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- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
researchers were able to find similar private firms for a good number of public firms. The team then studied the investment patterns of public and private companies within the match sample. "In particular, we looked at the level of... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
selective annexation using a specific policy rule, I find that areas which experienced direct rule have significantly lower levels of access to schools, health centers, and roads in the post-colonial period. I find evidence that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
the highest levels of the executive search business. In response, Kelly had begun making strategic investments in firms offering technology-based solutions, but had not yet made significant progress convincing Heidrick's search... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
warranted, says Hamermesh. "Health care is 17 percent of the U.S. economy, so at some level the HBS interest in health care is not surprising, and it's got a great set of intellectual problems to deal with. "Marketing is very... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
What are the first things you should do in your new post? In this e-mail Q&A, Michael Watkins offers strategies that he researched while preparing his new book, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
biggest surprise to me was the level of involvement that firms engage in with community forms on software development and standard setting in general. That is, forms that are not government sponsored nor formally constituted by... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
company’s investment in the online social entertainment world. The researchers started playing Fortnite during the pandemic “to break the monotony of constant Zoom meetings,” Wu says. But soon, they found themselves spending real money on virtual clothes, called... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
Capital Regulation By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We propose three core principles that should inform the design of bank capital regulation. First, wherever possible, multiple constraints on the minimum View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
differentially spur employees of varying hierarchical levels to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either junior or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
departure of high-impact businesses and high-value taxpayers, disputes over dwindling resources, and disabling levels of obligations to pensioners and other contracts. Unfortunately, Detroit isn't alone. Stockton, California, and... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
entitled "Choice, Chance, and Wealth Dispersion at Retirement." This paper looked empirically at households' wealth levels at retirement. The authors assess the role that luck, asset allocation, and savings decisions had had in... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
situation, and saying, "For me to do what I need to do for my team, I'm going to need X, Y and Z resources." Or, go back to preparation. You can find benchmarks. Figure out, from whatever information is available, what the appropriate standards are for being... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
examines how a firm can be systematic in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage by leveraging the talent in all levels of the organization. Follow him on Twitter @bgroysberg. Abhijit Naik is an independent researcher. View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
benefited from the catch-up following low-income levels caused during war or conflict. Five incidents were credited, or partially credited, to government spending on infrastructure or jobs. In most cases accelerated growth proved a... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
often a key deliverable in the core principles of marketing course at the undergraduate level and the core marketing management course at the MBA level. The toolkits provide analytical structure for completing key sections of a marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
our model is isomorphic to a neoclassical growth model, while at the microeconomic level it features adoption of firms at the extensive and the intensive margin. Based on a data set of 15 technologies and 166 countries our estimations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
solution to a problem. It involved the development, under someone who later became CEO of Volkswagen, at Audi in 2006 of a way to eliminate the clanking sound made by diesel vehicles when started. The solution increased pollution levels... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
was already close to the margin of exit. Restaurants with lower ratings are closer to the margin of exit at all observed minimum wage levels and are disproportionately driven out of business by increases to the minimum wage. Our point... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
should be pursued, and while preserving sovereignty, the division of responsibilities at the national and European level should be reconsidered. The overgrown regulatory regime should be vastly simplified, the Capital Market Union should... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
market segment had been growing faster than the conventional market overall and was expected to continue. This had caused large conventional manufacturers to enter this space, increasing the level of competition for Hain. Third, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne