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- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
effectively allocated resources in the economy. I still think that our approach is a good one, but maybe not as good as we thought. Hopefully, we'll better understand the conflicts of interest, improve the system, and have more awareness of the View Details
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by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
products to displace locally customized varieties. What factors do seem to matter? A: In some products, unlike most categories of TV programming, willingness-to-pay may actually be higher for globally or regionally standardized products...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019
percent and 8.1 percent endowment returns, respectively, for the two prior fiscal years. As in fiscal 2018, fiscal 2019 was a year in which asset allocation—or risk level—was a major factor in returns....
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
the job. Often claimed, seldom true, “platform” companies are extremely rare. Move faster when you have conviction—other investors are right behind you. The best investors “pay up” and invest at the next opportunity. Valuation matters, but other View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
several unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter as they develop new businesses. The authors focus on factors that influence female entrepreneurs’ choices of business and industry — personal motivation, commitment, education,...
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- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Little is known about the factors that influence regulatory-agency decision...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
determining how the player will perform going forward and in new circumstances (e.g., a new team) is a greater challenge. Given that QBs depend on their teammates—receivers, running backs and offensive linemen among others—to do their job, there are significant View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
denial as a particular risk for large, established organizations as much as for young, entrepreneurial firms? Is denial a predictable downside to success? A: Denial is more endemic to older firms because it so often results from stubborn...
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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
ethical people consistently engage in unethical behavior? Over the last ten years researchers have started to explore this question. An emerging and very promising literature has begun to identify the importance of psychological factors...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
stand-alone facility in Sanand. Factors like cost, quality, speed, and risk needed to be considered for this decision, which had impact on profitability and customer satisfaction. Which option should FAPA...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
the risks associated with it. The aim of the meeting was to outline four scenarios for the future that could help managers assess what key success factors and actions were required for coping with the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
parents. The increased difficulty and risks of traveling separated some CEOs from family. One had to make the difficult decision to “move to a different city to be closer to the employees, [leaving] the family behind.” None in our sample...
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- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
leading players in these clusters are multi-location firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide. Strong internal links across locations allow these firms to leverage knowledge for competitive advantage without View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
of risk and released me from a personal prison of achievement. Some context: In 1999, I joined a large-scale startup providing a new consumer phone service in Brazil. We raised $2.5 billion, hired 4,000 people in two years, and...
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Walt Disney Studios
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
a series of static comparisons that reveal the impact of a change in one determinant of an option's price while holding other factors constant. The business setting involves a mutual fund board considering the initiation of an option...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
people believe the risk decreases (negative recency) but at the same time exhibit more cautious behavior (positive recency). The rest of the difference is consistent with two well established mechanisms: judgment error and the use of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
leaders have higher stress levels than non-leaders. But if leaders also experience a heightened sense of control-a psychological factor known to have powerful stress-buffering effects-leadership should be associated with reduced stress...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
be enlarged to include a variety of factors that give meaning to any circumstance and thus shape behavior: past experience, expectations about the future, group membership, and cultural values. This article opens with a series of thought...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
factors that might affect the future course of this battle, such as the role of copy protection features in HD devices, the bundling of each format with video game consoles, and competing modes of delivering video content. A revised...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
transactions within a network of customers, such as financial services and telecommunications, currently face tough challenges. The factors determining success in their industries are changing rapidly and the boundaries of many of their...
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Sean Silverthorne