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- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
that revealing the “submerged state”—ensuring that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs—enhances both perceptions of and engagement with government. In Study 1, viewing a video highlighting the work performed by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
corporations need corporate boards that are also ambitious and accommodative of them. According to the authors, good corporate governance and financial performance are the main requirements for good board-CEO relations. Topics including...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
performance of the district's lowest performing schools. But, relatively few BTR graduates joined these schools-they were free to pursue teaching openings at any school in the district. Solomon knew the...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
schools are teaching ethics and corporate social responsibility, but they do not teach these subjects in the context of building a higher-ambition or a high commitment, high performance firm. Students learn about finance and View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: McDonald, Rory, Y. Sekou Bermiss, Benjamin J. Hallen, and Emily Cox Pahnke Abstract—This paper investigates the social context of entrepreneurship in View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
network is key to performing this role well. Do You Use Your Network to Form Coalitions of Those Who Seek the Same Goals? A coalition is a collection of people who align themselves in pursuit of a common goal—a new strategy, a new...
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
cost of leisure is lower. We interpret these results as evidence of differences in preferences for leisure across CEOs rather than optimal responses to organizational differences correlated with ownership. Differences in labor supply are...
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Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
on a company's financial, environmental, social, and governance performance and shows the relationships between them. This kind of Integrated reporting also involves leveraging the Internet to provide more detailed information to all a...
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by Staff
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-026.pdf Specific Knowledge and...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
increased their communication if teammates were also actively participating. Additionally, team performance is uniquely driven by the level of emergent interdependence, as indexed by the diversity of topics discussed and the temporal...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
unconscious thought (UT), more so than after conscious thought (CT). We aimed to test the hypothesis that UT decreases intrusions and increases conceptual organization in memory. Methods. Participants were shown a stressful film and were required to View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
reporting (information and transformation) and why currently isolated financial and sustainability reporting are not likely to perform those functions effectively. We describe the concept of integrated reporting and why integrated...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
this area in a variety of disciplines—economics, geography, marketing, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and strategy—in order to explore the many ways that locations matter for firms. In eleven varied papers, the authors...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes an attempt at bringing economic theory and management strategy...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their network, and perform significantly better on these holdings relative to their non-connected holdings. A replicating...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
"is like any gas that is compressed; it gets hotter." Its tribes overlap socially and professionally based on work discipline (software engineers, for example), organizational affiliation (Hewlett-Packard), or background...
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by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
which company politics should improve government, from breaking up entrenched old boys' networks to leveraging a company's existing organizational expertise. Private firms have realized efficiency and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
the investments and performance of community development venture capital (CDVC). We find substantial differences between CDVC and traditional venture capital (VC) investments: CDVC investments are far more likely to be in nonmetropolitan...
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Carmen Nobel
- May 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene
"Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the...
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Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Talent and Talent Management;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Corporate Finance;
Equity;
Stock Shares;
Corporate Governance;
Business History;
Compensation and Benefits;
Recruitment;
Leadership Style;
Growth Management;
Management Succession;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Consulting Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
England;
London
Fuller, Joseph B., and Lena Duchene. "Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors." Harvard Business School Case 824-200, May 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
actually built by these firms? Many would argue that answers to these questions are irrelevant. As long as services are performed and products manufactured, they say, such organizational configurations are...
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