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- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
Publications August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
company, has developed a new "cushion pad" that will improve the pile-driving process, a common activity in the construction of large structures such as bridges and buildings. Piles—heavy beams of concrete, steel, or other... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
difficult-to-quantify constructs like meaning-making seem less useful as an analytical construct. Put more crudely, return on investment makes for a more tractable dependent variable than meaning. Q: How do you think leadership matters to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
marked the conclusion of a multi-year period of intensive Executive Education facilities construction. Construction of Klarman Hall, which is scheduled to open in fiscal 2019, was the largest capital project during the year. Fiscal 2017... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
process, a common activity in the construction of large structures such as bridges and buildings. Piles — heavy beams of concrete, steel, or other material — are pounded into the ground by a large “hammer” attached to a crane. The cushion... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, but before going any further, the two leaders plan to discuss what they have learned so far from their U.S. experience and how that should inform their strategic growth decisions moving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
incentives to engage with shareholders. Misaki Capital was founded in 2013 with a strategy of constructively engaging with portfolio firms, providing operational and financial advice to management in order to improve shareholder value.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
construct a spatially continuous index of pairwise-industry agglomeration and investigate the patterns and determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. In particular, we run a horserace between two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
26, no. 1 (February 2012). For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
future. The class aimed to embed the value of maintaining one’s own priorities, following individual goals, and embracing the role of a constructive rebel—a badass—who will change the world for the better. Saint John kicked off the first... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
his neighborhood. In the five years since he left Boston, he's seen no fewer than 15 new 25-story apartment buildings sprout up near his home. There's a new high-rise apartment building under construction just down the street from his... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
Prisoners were housed in old stone barracks and newly constructed huts made of corrugated iron. The researchers examined the corporate archives of three German multinationals that employed the largest number of people interned in India... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
among their results is that idea that it is not the words used in a particular language that matters, but the way that language is constructed. They looked at the constructions used to describe future actions, and found that the more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
newer reviews are more accurate about current conditions.] Moreover, they don't account for observable patterns in the way individuals rate restaurants." Luca's team decided to try to develop what they believed would be an optimal way to View Details
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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
combines academic and experiential learning and involves students in activities as diverse as constructing solar panels, producing maple syrup, and delivering emergency medical care in search-and-rescue situations. "Our educational goal,"... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016
buyer characteristics. Consider the experiences of condo developers targeting retirees who wanted to downsize their homes. Sales were weak until the developers realized their business was not construction but transitioning lives. Instead... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
motivation (Study 3) and greater ability to justify their dishonest behavior (Study 4). Finally, a field study constructively replicates these effects and demonstrates that individuals who work in more creative positions are also more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
Terry Finley: I used to go to the race track after school with my father on a regular basis, and all my brothers and sisters—actually four brothers are in the construction business. They're all in the cement mason business, and in the... View Details
Keywords: horse racing