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- 02 Jun 2009
- News
Don't prop up failing schools
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
cross-sectional and pooled data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau for quinquenial censuses conducted between 1982 and 2002 support the key predictions of the model. We find that advertising agency establishments are more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2022
- News
What the Research Really Says about American Immigration
- October 2012
- Article
The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo
By: Gabrielle S. Adams, Francis J. Flynn and Michael I. Norton
Five studies investigate whether the practice of "regifting"-a social taboo-is as offensive to givers as regifters assume. Participants who imagined regifting thought that the original givers would be more offended than givers reported feeling, to such an extent that... View Details
Adams, Gabrielle S., Francis J. Flynn, and Michael I. Norton. "The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo." Psychological Science 23, no. 10 (October 2012): 1145–1150.
- October 10, 2022
- Article
Ensuring Your Products Aren’t Used for Discrimination
By: Michael Luca, Elizaveta Pronkina and Michaelangelo Rossi
Discrimination is both a societal and a business issue. And, the extent to which discrimination is allowed to affect a company is a decision that is made by business leaders. Fortunately, there is a growing toolkit for leaders who want to create a more inclusive... View Details
Luca, Michael, Elizaveta Pronkina, and Michaelangelo Rossi. "Ensuring Your Products Aren’t Used for Discrimination." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 10, 2022).
- Article
Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
By: Michael Anne Kyle, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide and Michael E. Chernew
OBJECTIVES: Understanding variation in spending across organizations, rather than across geographic areas, is important because care is delivered by organizations and interventions increasingly focus on organizations. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are... View Details
Keywords: Medicare; Accountable Care Organizations; ACOs; Health Care and Treatment; Spending; Analysis
Kyle, Michael Anne, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide, and Michael E. Chernew. "Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program." American Journal of Managed Care 26, no. 4 (April 2020): 170–175.
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
advantage of a natural experiment involving two offsetting court rulings, separated by several weeks, that affected the antitakeover force of staggered boards for a subset of Delaware firms. We find evidence consistent with the hypothesis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
drive this reaction. February 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science When Does Familiarity Promote Versus Undermine Interpersonal Attraction? A Proposed Integrative Model from Erstwhile Adversaries By: Finkel, Eli J., Michael I.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent contractual innovation, which links insurance payouts to realized weather rather than farmer indemnity, has spurred substantial research in the past decade. This review begins... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 1997 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Asda (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
In the mid-1980s, Asda was one of the most successful retail companies in the United Kingdom. By 1991, the chain of 200 grocery stores had a lack of direction, a demoralized workforce, declining profits, rising debt, collapsing stock price, and was facing bankruptcy.... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-005, October 1997. (Revised January 2008.)
- 2012
- Chapter
Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy
By: Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
A broad literature has emerged over the past decades demonstrating that firms' environmental strategies and practices are influenced by stakeholders and institutional pressures. Such findings are consistent with institutional sociology, which emphasizes the importance... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Natural Environment; Business Strategy
Delmas, Magali A., and Michael W. Toffel. "Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy." In The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment, edited by Pratima Bansal and Andrew J. Hoffman. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48909 The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring By: Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Government agencies are increasingly turning... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- December 2012
- Case
Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
In October 2011, noted hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital delivered a presentation at an investors' conference analyzing the business and accounting quality weaknesses of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Until then Green Mountain had exhibited rapid... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Information; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysts; Financial Analysis; Financial Intermediaries; Hedge Funds; Financial Ratios; Financial Statement Analysis; Valuation Methodologies; Earnings Quality; Accounting; Quality; Earnings Management; Valuation; Crime and Corruption; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Investment Funds; Financial Statements; Food and Beverage Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Michael Norris. "Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters." Harvard Business School Case 113-035, December 2012.
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Career Support - Business & Environment
Michael Mancinelli Jeff Engler Rock Entrepreneur-in-Residence - Climate Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiRs) have founded, sold, or IPO’d successful ventures in tech, consumer products, healthcare, biotech, media and... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419 forthcoming Capitalism Beyond Mutuality New Prospects for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 2013
- Working Paper
What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews
By: Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca and Alberto Motta
This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in the book industry. Reviews are determined not only by the quality of the product, but also by the incentives of the media outlet providing the review. For example, a media outlet may have the incentive to... View Details
Dobrescu, Loretti I., Michael Luca, and Alberto Motta. "What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-080, March 2012. (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Revised August 2013.)
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market. Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring Authors:Lamar... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne