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- 04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4
diversified since liberalization and since broad-based corporate governance reforms were implemented goes expressly against the prediction of prior schools of thought about business groups. We argue that the conventional wisdom about...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
underlying framework that compels such partnerships as between a food bank in Mexico and a supermarket in the United States, providing insights into the DNA of a successful collaboration that are broadly applicable. Our excerpt from the book, coauthored by Harvard...
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- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
philanthropy. We have to take care of all stakeholders—I say customers, vendors, employees, shareholders, and the society in which you work. You can't produce a bad quality and high cost product and then say, 'I go to the temple and pray'...
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- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
CorsiHarvard Business School Case 612-070 The head of the branded private investment company owner of the Virgin brand reflected on the group's new pillars of growth. Since the 1970s when Richard Branson...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Many dismiss marketing as manipulative,...
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- 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26
Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We provide theoretical and empirical evidence on the evolution and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Heterogeneity in innovation,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
Lawmakers, following public opinion rather than scholars' theories, have put in place very little tagging. Does this mean it's time to bury the Utilitarian approach? Not quite, says economist Matthew C. Weinzierl. The Harvard Business View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
to better connections rather than superior skill. Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract—Gender differences in the propensity to negotiate are often used to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
critical point. Developments like social impact bonds are important for attracting private investment to proven programs, while reducing costs to government and society. But you're right that this still...
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by Julia Hanna
- 29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008
domestic savings, has no effect on the financial account, and leads to unaccounted capital flight. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-074.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBrigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center Harvard Business...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
to value the expected costs of issuing a loan guarantee. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211032-PDF-ENG Chances Are? Hanna W. Halaburda and Aldo Sesia Jr.Harvard Business School Case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8
PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model that integrates agency View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
That is no longer true, though, for any but a relative handful of institutions. Costs have risen to unprecedented heights, and new competitors are emerging. A disruptive technology, online learning, is at work in higher education,...
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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley studies the intersection of business and law, and is interested in how companies can use legal resources as a competitive asset. In this interview, Bagley discusses ways businesses can...
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by Carla Tishler
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
local retailers operate with low inventory and depend on LEGO for just-in-time delivery. The company could build molding factories in Asia to shorten lead times and improve efficiency, but pushing down production View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front...
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Carmen Nobel
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
policies that maintain a low level of average inflation. Cases & Course MaterialsNovoCure Ltd. William A. Sahlman and Sarah Greene FlahertyHarvard Business School Case 810-045 Venture capitalist...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
or sell. Payatas and the orderly, verdant Harvard Business School campus—nearly equals, as it happens, in terms of the acreage they occupy—are separated by a gulf far greater than any measure of miles or statistics. Yet as HBS professor...
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by Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
Motions: An Empirical Test of Management Involvement in Process Improvement," HBS professor Anita L. Tucker and Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara J. Singer show that communicating with frontline workers can backfire if...
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- 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015
integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of...
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Sean Silverthorne