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- 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8
J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008
behind using reserves as a means to avoid the negative effects of crisis: why don't sovereign countries reduce their sovereign debt instead? To study the joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Leadership after HBS: Sexual Harassment Experiences and Beliefs” at the 2019 Gender and Work Symposium Constructing a Counternormative Identity within Your Own Community Elise Jones, Boston College Elise Jones, Doctoral Candidate at... View Details
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collective body of work has on individuals, organizations and society, so they can remain constructively connected and be effective ambassadors of the School’s mission around the world. The External Relations office also provides alumni... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
3,100 employees were displaced. Company president Aaron Feuerstein immediately announced plans to rebuild the company—and to keep all the displaced employees on the payroll in the meantime. The media hailed him as a mensch. But in making sure the new View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006
accountability standards and for monitoring them. The authors show how accountability frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their objectives. Accountability is a socially View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23
even "victory speech" about why saying "yes" to the deal you want is smart and in the other side's interests; f) constructive actions at the bargaining table informed by knowledge of the other side's internal conflicts... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007
the economic foundations of activity-based costing and balanced scorecard, as generalized supply and demand curves. It argues, however, that management accounting systems should not be viewed solely through an economic/social science lens but as View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
the give and take between these two poles that create drama in men's lives, and that provide the motive force in how men construct their identities. The utopian goal of these everyday dramas is the man-of-action. Q: Why did you choose to... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
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Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
and the present. (The comparable figures for India are $330 and $2,104). Nonetheless, likely negative outcomes range from poor quality construction and growing work-related accidents to the remarkably low level of personal trust seen in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
independence benefits within the construct of a marriage and a family. Brad is very athletic and outdoorsy, so he heliskis with his dad and brother. I like documentary movies, and my girlfriends and I go to film festivals. What are some... View Details
- 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18
objectives. First, this format allowed us to combine the active student orientation typical of case-based approaches with the systematic construction of cumulative theoretical frameworks more characteristic of lecture-based methods.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
relationship between the Jimmy Fund and the Perini Corporation. Initiated in 1948 by Louis Perini, second-generation CEO of a family-owned, Boston-based construction company, and Sidney Farber, M.D., a pioneer in cancer treatment, this... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
feedback logically and 'toned down' my comments to show respect, while still providing constructive ideas. Initially, he seemed to take the feedback well. But then I gradually noticed a distancing in our relationship. Eventually, I... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?
logically and ‘toned down’ my comments to show respect, while still providing constructive ideas. Initially, he seemed to take the feedback well. But then I gradually noticed a distancing in our relationship. Eventually, I realized that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged from constructing new stock market indices based on ESG data, changing the compensation and incentives of active investment managers and passive... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
primarily occurred for firms covered by financial analysts. Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Periodical:Industrial and Corporate Change 17 (February 2008): 155-195 Abstract This article... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
and the design and construction of leading-edge buildings. I have identified the leadership practices that make successful cross-industry teams work: fostering an adaptable vision, promoting psychological safety, enabling knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne