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- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
and business problem. Design of market-based systems to reduce carbon emissions has proven difficult. More broadly, national attempts to comply with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol present both governments and firms with significant challenges. The design of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
and other service providers, lessons from this case are applicable for teaching about institutional change, procurement processes relevant to many fields, and how to increase rigor in typically informal business processes. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26
micro-VC fund, an incubator, a normal VC fund, or as a hybrid. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813068-PDF-ENG The IASB at a Crossroads: The Future of International Financial Reporting Standards (B) Ramanna, Karthik, Karol... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
as well as internal and external customers, the top team listens intently, saying nothing except for questions of clarification. What kind of meeting is this? Actually, it's not a meeting at all. Rather, it's part of a regimen to improve... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
a nation still shadowed by Mao Zedong’s controversial legacy institute market-based reforms that have made the country the world’s second-largest economic power. He has helped document that journey as the author of scores of cases,... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
forthcoming Journal of International Business Studies Organizational Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization Theory and Business History By: da Silva Lopes, Teresa, Mark Casson, and G.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
specifically, the volume focuses on the economic institution of the business group and aims at understanding the factors behind its rise, growth, resilience, and/or fall; its behavioral and organizational characteristics; and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership and internal organization. In practice, however, such stability is rare, as the composition and structure of teams often changes over time or between projects. In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
also show that the internal control provisions of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley make royalty arrangements based on self-reporting more attractive. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Toward a Theory of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
forbid the most popular form of life insurance (tontine insurance), limit the growth of life insurers (which included several of the nation's largest financial institutions at the time), and prevent insurance firms from owning the stock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
via the exercise and the subsequent discussion." Seventeen faculty members from the Business, Government, and the International Economy course and the Strategy course were involved in the exercise and discussion. “The offshoring... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
Kingdom's National Health Service. We show that low levels of structural closure (i.e., structural holes) in a change agent's network aid the initiation and adoption of changes that diverge from the institutional status quo but hinder the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
Sandra J., and Matthew Preble Abstract—The article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007
Harmonizing Accounting Standards Really Harmonize Accounting?: Evidence from Non-U.S. Firms Adopting US GAAP Authors:Mark T.Bradshaw and Gregory S. Miller Periodical:Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (forthcoming) Abstract View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5
scientists that may be due to a performance management system that leaves top performing employees slighted by the practice of uniform ratings. In an effort to retain top employees, the company institutes a forced distribution model of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
across their internal corporate departments lead their facilities to prioritize different institutional pressures and thus adopt different management practices. Specifically, we argue that external... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to understand the phenomenon of decentralization. To address the empirical lacuna we have developed a research program to measure the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
aren't likely to slow anytime soon. The number of robots will double this year from 2016 and rise at least three-fold by 2025, researchers estimate, citing figures including those from the International Federation of Robotics. And US... View Details
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
honor achievements for the benefit of mankind. Longevity: The prizes have been awarded since 1901. Urde and Greyser note that the international prizes made a big impression from the beginning because they were established during a time of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel