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- 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007
Periodical:Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the effects of mandated disclosure on the design of contracts and induced behavior in the presence of career concerns. We analyze the impact of...
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Martha Lagace
- March 24, 2014
- Article
Like a Boss: How Corporate Negotiators Would Handle Nuclear Talks With Iran
While the Obama team deserves high marks for launching the interim talks, its approach doesn't sell the upside of a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters—a necessary condition for success if there is an...
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United States;
Russia;
Negotiation;
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Conflict and Resolution;
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Great Britain;
United States;
Russia
Sebenius, James K. "Like a Boss: How Corporate Negotiators Would Handle Nuclear Talks With Iran." ForeignPolicy.com (March 24, 2014).
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who...
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- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
alternative mechanisms by which private information about firms' R&D activities can be revealed to investors. I investigate the degree to which both mechanisms lead to the public revelation of the private information implicit in the...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
capabilities. We conclude that incumbent firms have an advantage in innovating in this setting. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54282 The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Connect with Clubs - Recruiting
globalbusinessclub@studentclubs.hbs.edu Government & Public Policy Club Co-Presidents Julian Gluck jgluck@mba2025.hbs.edu Ben Hsieh bhsieh@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email gpp@studentclubs.hbs.edu Greater China Club Co-Presidents Sally Tian...
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- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
really matters in the workplace is helping employees feel appreciated.” Rewards that signal to employees that they did a good job and that their manager cares about them will encourage employees to want to work even harder, the research...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2024
- In Practice
Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible
short run and perseverance is rewarded.” Returns and attractive exits are higher for startups formed during these periods in history. Overall, I emphasize that students need to be patient. Good jobs are out there to be had. All it takes...
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by Rachel Layne
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Public School Districts Author:Stacey Childress Abstract This working paper offers concrete examples of improved productivity and efficiencies at the district level, drawing from the author's experience working with districts and...
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Martha Lagace
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By: Debora L. Spar
I'll have a girl, please
American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006
DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
forthcoming Review of Accounting Studies The Effect of Enforcement Transparency: Evidence from SEC Comment-Letter Reviews By: Duro, Miguel, Jonas Heese, and Gaizka Ormazabal Abstract—This paper studies the effect of the public disclosure...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
the social institution? How can good leadership strengthen morale as well as the economic side of the organization in times of uncertainty? A: We interviewed the CEOs before the financial meltdown, so I cannot say how these CEOs have...
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by Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
potential participants in the market; they have to overcome the congestion that thickness can bring, by making it possible to consider enough alternative transactions to arrive at good ones; and they need to make it safe and sufficiently...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
take shape in the past 20 years. In particular, the publication of Teece and Pisano (1994, Industrial and Corporate Change, 3(3), 537–556), Teece et al. (1997, Strategic Management Journal, 3, 509–533), and Eisenhardt and Martin (2000,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
Many corporations have gotten good at pulling the levers of government to tilt the odds in their favor, weakening regulations or securing perks, justified or not, to further their business interests. Economists use the term...
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- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
Galinsky Abstract—At some point, every company makes a mistake that requires an apology—to an individual; a group of customers, employees, or business partners; or the public at large. And more often than not, companies and their leaders...
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Carmen Nobel
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By: Gary P. Pisano
Thought Leader: Gary Pisano
by Amy Bernstein, strategy+business, Summer 2007
A leading student of the biotech business describes the problems holding the industry back, and how it can overcome... View Details
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
imagine growth platforms. Build partnerships. No organization can go it alone. The COVID-19 pandemic reminds leaders of how organizational success depends on the resiliency of their ecosystems—a public sector able to provide basic...
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
System By: David S. Scharfstein JAN 2018 How has the growth in public and private pension systems affected the financial markets? In his presidential address to the American Finance Association, David Scharfstein argues that pension...
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