HBS Working KnowledgeHarvard Business School Working Knowledge offers business practitioners a first look at cutting-edge research and thinking from more than 200 HBS faculty.The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors- August 16, 2008 Published:August 14, 2008Paper Released:July 2008Author:William R. Kerr Executive Summary: The higher concentration of immigrants in certain cities and occupations has long been noted. There has been very little theoretical or empirical work to date, however, on the particular agglomeration of U.S. immigrant scientists and engineers. This scarcity is disappointing given the scale of these ethnic contributions...http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/5990.html The Inner Life of Leaders- August 15, 2008 Q&A with:Abraham ZaleznikPublished:August 13, 2008Author:Sean Silverthorne To what extent does a leader's inner life affect his or her behavior and actions toward other people HBS professor emeritus Abraham Zaleznik, skilled in the practice of psychoanalysis and an admirer of the insights of Sigmund Freud, is well positioned to study the question. Zaleznik has authored or coauthored 15 books as well as the now-classic 1977 Harvard Business Review article "Managers and Leaders: Are They.http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/5970.html First Look: August 12, 2008- August 14, 2008 Much research has been done on the benefits of workforce diversity, but relatively little on the processes that can enhance diversity in organizations, notes a new HBS working paper available for download. The authors identify five attributes that support successful workforce diversity initiatives: They reflect a well articulated, firmwide diversity strategy; have embedded supplemental developmental structures for underrepresented minorities; include partnerships between minorities and...http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/6002.html Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising- August 14, 2008 Published:August 12, 2008Author:Benjamin G. Edelman A proposed advertising deal between Internet competitors Google and Yahoo would reduce competitiveness in the Internet advertising market, likely resulting in higher advertising rates, according to Harvard Business School assistant professor Benjamin Edelman. In testimony prepared for an appearance before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws, Edelman wrote that the.http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/5995.html Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard- August 13, 2008 Q&A with:Robert S. KaplanPublished:August 11, 2008Author:Martha Lagace Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, doing what HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan calls "fighting fires." A new book by Kaplan and David P. Norton aims to make strategy a continual process. The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive...http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/5916.html Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms- August 8, 2008 Q&A with:Tarun KhannaPublished:August 6, 2008Author:Sean Silverthorne With China hosting the Summer Olympic Games starting this week, some reformers see an opportunity to use the world stage as a platform to pressure the country's leadership into expanding social freedoms. Judging by recent news, they don't have much to cheer about. China has reportedly backed off an earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the...http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/6007.html Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections Agricultural Credit in India- August 8, 2008 Published:August 6, 2008Paper Released:July 2008Author:Shawn A. Cole Executive Summary: There are strong theoretical reasons to believe that politicians manipulate resources under their control to achieve electoral success. Yet, compelling examples of this manipulation are heretofore rarely documented in scholarly literature. Cole's paper presents evidence that government-owned banks in India serve the electoral.http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss/5982.html |