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Making Business School Research More Relevant

Harvard Business Review

Business faculty create a body of knowledge that is scientifically novel, interesting, and important. But far too often, the research doesn’t address the real problems of entrepreneurs, managers, investors, marketers, and business leaders. Why should business research and business professors be any different?

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

One innovative portfolio-management technique the mission employed was a novel free-market resource-allocation concept drawn from the field of economics. This approach ensured that project resources were properly allocated where they were really needed and minimized conflicts of interest and management overhead.

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

One innovative portfolio-management technique the mission employed was a novel free-market resource-allocation concept drawn from the field of economics. This approach ensured that project resources were properly allocated where they were really needed and minimized conflicts of interest and management overhead.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Leaders in the study reported having to implement staff reduction targets, dispose of big businesses in major markets, and lead mergers and acquisitions.

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What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back

Harvard Business Review

The flip side of the stress test, though, is that there is some possibility for the banks to reverse-engineer and game the results. And in the market more broadly, there is a sense that certain kinds of bad assets should be avoided.” There is a lot of market power for banks over the individual businesses that borrow from them.