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- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
market-listed and privately held firms in the United States using a rich new data source on private firms. Listed firms invest less and are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities compared to observably similar, matched... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
leadership, SBI had been losing market share for over two decades to private and foreign banks. Analysts and industry observers had predicted that at the prevailing growth rates ICICI Bank, a private bank launched in 1994, would overtake... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
press, one certainly gets the impression that there is a return of "state capitalism," as if state intervention in industrial activity actually went away for a significant period of time. Moreover, many observers of the recent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
herding behavior in anonymous risky environments. In an experiment similar to information cascade settings, but with no private information, we find no evidence for conformity. On the contrary, we observe a significant amount of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
and split their time between two countries, slowly mastering a new language and making friends with the locals over long meals. Van Sickle makes wry observations on France, like the power of cheese to sway elections, the right and wrong... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
myself. “I always assumed that my time off would be a brief interlude and that I would be ready to climb a new, yet-to-be-defined mountain,” observes Terrana. “I still haven’t purchased my climbing equipment, and I’m not itching to do... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
and customer transparency, in which customers receive information about their own sustainability performance relative to other customers. Through three studies with 7,308 participants, we observe that revealing the levels of relative... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
Our observations of great service leaders reveal a greater emphasis on those skills demanded for intense personal interaction, engagement with employees at all levels of large people-intensive organizations, the ability to work with the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
part of their research, they have interviewed more than fifty people in two cities and collected data on some 1,000 communities since the late 1980s. They observe that organizations in different cities seem to have different foci when it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA
progress. Observation of a Possible Violation When a possible violation of Community Values , Honor Code , or another HBS policy is observed, it is not always easy to know what to do. However, all members of the community are encouraged... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
these examples that can be applied to all fields. The NFL continues to be a source of insights for managers and organizations in all fields. Recently, for example, there is a perception among observers that the NFL is going younger with... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
a major push into the production of exclusive, original programming, one of the industry's most competitive areas. Hulu's new initiatives occurred during a major transformation in the TV industry as the Internet had revolutionized every aspect of the business. Industry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
pitcher expressing disgust to an umpire can eventually tick the ump off. "Umpires have a shorter fuse for guys they don't like. If you are a black guy and I don't like black guys, and you shake me off or throw your glove down, now I'm going to get you." The... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
estimates around 10 can match observed risk premia for the wealthiest stockholders across sets of test assets that include the 25 Fama and French size and value portfolios, the market portfolio, bond portfolios, and the entire... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
"winner's curse," a phenomenon commonly observed in asymmetric information bargaining situations, and instead found strong support for its robustness. In a series of manipulations of the "Acquiring a Company Task," we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
mistake companies make is to rely on employees from the core organization to staff new ventures.— Clark Gilbert and Joseph L. Bower It's important to note that calling a business separate and making a business separate are two different things. In many newspaper... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
of capital for startups and established companies." C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA '66), managing director of Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based mutual fund giant, observes that mutual funds have played a significant role as the... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
outperform others stands in contrast to theory and evidence supporting a broader scope for organizations. The literature on related diversification at the level of the firm provides some reconciliation of these conflicting observations by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
needs help from an electrician, they can post their request on this platform, and receive bids from available electricians. The consumer can then choose to hire one of these professionals. This online platform is an ideal setting because we can View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
where diaspora connections serve to navigate uncertain environments. We further show that diaspora-based contracts mainly serve to lower costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne