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- 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17
founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where founders trade off the simplicity of accepting an equal split, with the costs of negotiating a differentiated allocation of founder...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010 (Revised October 2014)
- Teaching Note
Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)
By: Anette Mikes
Teaching Note for 109-001
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- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
empirically demonstrated that a manager’s ability was a very important factor in converting player performance into team victories in baseball. But it wasn’t just team performance that was enhanced by managerial quality. “Kahn’s additional View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1
Working PapersWhat Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory of GAAP under the assumption...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal Incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness 18, nos. 1/2 (2008): 104-130 Abstract Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of regional concentration patterns...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
payouts-to-price, and earnings-to-price. That approach would tell an investor whether a stock is cheap or expensive with more confidence. Go beyond ratios. Consider doing a discounted cash flow analysis to estimate the intrinsic value of...
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by Rachel Layne
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
this stickiest of bottlenecks? Create business partnerships by framing the right questions, says Giusti, and then identifying and combining existing datasets for analysis to answer those questions. The organization also rallies individual...
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- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
Why are people so drawn to social media? The question long haunted Mikolaj "Misiek" Piskorski and eventually led to his new book, A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media. Drawing from years of research dating back to before Facebook, the book offers an...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
more favorable coverage when spills were reported—the researchers performed a textual analysis of the newspaper stories, mining the text with software that ranks the tone of the words used in a given story. When they added up the scores,...
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- 17 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 17
http://www.whartonsp.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137044852 Institutions and Inequality in Single Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China Authors:Edmund Malesky, Regina M. Abrami, and Yu Zheng Publication:Comparative...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
effects. His analysis suggests that major events occurring in response to periods of growth foster openness, tolerance, mobility, fairness, and democracy to support his thesis. The reverse is also true. He maintains that increasingly...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
atmosphere of unbounded optimism, notes Zlatev. Yu adds that the constant risk-benefit analysis that comes with living through a pandemic has exacerbated employee uneasiness. "A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING APPREHENSION ... I THINK LEADERS...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
perspectives of others, “This is a dialogue and I have to be a part of it.” She was also interested to see what was the baseline of her classmates’ analysis of this conversation, especially the international students. That kind of...
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- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
city, a country—with a clear connection to making life better for the people who live there,” Condo says. “I’ve always thought that one should try to do work that benefits society.” Michael Porter was ultimately the advisor for Condo’s DBA thesis, which included an...
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Deborah Blagg
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
tested whether the subsidies were associated with differential attendance and weight loss over 12 months, as might be predicted by the expectation that they attract employees with differing degrees of motivation. Analysis and Results:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
At an event at Harvard Business School that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish US economy—a move that may require a new definition of "competitiveness."...
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by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 01 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”
immediately understood and added value to a number of deals,” says Alastair. “But the single biggest value he brought? He was excited by our mission. He’s done everything from M&A analysis to support for your growth strategy, to...
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Health Care
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54963 Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital By: Lerner, Josh, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang Abstract—This paper undertakes a comprehensive View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
this would have a further advantage for the team. The field-based research reported here is derived largely from analysis of team experiences with five principal Japanese baseball stars-Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Daisuke...
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Sean Silverthorne