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- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
all chairs sold in the world in the 1990s to hardly any production today. The workforce dropped by 44 percent from 2006 to 2012. One firm has succeeded by moving downstream, establishing a global network of retail stores and showrooms,...
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- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
forbearance in non-democracies. We argue that unelected regimes forbear their supporters’ informal businesses. We test this argument in Jordan. Using survey data of over 3,800 micro and small enterprises (MSEs), we find that informal...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
There's more in that glass than meets the eye—or the palate. According to Michael Roberto, important strategic differences have bubbled up between winemakers in Europe and those in the "New World"—the U.S., Australia, South Africa, Chile, and other countries....
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- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
are starting to get an inkling. Politicians are visiting malls in their districts and thinking, "What the hell happened here?" There is more and more of that awareness occurring. So policymakers are near an...
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- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
Capital, Competitor Ties, and Entrepreneurial Innovation, published in the October 2015 Academy of Management Journal and co-written with Emily Cox Pahnke and Benjamin Hallen of the University View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
sort out a complex tangle of interdependent contributing factors. Environmental and legal issues muddy the water, for example. In the mid-2000s efforts to save a 3-inch fish called the delta smelt from extinction led to a ruling by a US...
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- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
when treating the opponent’s campaign plan as given. Our formulation accounts for both the time cost of traveling between districts and the time expended while campaigning within districts. We describe a...
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Carmen Nobel
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
had previously successfully developed the landmark Xintiandi retail and entertainment district in Shanghai. Lo must decide if the opportunity is the right fit in terms of place, timing, government support,...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
workplace negotiation and the way academics study negotiation are overwhelmingly masculine. But despite evidence that the game is rigged against them, women still believe they'd be better negotiators if they only tried harder. Scholars from Penn State, Yale, and the...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
significant loss of benefits and spending,” says Kluender, who coauthored the recent working paper Early Withdrawal of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance: Effects on Employment and Earnings with HBS research...
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by Rachel Layne
- 21 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)
The North Carolina State Board of Elections began a hearing this week into alleged ballot tampering in last year’s 9th District congressional race, which ended in a razor-thin, 905-vote win for Republican...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Management Distinguished Fellows Award, given at Columbia University, June 18, 2012. We wrote this article at Paul's request. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2241548 Helping You Help Me: The Role View Details
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Anna Secino
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Working PapersFixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical...
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Martha Lagace
- March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Teaching Note
The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general...
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Proxy Contest;
Proxy Battle;
Proxy Advisor;
ISS;
Glass Lewis & Co.;
Hedge Fund;
Short Selling;
Share Lending;
Telecommunications;
Voting Rights;
Empty Voting;
Equity Decoupling;
Share Unification;
Dual Class Shares;
Canada;
Exchange Ratio;
Shareholder Activism;
Shareholder Votes;
Investment Activism;
Public Equity;
Capital Structure;
Investment Return;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Finance;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Valuation;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada;
British Columbia;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
that could destabilize the economy as a whole. In another example, researchers HBS Associate Professor Michael I. Norton and Columbia Business School professor Ilyana Kuziemko have suggested that those close to the bottom View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
every Congressional district is the health industry. Private insurers should have a freer range of competitive options through legislation that enables them to sell across state lines in the individual and...
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- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion View Details
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Sean Silverthorne