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- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-096.pdf Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners? Authors:Michael Ewens and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract Venture capital firms' ability to repeatedly make top performing investments...
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Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
much an alternative as investment banks has led to students asking more fundamental questions." Thomas said students are finding new ways to use their expertise as the workplace changes and the definition of business expands....
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by Carrie Levine
- 04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4
Harvard Business School Case 210-002 In 2005, Jane Bauer-Martin, a hedge fund manager, is considering what she should do with the fund's large investment in the publicly traded bonds of Delphi Corp., a financially troubled auto parts...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
associated with improved productivity are also linked to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Download the paper: http://www.stanford.edu/~nbloom/BloomGenakosMartinSadun.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
Abstract Frustration with U.S. foreign aid is widespread. At the same time, flows of private development finance—including foreign direct investment and remittances—have begun to dwarf official aid. We suggest a new approach that...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
and international markets. With only 0.5% of the cocoa's world production, was it worth the effort to try and establish a country-of-origin image for Venezuelan chocolate? If so, how could El Rey go about it? Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29
Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling Abstract This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—while providing...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007
Working PapersTaxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Abstract Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016
longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism" has been blamed for everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21
spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where private equity funds have View Details
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22
to create substantial wealth for the company's shareholders would be lost. As it was, the company's founder and CEO had already gambled by investing in enough production capacity for acceptance in the niche beverage market-before a market...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
in the kinds of management challenges faced by professionals in fields as distinct as, for example, law and computer software design? Lorsch: Program participants represent the full range of professional service industries including: accounting, View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts can be linked to lack of...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
do the job well, and people will offer you more responsibility. Commitment. Demonstrate that you are excited about your job, and people will invest in you. Compatibility. Prove that you can get along with your teammates and managers, and...
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 26 Jun 2018
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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....
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Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
Thyssen Sr. could criticize Heinrich as "only a banker," while criticizing Fritz for his "spendthrift" ways and outsized, overindebted investment strategy. Thyssen balanced continuous technical advancement with a...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
each company in the portfolio is acting in a socially responsible manner. So-called green funds attempt to invest in socially responsible companies but often their selection criteria, which are often based on the industry a company is in...
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by Carla Tishler
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4
weeks or days. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/03/manage-your-work-manage-your-life/ar/1 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Search Diversion and Platform Competition By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
that normative or preconceived beliefs about the functioning of the social world may guide social behavior in children. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54387 Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of...
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Sean Silverthorne