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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
the United States and use this list to analyze the relationship between insider ownership and firm value. Our data have two useful features. First, since dual-class stock separates cash-flow rights from View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
Commission sought to prevent investment companies from extending their control through investment pyramids, as was done frequently in the 1920s. Consequently, one section of the Act stated that an investment company could not own more than 3 percent of another...
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by Spencer E. Ante
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
for better accountability to project-affected communities, or in improving board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. Before elaborating, I...
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by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
people we might hire, I see three kinds. I have people I know are going to steal me blind no matter what I do. I definitely try not to hire those people. Then I have people who I know will always do the right thing, no matter what. And...
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by Kim B. Clark
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
and services they consume. In many cases, collaborative user innovators are vying with producers for intellectual property rights and the control of standards and innovation trajectories. In light of these developments, it is time to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
function, however, it’s unclear what the brands should be doing with the information. “There’s an ongoing debate as to whether these audits are simply snapshots to figure out the facts on the ground so multinationals can vote with their...
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by Michael Blanding
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, HBS professor and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution. Publisher's link:
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
and soft—when formulating your algorithms. You also must consider the long-term implications of the data the algorithms incorporate to make sure they're not focusing nearsightedly on short-term outcomes. And choose the right data inputs,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
growth requires. This article explores six common mistakes that executives make in this arena: 1) Failing to provide the right kind of oversight. The CEO should spend meaningful time with the team and with potential customers; 2) Not...
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Anna Secino
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
in China. So far he had been able to attract a large number of Chinese-born but U.S.-trained scientists to play a critical role in establishing the site. How sustainable was this strategy, and what were the key things he had to do right...
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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
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
advertising, and outside advertising—vary in their effectiveness for voters with different political predispositions. We compile a comprehensive dataset that includes voting outcomes, detailed campaign activities, and voters’ party...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
methods of instruction. These meetings led to a broad commitment to case-method teaching and, in 1921, a formal faculty vote that officially changed the name of the school's approach from the "problem method" to the "case...
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by David A. Garvin
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which passed overwhelmingly despite the absence of any economically powerful interest group behind it; and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor—who had done extensive research examining the benefits of clusters—to speak to the governor’s cabinet and the legislature in support of the idea. “That was the real reason the legislature View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
This chapter proposes that patents are real options that allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning,...
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Sean Silverthorne