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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
"that's where we have a distinct advantage." For Tazartes and his colleagues, in fact, the demand for the services they render has never been greater, as governments privatize state-run operations and companies consolidate in a... View Details
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
governs disputes between foreign investors and host governments. First is the inconsistency of the decisions rendered by arbitration panels established under bilateral investment treaties, investment provisions of regional trade... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
When lawyers fare better than inventors and entrepreneurs where U.S. patents are concerned, you know injustice is being done. The current system makes patents easier to acquire, sure, but renders them less prestigious as well, and less... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
rendered the expropriation option quite unattractive since it would hurt diverse parties on whom Chile would rely in the future. At the same time, Kennecott's proposal for a larger mine with majority Chilean ownership addressed Chile's... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
Consumers do not bounce from doctor to doctor nearly as often and therefore lack comparative expertise. In many cases, they develop relationships with their caregivers that render their reviews idiosyncratic. 6. Fear of Reprisal. Hotel... View Details
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
under fire. Among the reasons were lack of demand from existing customers (not always the best ones to ask) for disruptive technologies and the kiss of death for new ideas in large organizations; the fear among business unit managers that they and their businesses... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
the arguments on both sides and render a decision. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708032 Fiyta—The Case of a Chinese Watch Company Harvard Business School Case 308-025 Fiyta had long... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
assumptions that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global shocks and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
will eventually find themselves spending more and more energy fighting for a dwindling supply of resources—and the market will win anyway. Norton and Westinghouse, for example, two companies that lived by the sword—with managers who were compelled to act in their own... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
targeting behavior. For managers contemplating the use of performance goals or targets to encourage more volunteer effort, our results suggest careful consideration about the extent to which they may render other incentives less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
Chinese Communist Party line. This tends to render the Chinese as the unpredictable aggressor and the Soviets as playing a reactive game. This article argues instead that the timing and nature of the Chinese challenge reflect the reactive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
theory, happen to also tell her how unlikely her theory is. We investigate which combinations of errors, situations, and preferences tend to induce such incidental learning vs. factors that render erroneous beliefs stable. We show, for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
currency), the asset valuation effects occasioned by currency depreciation (or appreciation) act to absorb global shocks and render consumption smoother. In this setting, countries do not accumulate high levels of reserves to be depleted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
marketplace render such efforts and their impacts transient at best? Do firms, in fact, frequently or at least sometimes behave this way, reducing their earnings by voluntarily engaging in environmental stewardship? And finally, should... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
information. They then distributed a set of three project successes and three failures to a group of individuals that had previously judged for organizations like the NEA and other funding bodies. "The idea was quite simple: to render the... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global shocks and render consumption smoother. Countries do not accumulate reserves to be depleted in “bad” times. Instead, issuing domestic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
costs. Silicon and wafer cutting technologies that were rendered surplus after the semiconductor industry slowed down during the last recession were picked up by a fast-growing solar energy industry.Q: What advice would you give would-be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
called a "true credit crunch," rendering capital scarce, new companies need to look more seriously at outsourcing. "Money was so easy [that small companies] could own and employ everything they need," he said. Instead,... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
of establishing a natural experiment, but you have to be careful because sometimes the legislature is just "catching up" with common practice, rendering the comparison useless. For example, if the Michigan courts had started... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
results. They advocate using alternative methods for estimating risk-adjusted returns and excluding some observations from our sample. Amihud and Stoyanov claim that making such changes renders our results not significant (though... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne