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    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
    • 05 May 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: May 5

    that provide insights on when and why even people who care about morality end up crossing ethical boundaries. May 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Why Do Firms Have Purpose? The Firm's Role as a Carrier of Identity... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 07 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 7, 2009

      Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract Tax policy toward American... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • July 2022
    • Article

    When Alterations Are Violations: Moral Outrage and Punishment in Response to (Even Minor) Alterations to Rituals

    By: Daniel H. Stein, Juliana Schroeder, Nicholas M. Hobson, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
    From Catholics performing the sign of the cross since the 4th century to Americans reciting the Pledge of Allegiance since the 1890s, group rituals (i.e., predefined sequences of symbolic actions) have strikingly consistent features over time. Seven studies (N = 4,213)... View Details
    Keywords: Ritual; Morality; Groups; Norms; Commitment; Groups and Teams; Values and Beliefs; Change; Moral Sensibility; Behavior
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    • 2020
    • Chapter

    Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

    By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details
    Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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    • 31 Oct 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

    the proportion of Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans is quickly outpacing African Americans, meaning that Asian View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • 05 Jan 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: January 5

    significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is more exposed to aggregate shocks. The... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Richard F. Meyer

      Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a... View Details
      • 03 Mar 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: March 3, 2009

      809-073 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 01 Mar 2024
      • News

      In Harmony

      Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea
      • 31 Mar 2009
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      First Look: March 31, 2009

      and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically connected firms with more... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • June 2007 (Revised January 2008)
      • Case

      The Vanguard Group, Inc. in 2006 and Target Retirement Funds

      By: Luis M. Viceira
      The Vanguard Group is one of the largest asset managers in the U.S., with over $1 trillion in assets, ninety percent of which are mutual fund assets, and more than 12,000 employees at year-end 2006. Vanguard has built a strong reputation as the manager of reference for... View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Personal Finance; Brands and Branding; Retirement; Trust; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      • 13 Dec 2016
      • First Look

      December 13, 2016

      forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 27 Sep 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

      different than other places, and I also felt that it is very important for Americans to understand Muslim countries. (We have also been, or will be, in India, China, Latin America, Japan, sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe, as well as... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 02 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      10 Trends to Watch in 2024

      The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 11 Mar 2021
      • Blog Post

      A Year as Co-Presidents: Q+A with AASU's Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021) and Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

      or normal term for African American Student Union (AASU) Co-Presidents Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021) and Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021). We talked to the two second-year students about how 2020 affected their term, highlights from their time as... View Details
      • 26 Sep 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

      firm and industry heterogeneity and quasi-exogenous meteorological and sport events. The evidence suggests that family CEOs value—or can pursue—leisure activities relatively more than professional CEOs. Publisher's link:... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • April 2023
      • Article

      Performance on Patient Experience Measures of Former Chief Medical Residents as Physician Exemplars Chosen by the Profession

      By: Lucy Chen and J. Michael McWilliams
      OBJECTIVE To compare care for patients of primary care physicians (PCPs) who were former chiefs with care for patients of nonchief PCPs.

      DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Using 2010 to 2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service Consumer Assessment of Healthcare... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Forecasting and Prediction; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Surveys; Health Industry
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      • 22 Feb 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

      Keywords: by Peter Tufano, Nick Maynard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Financial Services
      • 15 Mar 2016
      • First Look

      March 15, 2016

      collection of startup aerospace engineering companies that were intent on disrupting the American space sector with new technologies, management approaches, and competitive pressure. NASA hoped to leverage New Space to outsource its... View Details