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  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

unavailable at this time. Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence Authors:Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina Abstract We study the effect of bank loan supply through the business cycle using firm-level data from 1990 to 2009. Our... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

What makes a successful entrepreneurial leader? Is it the technical brilliance of Bill Gates? The obsessive focus on user experience of Steve Jobs? The vision, passion, and strong execution of Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo? Or maybe... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
  • May 2009 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

Enel: Power, Russia, and Global Markets

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Richard H.K. Vietor and Sogomon Tarontsi
Although the global trend toward liberalization of electric utilities forced Enel, the largest power company in Italy, to give up some of its assets in its home base, it also opened up many opportunities abroad, including in Russia, one of the largest electricity... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Generation; Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Russia; Italy
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  • 24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

  Working Papers Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—CEOs affect the performance of the firms they manage, and family CEOs seem to weaken it. Yet little is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Teaching Interest

Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)

By: Christopher T. Stanton

The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts.  HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details

  • 13 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

make matters worse, Park's two best analysts both requested significant raises after their annual reviews. Both women expressed their belief that they were earning substantially less than analysts at comparable firms and probably less... View Details
Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Polarizing Corporations: Does Talent Flow to "Good" Firms?

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Tim McQuade, Gabriel Ramos, Thomas Rauter and Olivia Xiong
We conduct a field experiment in partnership with the largest job platform in Brazil to study how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices of firms affect talent allocation. We find both an average job-seeker’s preference for ESG and a large degree of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Job Search; Talent and Talent Management; Wages; Attitudes
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  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

2018 Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power By: Abdelal, Rawi Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

  • 13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008

Publication:Financial Analysts Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We compare the earnings forecast performance of analysts at a large buy-side firm to that of sell-side analysts. Our tests show that the buy-side View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

Review Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation By: Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Racial segregation between American workplaces is greater today than it was a generation ago. This increase has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 1, 2006

Periodical:North Carolina Law Review 84 (May 2006). We use the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory to explore how changes in the nature of the relationship between law firms and their clients may have implications for the structure of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

over the past decade as one of the most active areas of research in economics and strategy. The literature has constantly struggled, however, with a lack of agreement on a proper definition; for instance, some existing definitions imply that retail View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2021
  • Op-Ed

Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

about the thinking that informs their decision-making. This work will ultimately lay the foundation for both leader and organizational growth. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Shawnette... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. We develop suggestions about how other companies considering similar arrangements might best manage the process of courtship, developing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

future problems and opportunities for innovation. The third is a tendency to fail to probe the root causes of success. Whereas post-mortems after failure are becoming a norm in many organizations, such soul searching rarely occurs after... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to measure how a corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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