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- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
degree of coordination required in the relationship, and that the effect of dispute approach on resolution costs is moderated by the degree of power asymmetry between the parties. Thus, even after controlling for various attributes of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Morgan Hall | About
United States Steel Corporation, the world’s first billion-dollar company. At various times Morgan controlled 70 percent of the country’s steel industry, one-fifth of all corporations trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and the three... View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
loss, and human rights abuses, as well as building out the frameworks for positive impact finance needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He is a UN representative on the Board of the Principles for Responsible Investment and a member of the governing... View Details
- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
and stock exchanges in recent years have championed elevating more women to executive teams, the increase in gender diversity has not altered the political bent of many organizations.” “If you tell somebody... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
years. The British merchants also sometimes formed locally registered firms, especially in British colonies where the company legislation was modelled on Britain, which mobilized the pools of capital accumulated by resident Europeans in Asia and elsewhere. The colonies... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
power. For example, movie studios are probably more confident that a Tom Cruise movie will emerge as the winner of a competitive July 4 opening weekend than a movie with an unknown actor, and will adjust their release strategy accordingly. Q: What is the Hollywood... View Details
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Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Photography John D. Gordan, III Kheel Center, Cornell University Library of Congress Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Mike Luckovich and Creators Syndicate The Metropolitan Museum of Art The New York Public Library New York Stock View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
down as chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange following weeks of intense public criticism over the size of his $190 million compensation package. As chairman of the committee that oversaw Grasso's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Dillon House | About
finance, government, diplomacy, economics, and art. A 1931 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1931 until 1936, when he became a director, and... View Details
- 20 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
getting bigger or richer; “growth involves changes to the internal ‘machinery’ of the firm itself,” according to the paper. The researchers used Compustat, a dataset of all United States companies listed on the stock View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Fama-DFA Second Place Prize for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Capital Markets and Asset Pricing for "Legislating Stock Prices" (with Karl Diether and Christopher Malloy, December 2013).... View Details
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Industry Information - Alumni
current awareness and perspectives on business and policy challenges and trends in the banking industry. International Banking Library The International Banking Library is a web-based platform for the exchange of research on cross-border... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
his work. A paper he’d written, using game theory to explore the liberalization of telecoms, was the ticket to his first job at Metropolitan Fiber Systems; an early project involved analyzing the best stock View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
platform to outside developers, Facebook’s success had been based on an open exchange between users, designers of apps posted on the site, and particularly advertisers making use of user information to design messages, access potential... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
(INQUIRE) Grant in 2010 for "Complicated Firms" (with Dong Lou, Journal of Financial Economics , May 2012). Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2010 First Prize in the Istanbul Stock Exchange 25th Anniversary... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
bookstore; small, privately owned shops were the predominant model for bookselling throughout the United States in the early 1970s. That was the original model for Borders, which also opened in 1971 with a small stock of used books in a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
that ESG factors, including management of carbon emissions, will create value for startups in the long-run. There are some tailwinds in this mission, such as from April 2022, Japan’s Financial Services Agency will require public companies listed in the “prime” segment... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
interest to find common ground on a plan that restructures the company’s debts and allows the business to continue. Even though creditors will typically be asked to make some financial sacrifices, such as accepting a reduction in what they are owed, waiting longer to... View Details
Samuel M. Zemurray
Zemurray made his first fortune with the Honduras-based Cuyamel Fruit Company, and intended to retire when, in 1930, he sold the company to United Fruit in exchange for stock in the larger firm. A falling... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
William M. Batten
Batten transformed JCPenney from a sleepy “Main Street” store into a diversified mass merchandiser located in shopping malls throughout suburbia. He dramatically expanded the merchandising line, introduced the Penney credit card, and launched the catalogue business.... View Details
Keywords: Retail