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- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
undertaking. The data are all publicly available, and have been for decades; it was just a question of looking at the data in such a way as to test whether the structure of the Executive Board led to systematically biased allocations of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
American Economic Review The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina By: Hébert, Benjamin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify this effect by exploiting View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
contribute to understanding the contingent effects of policy on organizations and the rise of large corporations in the twentieth century. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-025.pdf Over-reaction to Demand Changes Due... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
Influences on Megachurch Pastors is an early-stage paper that looks at how leaders maintain the values of their institutions even as their industries rapidly change around them. Using the example of pastors who oversee enormous churches,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 02 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
Over the past decade, socially-focused websites have attracted hundreds of millions of users and changed the social fabric in fundamental ways. The likes of eHarmony and Match.com enable us meet new people. Platforms including Facebook,... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
simple steps that don't require long cycles of implementation." In his remarks, Paul Deninger of Broadview examined some of the forces of change at work in manufacturing today, including an influx of communications technologies,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
strategy that actually emerges can be very different. A lot of our book is about understanding (a) that realized strategy is often different from intended strategy, and (b) there are forces that shape strategy in unintended ways. This second point highlights that the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
auditors. Building Capacity for Change Both studies—considering factors in countries where factories are located and at the makeup of the teams that audit them—may be helpful in arriving at an accurate depiction of factory performance... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
to physically turn their backs to him and verbally shut him down during discussions; the team leader became more directive; and the customer-expert himself eventually minimized his contributions to the dialogue. In this way, everyone and no one was responsible for the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52405 forthcoming Critical Finance Review Inflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds By: Campbell, John Y., Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract—The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
allow executives to make investments. Turkey’s example provides a richer view: Yes, the change to a military regime undermines social capital and the rule of law. But, at the same time, the disruption is an opportunity for outsiders who... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
"truth in giving" policies are highly responsive to recipient heterogeneity and biased against more generous giving. Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
identity—in the face of disruptive events. The key thing to understand is that more than being a small extension of the product line, offering an uncoated product could change the company's entire market capability. And it would mean big... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
than being a small extension of the product line, offering an uncoated product could change the company’s entire market capability. And it would mean big changes for the sales force. One thing I like to do... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory Author:Michael Beer Publication:In Research in Organizational Change and Development. Vol. 19, edited by Richard Woodman, William Pasmore, and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Emerald Group... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
small cell therapy start-up in Cambridge, Mass. If proven successful, Pervasis' product, Vascugel, could change the way vascular disease is treated and have a major impact in a large and underserved population. However, Vascugel had not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
aspect of that general theme: Can technology drive changes in demand? In a world of growing information resources, what are the drivers of search? How do people search, really? What would the answers to these questions imply for industry... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
people are a smaller number of big decisions: buying a house, buying a car, dealing with a building contractor, investing for retirement, etc. These consumption decisions tend to be made on an irregular and infrequent basis or are new in View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
about the changing nature of careers and changing preferences people have for structuring their personal and professional lives. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
had changed radically in March, and the Moody's team was fearful that the situation could spiral out of control. The Moody's team knew that carry traders increased Iceland's vulnerability to a confidence crisis because they were quick to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace