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  Reforming Health Care What Managers Can Do (23 November 07:30)
Q&A with:Richard M.J. BohmerPublished:November 23, 2009Author:Martha LagaceDespite the urgency of debate on the U.S. national stage about health-care reform, an issue now before the U.S....
  Management and the Financial Crisis We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us … (19 November 07:30)
Published:November 19, 2009Paper Released:October 2009Author:William A. SahlmanExecutive Summary:We have spent the past year mired in a global financial crisis that few saw coming and that w...
  India Transformed Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 (18 November 07:30)
Published:November 18, 2009Paper Released:October 2009Authors:Laura Alfaro and Anusha ChariExecutive Summary:Between 1986 and 2005, Indian growth put to rest the concern that there was somet...
  HBS Cases Customer Feedback Not on elBullis Menu (18 November 07:30)
Published:November 18, 2009Author:Julia HannaHe's been called "the Salvador Dalí of the kitchen" for creations ranging from beetroot and yogurt ice-cream lollipops to a deconstructed Spanis...
  First Look Nov 17 (17 November 07:30)
In the wake of the global financial crisis, HBS professor Bill Sahlman analyzes the fallout and suggests a new player to monitor management excess. What he envisions is a monitor that would ...
  The Times Captures History of American Business (16 November 07:30)
Q&A with:Nancy F. KoehnPublished:November 16, 2009Author:Martha LagaceFrom the dawn of the U.S. transcontinental railroad in 1869 to the widespread embrace of consumer products like cell...
  Walking Through Jelly Language Proficiency Emotions and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work (12 November 07:30)
Published:November 12, 2009Paper Released:June 2009Authors:Tsedal Neeley, Pamela J. Hinds, and Catherine Durnell CramtonExecutive Summary:As organizations increasingly globalize, individuals...
  First Look Nov 10 (10 November 07:30)
"Teach Workers about the Perils of Debt," in the November issue of Harvard Business Review, argues persuasively for financial education. And not a moment too soon: In a recent U.S. survey co...
  Endowments Fiscal Federalism and the Cost of Capital for States Evidence from Brazil 1891-1930 (10 November 07:30)
Published:November 10, 2009Paper Released:October 2009Authors:André C. Martínez Fritscher and Aldo MusacchioExecutive Summary:Do endowments matter in determining the cost of capital for a ...
  Come Fly with Me A History of Airline Leadership (09 November 07:30)
Q&A with:Anthony J. MayoPublished:November 9, 2009Author:Sarah Jane GilbertFew industries have had the competitive challenges—the literal ups and downs—experienced by the U.S...
  A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name (05 November 07:30)
Published:November 5, 2009Author:Michel Anteby(Editor's Note: In a recent issue, Economic Sociology: The European Electronic Newsletter tackled the controversial issue of "commodification of...
  Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries (05 November 07:30)
Published:November 5, 2009Paper Released:October 2009Authors:Diego Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha, and Luis ServenExecutive Summary:At the end of 2007, the U.S. economy entered a recessi...
  What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism (04 November 07:30)
Published:November 4, 2009Author:Jim HeskettRecently a number of questions have been raised about capitalism and how it serves us, particularly in boom and bust cycles. But perhaps a bigger ...
  First Look November 3 (03 November 07:30)
What will open the door to across-the-board economic growth in India? A range of state reforms from 1986 to 2005 increased competition and lowered barriers to trade, yet certain sectors and ...
  First Look Nov 3 (03 November 07:30)
What will open the door to across-the-board economic growth in India? A range of state reforms from 1986 to 2005 increased competition and lowered barriers to trade, yet certain sectors and ...
  Shareholders Need a Say on Pay (02 November 07:30)
Published:November 2, 2009Author:Julia HannaWith executive compensation soaring to unprecedented levels in recent years, the prickly issue of CEO pay has received increasing media and govern...
  Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument (29 October 07:30)
Published:October 29, 2009Paper Released:October 2009Authors:Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist, and Rüdiger FahlenbrachExecutive Summary:Are large shareholders good monitors of management? A publ...
  HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance (28 October 07:30)
Q&A with:Peter TufanoPublished:October 28, 2009Author:Roger ThompsonLast spring HBS became the first top-ranked U.S. business school to offer a course in consumer finance. Jointly taught...
  Stock Price Fragility (27 October 07:30)
Published:October 27, 2009Paper Released:October 2009Authors:Robin Greenwood and David ThesmarExecutive Summary:Does the composition of ownership of a financial asset influence future return...
  First Look October 27 (27 October 07:30)
"Non-obvious individuals"—outsiders, including women—may be your best bet for solving problems that defy the experts. Innovation relies on openness to diverse viewpoints, and in ...
  The New Deal Negotiauctions (26 October 07:30)
Q&A with:Guhan SubramanianPublished:October 26, 2009Author:Julia HannaYou've held your own while negotiating dozens of successful deals. Even so, you want to take your game to the next l...
  Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals (22 October 07:30)
Published:October 22, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng ZhuExecutive Summary:Many companies choose to finance themselves using ad revenues and offer ...
  Transforming Giants (21 October 07:30)
Date of Event:October 14, 2008Moderator:Rosabeth Moss Kanter, HBS facultySpeakers:Ann Moore, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Time Inc.Daniel Vasella, Chairman & CEO, NovartisEditor...
