics of Open Source

pay-off, no reward? Could it be driven, as some media reports have admiringly suggested, purely by intellectual fervor on the part of programmers, perhaps coupled with a noble desire to share and dispense knowledge to benefit mankind? Not... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

retention efforts should incorporate the tenets of cultural intelligence, which address if an individual is consciously aware of others’ preferences, knowledge of norms and practices, a drive to learn about differences, and assessing what... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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McCollum Center | About

HBS Visiting Committee, talked about the importance of the School’s “pioneering” role in executive development. “We are in the midst of a knowledge explosion unprecedented in history,” he said. “Our challenge in business is not just to... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Zone Defense

reconnaissance of potentially hazardous spaces. The quadcopter functions in total darkness, in buildings it has never previously entered, and flies without prior knowledge or programming of the space—even in areas without GPS or... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Alumni Career Guide - Alumni

Volunteer Alumni Career Guide What are Alumni Career Guides? These are alumni who are willing to connect with current students to share industry knowledge and career advice. Career Guides agree to respond to a student's request for... View Details

20 Nov 2019
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It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

generated by a machine, those very same recommendations were perceived as inscrutable. People are less willing to accept recommenders when they do not feel like they understand how they make recommendations.” POLL Do you consider these jokes funny? We're asking Working... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 May 2022
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Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details