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- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
ranging from subtle suggestion to social ostracism, if not outright retaliation. Absentee and anonymous shareholders are unlikely to experience such influences. Thus, as a practical matter, shareholders cannot be made more accountable...
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by Carla Tishler
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
1933-1945; the Federal Republic (West Germany) or German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 1945-1989. In terms of political or economic history, these divisions make a lot of sense, but in terms of individuals' experiences or business...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
primarily occurred for firms covered by financial analysts. Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Periodical:Industrial and Corporate Change 17 (February 2008): 155-195 Abstract This article...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Debt literacy is measured by questions testing knowledge of fundamental concepts related to debt and by self-assessed financial knowledge. Financial experiences are the participants' reported experiences...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
challenge for the existing theories on upstream capital flows and global imbalances. August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association The New Empirical Economics of Management By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25
1990s and 2000s magnified these challenges, as illustrated by the deployment of the descendent of the NCSA HTTPd server, otherwise known as Apache. This study asks whether this experience could produce measurement issues in standard...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
believe the college graduates will have more refined, what are called “foundational” or “social,” and occasionally, in the older literature, referred to as “soft skills,” communication skills, a theory of the mind, the ability to go into...
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
just how is Darius using theories from the BSSE course to guide Butterfly Network into the future? Tune in to find out and, as always, reach out to us with questions, comments, or suggestions on what you'd like to hear from The Disruptive...
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- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical foundations and dynamic View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial than others in school....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
what excites me about being Dean of Harvard Business School, comes from these early experiences that demonstrated the incredibly powerful role that business plays as a contributor to the prosperity of society. Why did you make the switch...
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Roger Thompson
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
particular case in point. What had Metro International learned from experiences elsewhere on the globe and would they allow the company to make the Spanish unit profitable? What strategy should the Spanish country manager adopt? Purchase...
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Martha Lagace
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
as well as working as a consultant with CHROs of big blue-chip companies, as well as folks like the NBA. So this weird mélange of experiences kind of brought me into the administration. I got the call for this job on January 7, 2021, the...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
proud of the turbulence of our own making and the actions we took out of despair. This book sets out to change that. Belsky draws on his experiences building Behance, selling it, and then working as an investor and advisor to distill...
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
America on the Move Summit, Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria spoke about his experience coming to America for the first time as a young graduate student. He was struck by how advanced the infrastructure was compared to India....
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