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- 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
discuss how they define creativity, the kinds of questions they have addressed, theories they have proposed, and they provide a description of their research including the most...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Blog
Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom
melody, jazz shows that amazing things can happen when you knock down constraints and give people the freedom to experiment and test ideas. Embrace risk and errors. Whether it's a new strategy or a new chord progression, failure can be a...
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- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the...
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by Kim Girard
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
organizational field, we will limit our attention to theories, models, and studies of cognition that have their root in the psychology of how people make decisions. The areas View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
curiously thought to be representative of his age. This historiographical problem was clear to many historians in the 1920s and '30s, but was again unfortunately forgotten because of the direction in which...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
returns. Digital advertising provides marketers with renewed opportunity to measure advertising effectiveness. Economists draw on both existing theories of advertising and the tools View Details
- 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...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
marketplace, then the tradeoff is shifted towards the marketplace for long-tail (respectively, short-tail) products. We thus provide a theory of which products an intermediary should offer in each mode. We...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
the clashing logics of banks, governments, and the general goal of poverty alleviation. The paper sets out to increase rigor of institutional complexity View Details
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by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23
when network effects lead to unfavorable expectations about supplier participation, whereas it is shifted towards the marketplace for long-tail products. We thus provide a theory of which products an...
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Anna Secino
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
(2012) Abstract This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 2022
- Case
Business Roundtable 2019 Statement: A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Amram Migdal
This note focuses on the antecedents of, reactions to, and clarifications about The Business Roundtable’s August 19, 2019, “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The note includes background information on corporate governance as practiced in the United States in...
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Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Business History;
Mission and Purpose;
Agency Theory;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
United States
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Amram Migdal. "Business Roundtable 2019 Statement: A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?" Harvard Business School Case 122-023, February 2022.
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
regional influences were more important, supporting sociological theories about the importance of visibility in corporate green strategies. It identifies major commonalities between corporate strategies in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
2018 Individual Creativity in the Workplace An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints By: Cromwell, Johnathan R., Teresa M. Amabile, and Jean-François Harvey...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
In the run-up to the global financial crisis, credit rating agencies gave high marks to such risky financial vehicles as collateralized debt obligations, which few people understood. It has been argued that these ratings misled investors as to the safety View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
opportunities and elicit strategic responses by focal firms. We develop theory and provide empirical evidence of how innovative activity changes in response to product recalls in the U.S. medical device...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
his company, and a discussion of recent efforts by Abrahams to break free of constraints that have limited the size and revenue-generating ability View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social indicators. Both states faced constraints in the form of budget...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
needed. Bringing the Context Back in: Settings and the Search for Syndicate Partners in Venture Capital Investment Networks Authors:Olav Sorenson and Toby E. Stuart Periodical:Administrative Science Quarterly (forthcoming) Abstract Most existing network-based View Details
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Martha Lagace