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  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

of mine, Carl Kester. He takes some offense when I beat up on it. Sorry, Carl!” Sahlman’s perspective was influenced by his father, a successful manager who had dealt with similar kinds of resource allocation issues. Sahlman knew that in... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

the platform can resolve these problems and create value by limiting the number of applications available. By limiting choice, the platform may create new equilibria (including the allocation that maximizes users' utility); eliminate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

are more effective for partisans, candidate advertising is more effective for non-partisans, whereas outside advertising is more effective for partisan voters. Our findings can help strategists efficiently allocate resources across and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

document that must be audited and filed with the appropriate regulatory agency. A separate CSR report also marginalizes the importance of nonfinancial information to shareholders. While Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds pay some View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

analytical research posits that low-powered incentives can motivate employees to generate creative ideas by diverting their attention away from fixating on performance measures associated with their standard tasks included in the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

and the established literatures on resource allocation and incumbent spin-outs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51520 Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

detailed data on how their CEOs allocate their work time, which we define as their span of activity. Span of activity provides a direct measure of the CEO's management style, including the attention devoted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 15

Authors:Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein, and Drazen Prelec Publication:Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Cases of clear scientific misconduct have received significant media attention recently, but less flagrant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

effect of the policy reforms on the entry of startups versus facility expansions by existing firms. We find that the deregulations reduced financing constraints, particularly among small startups, and improved allocative efficiency across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

issues of econometric and scientific uncertainty. As a result, the basis for the broader legitimacy of the WTO is shifting from questions of representation that have long drawn attention to epistemic issues, especially concerning the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

restrictions. Woolf had been farming crops for more than 30 years, but this was the first time they suffered a water shortage so severe that crops had to be abandoned in the field. Even if there was short-term relief in the form of an increased View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

transactions and markets we see. When my colleagues and I have helped design markets and allocation procedures, we have often found that distaste for certain kinds of transactions is a real constraint, every bit as real as the constraints... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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we develop a set of interconnected frameworks that will be a useful toolbox for the future general manager. Grading / Course Administration: The grade allocation for this class will be 50% for class participation and 50% for the paper.... View Details
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

top of things in a more interlinked environment will be asking for more, and more targeted, financial communication. They are gradually becoming more attentive to companies that position themselves as ecological and socially responsible... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details