  First Look October 20 (20 October 07:30)
Does geographic proximity of shareholders make for better corporate governance? Small shareholders, despite extensive legal rights, often seem to wield little control over management, perhap...
  Why Are Web Sites So Confusing (19 October 07:30)
Published:October 19, 2009Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno JullienDo you sometimes get the feeling that Internet portals, search pages, social networks, e-commerce, and other Web sites are not...
  Mixed Source (15 October 07:30)
Published:October 15, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón LlanesExecutive Summary:As most managers know, commercial firms may benefit from participa...
  First Look October 14 (14 October 07:30)
Given the increasing sophistication of technology and the inability of small online advertisers to see what is happening "beneath the hood," these advertisers often have trouble understandin...
  7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm (13 October 07:30)
Q&A with:William W. GeorgePublished:October 13, 2009Author:Martha LagaceIt is tough to think positively in a crisis. Yet one overarching lesson in a new book by HBS professor Bill George...
  Clusters of Entrepreneurship (08 October 07:30)
Published:October 8, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Authors:Edward L. Glaeser, William R. Kerr, and Giacomo A. M. PonzettoExecutive Summary:Economic growth is highly correlated with an abu...
  Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement (07 October 07:30)
Published:October 7, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. MecklingExecutive Summary:Performance measurement is one of the critical factors that determine...
  HBS Past and Present (07 October 07:30)
Date of Event:October 12, 2008Speakers:Jay O. Light, Dean of HBSF. Warren McFarlan, HBS FacultyEditor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary an...
  First Look October 6 (06 October 07:30)
Free time is a precious and rare commodity for 24/7 professional service providers like consultants, IT specialists, and lawyers. What if you could slot free time into your hyperbusy schedul...
  The Vanguard Corporation (05 October 07:30)
Q&A with:Rosabeth Moss KanterPublished:October 5, 2009Author:Sean SilverthorneIn her new book Supercorp, Rosabeth Moss Kanter argues that capitalism is near a crossroads. The old ways of...
  Can the Masks of Command Coexist with Authentic Leadership (01 October 07:30)
Published:October 1, 2009Author:Jim HeskettIn a new retrospective of his work titled The Essential Bennis, leadership guru Warren Bennis raises questions about the nature of leadership that ...
  Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect (01 October 07:30)
Published:October 1, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Authors:Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo, and Robert C. MertonExecutive Summary:During periods of rising house prices, falling interest ra...
  Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation (30 September 07:30)
Published:September 30, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Author:William R. KerrExecutive Summary:In just a short period of time the spatial location of invention can shift substantially. The...
  Harvard and HBS The Next 100 Years (30 September 07:30)
Date of Event:October 14, 2008Speakers:Jay O. Light, Dean of HBSDrew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard UniversityEditor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. Vie...
  First Look September 29 (29 September 07:30)
Getting a handle on systemic risk in the financial system is an increasingly urgent task, as the recent financial crisis illustrates painfully. Yet there are no simple legislative or regulat...
  Improving Accountability at the World Bank (28 September 07:30)
Published:September 28, 2009Author:Alnoor EbrahimEditor's Note: As an institution charged with fighting global poverty, the World Bank has found itself on the firing line of late. Critics ci...
  I read Playboy for the articles Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences (24 September 07:30)
Published:September 24, 2009Paper Released:September 2009Authors:Zoë Chance and Michael I. NortonExecutive Summary:We want others to find us good, fair, responsible and logical; and we plac...
  Operational Failures and Problem Solving An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting (23 September 07:30)
Published:September 23, 2009Paper Released:August 2009Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. ToffelExecutive Summary:Operational failures occur within organizations acr...
  First Look September 22 (22 September 07:30)
As health-care reform is debated in the U.S. Congress, a quieter transformation is already under way in hospitals and clinics as the structure of payment goes under the microscope: "[O]rgani...
  Excessive Executive Pay Whats the Solution (21 September 07:30)
Published:September 21, 2009Author:Roger ThompsonIn the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out...
  Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry Lessons from Cardiac Surgery (17 September 07:30)
Published:September 17, 2009Paper Released:August 2009Authors:David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and Jonathan T. KolstadExecutive Summary:Many professions rely on highly and variably skille...
  Repetition of Interaction and Learning An Experimental Analysis (16 September 07:30)
Published:September 16, 2009Paper Released:August 2009Authors:Bradley R. Staats, Francesca Gino, and Gary P. PisanoExecutive Summary:As the global economy grows increasingly knowledge-based,...
  First Look September 15 (15 September 07:30)
Do you manage creative staffers and wonder whether the carrot (extra money) or the stick (deadlines) bring out their best work? The answer may be neither of the above: Instead, managers shou...
  Understanding Users of Social Networks (14 September 07:30)
Published:September 14, 2009Author:Sean SilverthorneIf the ongoing social networking revolution has you scratching your head and asking, "Why do people spend time on this?" and "How can my c...
  Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship (11 September 07:30)
Published:September 11, 2009Paper Released:August 2009Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana NandaExecutive Summary:Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting potential entr...
  Banking Deregulations Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size (11 September 07:30)
Published:September 11, 2009Paper Released:July 2009Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana NandaExecutive Summary:How do financing constraints on new start-ups affect the initial size of these n...
  Feeling Good about Giving The Benefits and Costs of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior (10 September 07:30)
Published:September 10, 2009Paper Released:August 2009Authors:Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. DunnExecutive Summary:Helping others takes countless forms and sp...
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