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- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
and produce an aggregate equity term structure that tracks economic conditions. The implied term structure is upward sloping during normal or expansion periods but flattens or inverts during economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
PR. Many of the eight companies launched so far are doing well. Yet how can the program be scaled beyond its current size, and how can it structure its investments to reduce the dilution that Microsoft invariably faces, given that it does... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/kuziemko%20norton%20saez%20stantcheva_45dd17c7-a8fa-4b91-9ba2-51d5e7349750.pdf December 2014 Organization Science Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Support Role-based Coordination in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
primarily around rewards and punishments. Tight supervision, a controlling type of leadership style characterized by a great deal of social distance between leaders and led." That's what you want to do, to get people to broaden the... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-105.pdf Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon P. Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
TV, cable programming—but is still trying to figure out the best strategy for integrating them. Despite repeated structural changes, employees still operate in silos. In short, the National Geographic case is fertile learning ground for... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee handbook) includes 100% self-allocated time, no managers (and therefore no... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
PapersNegotiation Processes As Sources of (and Solutions to) Interorganizational Conflict Authors:Elizabeth Long Lingo, Colin Fisher, and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract We investigate how structural features of negotiations can affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It
throw at us. The book is designed not only to inspire individuals who work in organizations to think and do things differently, but also to motivate structured discussions regarding how a team, division, or organization might challenge... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
the researchers, is intensive mentoring and monitoring of staff. “Because many young companies face both technological and market risks, founders may prioritize dealing with these challenges rather than the more mundane aspects of human... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
and risk. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Authors: Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
with a stepping stone toward a more theoretically consistent and empirically grounded explanation for how large-scale institutional change sometimes occurs. The goal of this paper is to describe the structural characteristics and... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
that justice will be served if something goes wrong, but we have enough faith in the system to make deals with relative strangers. It’s not coincidental that trust ultimately found its way into the official US motto, “In God We Trust.”... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 30 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?
collective advice, and a predictably high failure rate? Are resource-constrained entities more creative because they have to find ways of dealing with the constraints? One question posed by this panel member sums up the tension associated... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
startup’s vision or step back altogether after a larger company takes possession. In 144 of these transactions, the deal effectively closed a failing business. Another 2.9 percent of the companies examined, or 317 ventures, went public... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Identity and Reputation Matrix (CBIRM), introduced here for the first time. Eight key reputation elements adapted from the literature and enriched by the case study are incorporated within an existing corporate brand identity framework. Among the key findings are View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
your boss. That's not the deal. You have to figure out the sources of power you have to influence the boss. You also have to see the boss as human and fallible in all the ways that you're human and fallible, and figure out how to deal... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Trichakis Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper deals with a basic issue: How does one approach the problem of designing the "right" objective for a given resource allocation problem? The notion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
corporate governance structure tailored to the firm. Q: What should CEOs be thinking about in terms of better leveraging their legal resources? Are new organizational structures needed to support this?... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
government. This is a great deal for Magna, but terrible for Chevrolet. GM's best small cars are engineered (and some are manufactured) by Opel in Europe. But it's not just about design and engineering. The supply chains and factory... View Details