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- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16254 Does Ethnicity Pay Authors:Yasheng Huang, Li Jin, and Yi Qian Abstract One of the most important and one of the most heavily studied ethnic networks in the world is overseas Chinese. However, almost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
characteristics and director networks are also associated with deal generation. We find that a company that has a director who has had LBO experience through prior board service is ~40% more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency (revised) Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract Katz and Shapiro (1985) study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
investors seemed to lie in the decisions that followed the investment. In addition to granting cash, venture capitalists are heavily involved in hiring or firing the CEO of the portfolio company, choosing a board of directors, devising an... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
down this job before they found someone dumb enough take it. The fact that the guy agreed to do it speaks unflattering volumes about his judgment. Yes, I realize Barton is an SMA board member. That he "knows the company"-at least as much... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
systems that combine hardware, sensors, data storage, microprocessors, software, and connectivity in myriad ways. These "smart, connected products"-made possible by vast improvements in processing power and device miniaturization and by the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farmers to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use, in turn lowering greenhouse gas emissions. But the company's proprietary... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
tenure on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with proposing standards perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability"; while contributions to the Democratic Party are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
concentrated among firms with high growth opportunities or firms confronting adverse circumstances, consistent with boardroom connections mattering most for firms that stand to benefit most from the information communicated and resources exchanged through the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Danner was about to make his first presentation to the board of directors of Codon Devices, a one-year-old biotechnology start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After a month as the company's CEO, Danner was prepared to lay out his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-046.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBroadcast Television in the Broadband World Harvard Business School Note 707-486 What strategies have the top four (NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX) broadcast television View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
leadership, governance, innovation management, the networking of organizations, and social responsibility—as the "single most important development(s) in the area of management in the just-ended decade of the new century."... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
two-sided proprietary (closed) platforms connecting consumers and producers. Proprietary platforms create two-sided deadweight losses through monopoly pricing but at the same time, precisely because they set prices in order to maximize profits, they partially... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
about the best location or locations for managerial talent, for instance, they should be aware that reallocating talent is neither costless nor easy. Interpersonal relationships and internal communication networks rise in importance. As... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
should discourage subdividing IP address blocks more than necessary. Yet IP address transfer rules also need to facilitate purchase by the networks that need the addresses most from the networks that value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
incentives, such as “badges” and social status on a platform, are often used to encourage and steer contributions. I then discuss other issues including business models, network effects, and privacy. Throughout the paper, I discuss open... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
first dimension relates to the degree to which the collaborative network is "open" verses "closed." The second dimension relates to the degree to which the governance structure for collaboration is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
group were women who were just about to step off [the career track] or who were at home with young children thinking, "I am going to come back but not for three years, so I want a strategy to bridge the gap, keep my skills current, and keep my View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
managed properly it is the culmination of a development process that takes place over a number of years, led by the CEO working with the board of directors. In the ideal situation several candidates will have been developed, each of whom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
money service grew to about 400 million subscribers. Lesson 3: Get agents on board Mobile money operators need to treat their sales agents well, providing financial incentives and making them feel strongly invested in the success of the... View Details