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- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
personality traits of entrepreneurs. We first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and innovativeness, locus of control, and the need for achievement. We then consider risk attitudes as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
and entrepreneurial management, done with colleagues C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr. at the University of Michigan. Their research will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Financial Economics. In this interview, Desai... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
required. Define a plan for evolving strategy and capabilities to exploit long-term value potential. Implement to reduce risk and manage uncertainty: Successful entrepreneurs are not risk seekers. Instead,... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
financial value. Yet scholars have recently shown that entrepreneurial activity by users is more widespread than previously believed. We present data and statistics documenting the prevalence, technological impact, and economic impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
the body of empirical research on entrepreneurial resource mobilization has grown, the literature has become increasingly fragmented. We review the literature on entrepreneurs’ mobilization of resources, spanning human, social, financial,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
The Fall of Enron Harvard Business School Case 109-039 The case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course Materials Woolf Farming and Processing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
collection of data, engage more deeply and effectively with all their stakeholders, and lower reputational risk through a high level of transparency. Given the importance of sustainability, I think companies have an ethical obligation to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Economic Forum, 2009 Abstract Mexico is often cited as one of the world's most entrepreneurial countries in terms of the percentage of its population that has started or is in the process of starting a business venture. Yet Mexico does... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
company off the ground,” says Bernstein, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS. “At the earliest stages, you have no reputation, no brand name, and you're facing significant uncertainty and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
locations that are most critical to their own strategic position. Fair (and Not So Fair) Division Author:John W. Pratt Peridical:Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 35, no. 3 (December 2007) Abstract Drawbacks of existing procedures are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
visible intervention, like the innovation contest, has both benefits and risks. Our findings suggest benefits such as increased engagement with work and community as well as risks such as discontent that could arise if staff suggestions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
behavior, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced intrinsic motivation. Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter treatment for motivation, managers and scholars need to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
nonprofit entrepreneurial ventures have begun to address the need for cadavers. Generally, recruiters for these ventures target those for whom death is likely to be top of mind. "They'll set up a stand at a retirees' convention, go... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Working PapersGlobal Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This paper considers the risk management problem of an investor who holds a diversified portfolio of global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
profit from their private information relating to a specific financial reporting element, goodwill impairments, prior to its incorporation by the equity market or recognition by the firm's accounting system. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
auditor, we identify structural contingencies in the institutional environment and in program design under which codes and monitoring are more likely to be associated with improvements in working conditions. At the institutional level, suppliers improve more when they... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
to be on that list,” says Moss. “It’s been somewhat effective both in deterring firms from areas of systemic risk that could land them on the list and, particularly, in subjecting those that are systemically dangerous to greater... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding