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The Servicification of the U.S. Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms
Over the last few decades, the U.S. economy has exhibited a significant shift from manufacturing towards services. This transition has been particularly prominent in an important subcategory of services industries that drives innovation and employs many high-wage... View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
The Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms." Chap. 3 in Towards a New Theory of the Firm: Humanizing the Firm and the Management Profession, edited by Joan Enric Ricart Costa and Josep Maria Rosanas Marti, 79–108. Bilbao: Fundación BBVA, 2012.
- Article
Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm
By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Baker, George P., Robert Gibbons, and Kevin J. Murphy. "Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm." Quarterly Journal of Economics 117, no. 1 (February 2002).
- 25 Mar 2024
- News
Debora Spar The Social Purpose of The Firm
- 25 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure TN
Teaching Note for (9-279-069). View Details
- 2010
- Article
The Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate?
By: Alan MacCormack
MacCormack, Alan. "The Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? ." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2010).
- May 2006
- Article
The Changing Structure of the Legal Services Industry and the Careers of Lawyers
By: George P. Baker and Rachel Parkin
Keywords: Change; Law; Employees; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Structure; Legal Services Industry
Baker, George P., and Rachel Parkin. "The Changing Structure of the Legal Services Industry and the Careers of Lawyers." North Carolina Law Review 84 (May 2006).
- 1993
- Chapter
Framework for Design of the Emerging Global Organization Structure
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Richard Nolan
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Framework
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Richard Nolan. "Framework for Design of the Emerging Global Organization Structure." In Globalization, Technology, and Competition: The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications in the 1990s, edited by S. P. Bradley, J. A. Hausman, and R. L. Nolan. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993, Korean ed.
Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit
Abstract: We study the impact of the minimum wage on firm exit in the restaurant industry, exploiting recent changes in the minimum wage at the city level. The evidence suggests that higher minimum wages increase overall exit rates for restaurants. However, lower... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- Conference Presentation
The Current State of Professional Service Firms
By: Thomas J. DeLong
Keywords: Business Ventures
- 2017
- Blitz Discussions
The Structured World and the Self
- 2006
- Chapter
The Competitiveness of Japanese Industries and Firms
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "The Competitiveness of Japanese Industries and Firms." In Japan Moving Toward a More Advanced Knowledge Economy: Advanced Knowledge—Creating Companies, by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Tsutomu Shibata. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Institute (WBI), 2006.
- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Ahead of the Bell: Private Equity Firms
- 18 Nov 2015
- HBS Conference
The Crisis in the Economic Theory of the Firm
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Need to look at the structure of regulations again
- November 2011
- Article
Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation
By: Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Yuhai Xuan
This article examines the impact of the divergence between corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments estimation of an investment Euler equation. Using a large sample of U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Ownership; Social Enterprise; Reputation; Cash Flow; Annuities; Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Reporting; Accounting Audits; Financial Services Industry; United States
Lin, Chen, Yue Ma, and Yuhai Xuan. "Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation." Journal of Financial Economics 102, no. 2 (November 2011): 416–431.
- February 2002
- Case
Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck
Discusses the largest electric distribution company in Chile and one of the five largest private Chilean companies. Introduces the exercise of operating control in order to improve the profitability of the investments, privatization, and international expansions. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Growth and Development Strategy; Privatization; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Global Strategy; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry; Chile
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Alexander Dyck. "Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra." Harvard Business School Case 702-025, February 2002.
- 14 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery
Keywords: by George Serafeim