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  • 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

R. Kerr Publication:The American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's (1920) theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near one another, or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Supply Chain Inventory Planning

My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions.  I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details

  • 06 Jan 2014
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Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008

Keywords: by Ryan Raffaelli; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • 15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023

Harvard Business School professors to demystify vital business concepts in a way that's both entertaining and insightful. They break down academic theory without sacrificing depth. So if you want to learn how to become a master... View Details
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Research

The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Theory and Practice of Intangibles, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainability by the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management at the 2022 EIASM Interdisciplinary Conference for “Regulated Human Capital Disclosures” with Thomas... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

balance sheet constraints and bond liquidity By: Johannes Breckenfelder & Victoria Ivashina SEP 2021 The authors explore the ties between bonds and individual dealers formed through home advantage and the persistence of previous underwriting relationships. View Details
  • 21 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

to build independent foundations at both schools from the very start differentiates the HBS/HLS joint degree from other joint degree programs where students might spend the first two years completely at the law school and then finish up... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

Although some research has examined overt status rivalries, typically focusing on battles for the top positions, our study contributes novel findings on the effects of disagreement amongst all members' perceptions of their team's status hierarchy. This paper develops... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

micro-determinants are not well understood. We test leading theories of low demand for financial services in emerging markets, combining novel survey evidence from Indonesia and India with a field experiment. We find a strong correlation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

the design commons organization was robust, although it displayed some areas of fragility. We conclude with the rudiments of a contingency theory describing when and why a commons organization can be advantageous for design production. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Events - Business History

Form of Capitalism" Francesca Trivellato (IAS), Comment Mattias Fibiger (HBS), Chair Mary Hicks (Chicago), "Captivity's Commerce: The Theory and Methodology of Slaving and Capitalism" Bernard Harcourt (Columbia, Law), "The Kraken,... View Details
  • June–July 2013
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Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices

By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Deszo and Minyuan Zhao
The international business (IB) literature has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Game Theory; Global Strategy
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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

Equity at Work Symposium HBS Staff Author HBS Staff How does hope become a practice? As our exploration of hope traversed through overtures of its possibilities to an excavation of its pitfalls, we arrived several times at a theory of... View Details
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

you're trying to achieve," he states. "That's affected by two things: your theory of change and your operational strategy." A theory of change is an organization's rationale for how its actions will... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert over the different segments of their production processes. Building on Antràs and Chor (2013), we describe a property-rights model of firm boundary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Mehendale. I'm class of 2003, Section C. Specifically, one person who had a great impact on me was one of my mentors, Clay Christensen. I was extremely fortunate at school to have his tutelage and extremely influenced by his theories... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2378558 Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk management (ERM) has become a crucial component of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

that empirical research has used social enterprise largely as a context for theory development, rather than deductively testing, and thus building upon, existing theories. The latter pattern is due largely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

Halfpoint In the worlds of economic theory and conservative political orthodoxy, corporate tax cuts, such as the 2017 tax reform in the United States, should create benefits beyond businesses. As the thinking goes, middle class workers... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland