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  • 08 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • 16 Oct 2013
  • Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

risks. My concern with nuclear—even "new" nuclear—is the issue of catastrophic core failures, à la Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. Historically, those core failures have been "Hindenburg disaster" events with immediate loss of life and View Details
Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 04 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 4

reformulated in light of the new data, methodology, and findings presented in this study. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsReal Blue? Viagra and Intellectual Property Rights Law... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

privatization have created unprecedented opportunities for firms of all sizes and varieties to compete in larger markets than ever before. In the process, a handful of global organizations have risen to replace formerly state-owned... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003 Authors:Sergio G. Lazzarini and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a growing literature comparing the performance of private vs. state-owned companies. Yet, there is little work... View Details
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

The paper also leads to new perspectives on the firm as a legal entity and on the relationship between the Knightian and Coasian views of the firm.   Cases & Course MaterialsAppellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard Harvard Business School Case 309-075 Grace Vineyard was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

identify survey instruments used to measure teamwork. We evaluated instruments' psychometric properties (e.g., discriminant and content validity) and assessed whether they had been shown to relate to outcomes of interest in peer-reviewed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

generalizability of the implicit voice theories identified in Study 1. Studies 3 and 4 develop and test survey measures for five implicit voice theories, using additional samples comprised of more than 300 adults. The analyses establish psychometric View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

  Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

Wireless Generation Harvard Business School Case 307-049 Reflecting on an innovative joint venture that his company executed with a public school district in 2004, the CEO of Wireless Generation, a five-year-old, privately held... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

"structural breaks"-privatization, for example, or globalization-and assess why powerful actors across countries behaved similarly or differently in terms of network properties and corporate governance. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

reversal of the state's policy towards private business from late 1978, and has grown rapidly since. While insurance as a concept and product has been a big success in post-reform China, the growth of the industry has created strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

Supplements the case "Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition." Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907402 A Note on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

areas as information and transparency, the roles of capital and talent, public and private property rights, social constraints on market forces, attitudes toward expatriates abroad and foreigners at home,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

the largest segment. The case describes in detail the company's endeavors to develop its private brand in apparel. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=506054 Icebreaker: The China Entry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

property (IP) protection to safeguard their competitive advantages. However, the majority of recent patent litigation is driven by nonpracticing entities (NPEs), firms that generate no products but instead amass patent portfolios for the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

Airbnb for hosts: They can respond quickly to market conditions, keeping their homes for private use when prices are low and hosting travelers only when the demand for rooms—and the payoff from renting them—is highest. "As a host,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

  Working PapersAuditing in the Self-reporting Economy Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the licensing of intellectual property in exchange for royalties that depend on the self-report of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

British Parliament replaced common land with private property--a process that prompted better management and made Great Britain the leader in the Industrial Revolution. I then began to think about the relationship over time between new... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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