First Look: December 21
Business in the private prison industry is drying up. A new case looking at growth options for Corrections Corporation of America begins with the fact that the company's profits are under attack as its...
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HBS Faculty on 2010's Biggest Business Developments
Published:December 27, 2010Author:Staff From the problems posed by the Great Recession to the devastation in Haiti and the Gulf of Mexico, from the continuing economic growth of India and China to a...
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The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic...
Published:December 28, 2010Paper Released:December 2010Authors:Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce, and and Francesca Gino Executive Summary: In studying pay-for-performance-based compensation systems, economic...
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Most Popular Articles of 2010
Published:January 3, 2011Author:Staff Judging by the most-read articles and faculty working papers over the last year, our readers continue to be fascinated by the emergence of social networks and...
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The Learning Effects of Monitoring
Published:January 4, 2011Paper Released:November 2010Authors:Dennis Campbell, Marc Epstein, and and Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez Executive Summary: It's a challenge that all good managers face:...
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Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on...
Published:January 5, 2011Author:William Sahlman In light of the latest developments of the on-again, off-again, on-again government funding of human embryonic stem-cell research, it is time to...
View ArticleCan Management Fight "Anonymous" and WikiLeaks?
Published:January 6, 2011Author:James L. Heskett You've heard the advice that writing down sensitive things runs the risk of discovery in a legal case. The wise don't do it. But this can be a costly...
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Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
Published:January 10, 2011Author:Carmen Nobel At first blush, the two-year-old online start-up Groupon seems a bit audacious. For starters, there's the news that the deal-of-the-day website turned...
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Do you take too long to make a decision? Or are you more likely to shoot from the hip? A new working paper by Dan Ariely (Duke University) and Michael I. Norton (Harvard Business School) identifies...
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Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business...
Published:January 11, 2011Paper Released:November 2010Authors:Bo Becker, Daniel B. Bergstresser, and and Guhan Subramanian Executive Summary: In August 2010, the Security and Exchange Commission...
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Modularity for Value Appropriation--How to Draw the Boundaries of...
Published:January 12, 2011Paper Released:November 2010Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and Joachim Henkel Executive Summary: Many firms have adopted models of "open innovation," in which they seek ideas...
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Being the Boss
Published:January 17, 2011Author:Carmen Nobel Nineteen years ago, Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill wrote the first edition of her book Becoming a Manager, detailing the experiences of...
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Activist Board Members Increase Firm's Market Value
Published:January 19, 2011Author:Carmen Nobel Public company shareholders have long complained that corporate boards don't always act in the best interest of their investors. But does the addition of...
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For many of its 121 years, the National Geographic Society depended on magazine sales to further its mission and attract supporting members. The new case "The National Geographic Society," by David A....
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Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia
Published:January 20, 2011Paper Released:December 2010Authors:Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Andreea Gorbatai Executive Summary: Harvard Business School professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and doctoral...
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Inside the Learning Curve: Customer-, Domain-, and Technology-Specific...
Published:January 21, 2011Paper Released:December 2010Authors:Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman, and and Bradley R. Staats Executive Summary: In farming out work to an external service provider,...
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HBS Cases: Terror at the Taj
Published:January 24, 2011Author:Julia Hanna On November 26, 2008, 175 people died in Mumbai, India, when 10 terrorists simultaneously struck sites. Of the five locations—all well-known landmarks—the...
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According to new research, there is a dark side to being creative. Researchers Francesca Gino (Harvard Business School) and Dan Ariely (Duke) find evidence for their hypothesis that a creative...
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Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others
Published:January 26, 2011Paper Released:December 2010Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ricardo Pérez-Truglia Executive Summary: This paper explores the idea that people who can take advantage of a...
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A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance
Published:January 27, 2011Paper Released:December 2010Authors:Andrea Ryan, Gunnar Trumbull, and and Peter Tufano Executive Summary: The growth of the consumer finance sector after World War II...
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