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- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
In the long run, even the most fundamental innovations have a way of being influenced by government, says Harvard Business School professor Debora Spar. That's why business leaders need political skills, too. Silverthorne: In Next: The Future Just Happened, Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism By: Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine how shareholder activist... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
returns standpoint?” The P&G experience in expanding consumer research in developing countries is especially fascinating for global brand managers. — Sean Silverthorne View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Understanding the Digital Frontier
Blendtec hit on the idea of showing the industrial-strength power of the product by filming the blender munching everything from rake handles to an iPhone. The videos racked up 60 million hits on YouTube, and the company’s CEO was soon making an appearance on The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War
individuals so that the war’s consequences are felt directly by citizens. The White House has come down hard on the numbers and message of The Three Trillion Dollar War, but by offering a detailed, devastating accounting of the human, financial, political, and social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
cross-gender touching before beginning an exam. White’s story — part autobiography, part call to action — is a compelling and often uncomfortable read about a hidden world where even the most compassionate and egalitarian caregivers often fail a basic command of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Building Your Own Dream Team
the help and advice of others to help you become who you can be,” Ferrazzi writes. “This kind of peer-to-peer support and feedback is the often unacknowledged key behind the achievements of so many of the high-performance people I come in contact with every day.” After... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
experience," says Elberse, for whom the Ferguson case represents a growing body of work on creative industries that include book and magazine publishing, film, music, television, video games, the performing arts, sports, and advertising. "You could tell he has a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
may discourage retailers from using the new technology.” It is folly for the United States to hunker down in an international technology race, he concludes. “Today’s conditions allow nations to gain from each other’s advances, and our challenge lies in making the best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Inside MTV’s Global Fame
practice. But what made business rock for Roedy, now semiretired and involved in AIDS/HIV issues, was MTV’s power to energize its young, global audience to agitate for social change in areas including global warming, human trafficking, and drug abuse. “We had built the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
How to Close the Health Gap
questions are finally focusing on the health-care needs of the poor. Some teams, for example, are working on genetic modifications that would render the mosquito unable to transfer malaria. Those developments make Daar and Singer optimistic. “We contend that if we can... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
potential anchor’s impact will be magnified by early allocation to the fund. About the Author Sean Silverthorne is editor-in-chief of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: Kaipungyai] Related... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
and will publish an overview of the work in the August issue of Harvard Business Review. In this email interview with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne, Amabile talks about her research—one of the most complex research... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
the game in ways that diminish the customer experience.” Change the rules of capitalism? Something to mull over as you tune in your favorite football team this fall. — Sean Silverthorne View Details
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
Sean Silverthorne: "How to Write a Great Business Plan" has been one of the most downloaded articles on Harvard Business Publishing since you wrote it in 1997. Why do you think you hit a nerve? Bill Sahlman: Writing a business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
2018 Atlas of Moral Psychology In Search of Moral Equilibrium: Person, Situation, and Their Interplay in Behavioral Ethics By: Lee, Julia J., and F. Gino Abstract—This comprehensive and cutting-edge volume maps out the terrain of moral psychology, a dynamic and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
March 2018 Review of Economics and Statistics Scraped Data and Sticky Prices By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I use daily prices collected from online retailers in five countries to study the impact of measurement bias on three common price stickiness statistics. Relative... View Details
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- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
2018 New York: Cambridge University Press American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition', 1890–1940 By: Phillips Sawyer, Laura Abstract—American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade... View Details
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- 23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
2018 Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power By: Abdelal, Rawi Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53729... View Details
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- 16 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review More Than a Paycheck: How to Create Good Blue-Collar Jobs in the Knowledge Economy By: Campbell, Dennis, John Case, and Bill Fotsch Abstract—Fifty years ago a good blue-collar job was with a large manufacturer such as... View Details
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