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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
programming. The airwaves were literally jammed. In the face of such bedlam, NBC led a charge on Washington in search of regulation and the allocation of frequencies across the spectrum--the property rights I mentioned before. The result...
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by Jim Aisner
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
52-week high; conversely, bidder shareholders react increasingly negatively as the offer price is pulled upward toward that price. Merger waves occur when high recent returns on the stock market and on likely targets make it easier for...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
avoidance and empirical evidence consistent with this view is discussed. This view of corporate tax avoidance implies that shareholders and policymakers should question the rationale for distinct financial reports and that greater...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
can be radical in nature. Effective development often disturbs the status quo, which, in most instances, local governments—especially corrupt or ineffective ones—are inclined to preserve and protect. Doing It Right The dislocating effects...
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by George C. Lodge
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Rohm and Haas board decided how to move forward after its largest shareholder chose to sell all of its shares in the company. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411001-PDF-ENG The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (B)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
PublicationsRepublic of China at 60-An International Assessment Author:William C. Kirby Publication:Harvard University Asia Center, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31216 Let the View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers...
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- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Trichakis Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper deals with a basic issue: How does one approach the problem of designing the "right" objective for a given resource allocation problem? The notion of what is View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
their products directly to buyers) or as a reseller (purchasing products from suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a decision between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the choice of some...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
guaranteed income. And because that objective filtered right through the scheme, members thought of their benefits in those terms. Ask a member what her pension is worth and she'll reply with an income figure: "two-thirds of my final...
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Most Successful CEOs Come from Within By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger. Leading proxy advisory firms were recommending that shareholders reject the proposed...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
markets. By expanding program choice in this manner, cable operators were able to increase prices and attract more customers. Cable entrepreneurs also saw an opportunity to create "cable-only" channels by acquiring programming View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
"excessive" use of decision rights. Consistent with these implicit incentives, we find that employees in tightly monitored business units are less likely than their loosely monitored counterparts to 1) use decision rights and 2)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
moving upmarket to challenge the industry leaders. They point out that Uber, commonly hailed as a disrupter, doesn’t actually fit the mold, and they explain that if managers don’t understand the nuances of disruption theory or apply its tenets correctly, they may not...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
property rights in developing countries on the level and composition of industrial development. We develop a North-South product cycle model in which Northern innovation, Southern imitation, and FDI are all endogenous. Our model predicts...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of salary, commission, and bonuses,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
traded the rights to Rudy Gay along with another Rockets fan favorite, Stromile Swift, to the Memphis Grizzlies for Shane Battier. Jeers of frustration rang from the Rockets fans. How could the Rockets trade Rudy Gay and Stromile Swift...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Centralization is predicted when the value of firm-wide coordination dominates these adaptation and information-processing concerns. Based on a novel data set containing information on establishment-level decision rights over information...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
link: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.28.3.25 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 314-099 Aspada: In Search of the Right Structure for Impact Investing No abstract available. Purchase this case:
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Sean Silverthorne