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- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
FAQs - Alumni
considered final. At Reunions, refer to onsite resources for the current schedule and available offerings. Will transportation be provided? What are the parking options? Complimentary bus transportation runs View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
Working PapersThe Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts Authors:Jerry Cao and Josh Lerner Abstract Reverse leveraged buyouts (RLBOs) have received increased public scrutiny but attracted little... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
differences between the attributes of stock issuers and repurchasers to shed light on characteristic-related mispricing. During years when issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms, for example,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
unknown. Excellence: When achieving high standards matters more than short-term performance. Altruism: When a company serves customers, employees, and others first and assumes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
Abstract—Operational decisions under information asymmetry can signal a firm's prospects to less-informed parties, such as investors, customers, competitors, and regulators. Consequently, managers in these settings often face a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
draws on theories of entrepreneurship and history to explore the ways in which historical processes play an integral role in entrepreneurship. It builds off the plea by Joseph Schumpeter for an active exchange View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
firms in our sample, making it difficult to control for these effects across economies. Practical implications—Government involvement in state-owned enterprises may be contributing to a divergence in the pattern of business diversification View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Abstract We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
Assistant, which helps new sellers prepare professional-looking online listings, and its Turbo Lister service, which tracks and manages thousands of bulk listings on home computers. The company has also... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
vertical chain and therefore come up with superior products. One tradeoff would therefore seem to be between large market share and high quality,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
between these two groups. The family constitution articulates a family's vision for itself and the business, its core values and the policies and... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
assembly plant could change its stamping presses from one model to another in eight minutes, compared with the eight hours GM plants spent to change over the same basic equipment. Clearly a deviation of this magnitude between its current... View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
technological language between suppliers and customers. These standards are primarily business-to-business programs that can be certified by independent agents, similar to how... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Link between Non-financial and Financial Performance in One Space Authors: Robert G. Eccles, Jess Schulschenk, and George Serafeim Publication:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
benefits including health insurance, performance bonuses, and paid vacation—all relatively rare in the industry. Blueprint For Transformation The QuikTrip (QT) case, taught in the MBA course Coordinating... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
being nice or lowering performance standards. She labels an organization with high PS and high standards as being in the “Learning & High View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
Kotsantonis, Sakis, Christopher Pinney, and George Serafeim Abstract—The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
advanced business transactions as journal entries 8.5 hrs Module 5 The Statement of Cash Flows Understand how to construct and interpret the cash flow statement and recognize the differences View Details