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- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
speed of travel, making our apparent physical reality, in Einstein's words, "merely an illusion." Like time and distance, standard fiscal measures, including deficits, taxes, and transfer payments, depend on one's reference...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
markets and ecosystems through their ability to transfer a package of financial, organizational, and cultural assets, skills, and ideologies across national borders. It argues such firms have been shapers of, as well as responders to,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
following a prosocial norm and self-regulation. We tested 433 children between 6 and 13 years of age in two variations of the Dictator Game (DG). Children were asked what they should or would give in the game and then played an actual DG. We show that most children...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
money in the bank, Bridgespan has shared its reports, case studies, and other content freely in the interest of promoting knowledge in the social sector. When your clients are nonprofits and foundations, Bradach and Tierney reasoned, the...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
the prevalence of cov-lite rises. Time patterns in cov-lite issuance closely match inflows to institutional lenders, and at a given time, cov-lite loans are, overwhelmingly, those with the highest ownership by structured products and/or mutual funds. The number and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by the price of oil. The correlation is negative, suggesting that more reliance on luck is correlated with less individualism. We provide three short models that...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
(see sidebar). “What business managers and leaders most have to share with education officials lies in the domain of organizational behavior and human resources,” says Leschly. “Education is a people-intensive activity, and businesses...
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- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
Excerpt from Defense Acquisition Reform 1960-2009: An Elusive Goal. Major Weapon Systems Since World War II military research and development (R&D) has constituted a large share of the total federal R&D effort. In 1960, for...
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- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
proximity to headquarters and corporate siblings are associated with superior performance trends following information disclosure. We also find that regional density moderates effect of establishment size on performance improvement. We find no evidence that capability...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
support, establishing contacts with leading CEOs in the region, and sharing expertise that comes from living and working in the Asian environment on a daily basis.” Under McFarlan’s guidance, seven new cases were prepared for the Tsinghua...
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- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
firms. In sum, data drawn from an earlier time period suggest that auditors' reputational incentives, possible synergies, and knowledge transfers imply that NAS offered by audit firms can be associated with improved audit and reporting...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
thriving in today’s flat, networked, increasingly collaborative organizations. The third reason is the skills transfer gap. Simply put, most executives do not seem to take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to their jobs. For...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and...
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- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
uniformly agreed on the mechanism underlying this relationship: the sharing of tacit knowledge and recombination of ideas that occurs because of intra-firm mobility. But a second mechanism may also be at work: intra-firm mobility might...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
conversely, the flaunting of a busy life and a dearth of leisure time. In addition, people’s relative interest in buying luxury experiences versus luxury products is increasing. Technology has introduced new business models, such as collaborative consumption in a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
deficits, taxes, and transfer payments, depend on one's reference point/reporting procedure/language/labels. As such, they, too, represent numbers in search of concepts that provide the illusion of meaning where none exists. This paper,...
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Martha Lagace
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such participants with separate credentials necessary to register for and access the program (a “Login Credential”). You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account or Login Credential with...
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
University’s distribution rate and the size of the endowment, which includes gifts from alumni and transfers from the School to the endowment reserve. In fiscal 2023, the distribution rate set by the University was 4.5 percent. The...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
in the coffee business, serving people—it's in the people business, serving coffee. It's about the human experience of coffee, which as a concept is very transferable from one business to another." That focus on the customer experience...
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