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- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
of trusted appointees (known internally as the "Dutch Mafia"), whose understanding of Philips technology, commercial objectives, and overall strategy provided the major link between the parent company and its dispersed national...
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- 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14
Business School Case 611-069 InterfaceRAISE is a sustainability management consulting firm created to leverage the capabilities of its parent company Interface, Inc., a carpet manufacturer recognized as a global leader in View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
collection of research and readings about head-on collisions between corporations and consumers, how to think through potential problems in advance, and course-correcting when the inevitable disaster occurs. A Good Place to Start...
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- 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006
contingent reserves, and reserve dependent output costs. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-010.pdf Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
legally enforceable agreements only with specific legal entities. Using a sample of bank loans issued to U.S. parent companies, I find that a more complex corporate legal structure is associated with higher...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
There's a famous line from the movie The Godfather, which is often repeated in corporate settings: "This is business, not personal." Ironically, though, that statement is actually bad business advice. During the Consortium for Operational...
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- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
into any other state or geography that implemented P-TECH. So, you got the key players not just to donate something, but to be part of the decision-making process. The new principal of the first P-TECH school went door to door in the public housing project across the...
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by Kristen Senz
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
can induce a controlling shareholder to list equity. Higher valuations support listings associated with greater agency costs. We test the predictions that follow from this idea on a sample of publicly listed corporate subsidiaries in...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
"Goodbye tension, hello pension!" That used to be the triumphant cry of millions of new retirees. For decades, Americans assumed a good job came with a good pension, guaranteeing them regular monthly payments from their parent...
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- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
be energized by the opportunity to sell this product. Our corporate parents will bequeath gifts upon us such as overhead, planning requirements, and budgeting cycles. We will need to accept some and fend off...
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by Michael Raynor
- 24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24
We contribute to institutional theory by identifying selective disclosure as a corporate symbolic strategy and by revealing how scrutiny and norms limit this symbolic behavior. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1836472...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
Brigham and Women's Physician's Organization (BWPO) and its corporate parent disagree over who has jurisdiction over significant legacy funds. Are they controlled by the BWPO or do they belong to BWPO's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
decision to invest in a very large and very risky project. If done as part of the corporate balance sheet, there is a possibility that the project could drag the parent or "sponsoring" company into...
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- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
grew there were increasing pressures to integrate with the parent company. While Atan believed that this would destroy the unique culture and positioning of Enpara, senior management was wondering whether to spin it off or merge it with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21
PublicationsThe Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Publication:Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
the chaos theory—a mix of passion and practicality, risk and reward," said Carl Horton (HBS MBA '95). His parents moved to Washington, DC, in 1978 to work for Jimmy Carter, Horton recalled, initiating his interest in politics. Over...
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by Julia Hanna
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
the need for change puts itself at a distinct disadvantage to one that tracks the Four Rs along with indicators of learning and innovation. The Rise and Consequences of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733312001205 A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting Author:Karthik Ramanna Publication:Accounting Horizons (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-012.pdf Doing What the Parents Want? The Effect of the Local Information Environment on the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
visualize and communicate a wide range of patient outcomes and cost for three forms of prostate cancer treatment. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51627 Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings By:...
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Sean Silverthorne