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- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
physical proximity to communities of opportunity. The Engineering Department and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University have contributed a great deal to West Coast management, if there is such a thing. At the risk of using... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
530,000-square-foot Allston Science Complex — four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011 — the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard’s 300-acre development on the Boston side of the Charles River. Both in the scale and scope of Harvard’s ambitions and... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
across the United States: proximity to historical mining deposits is associated with bigger firms and fewer start-ups in the middle of the 20th century. We use mines as an instrument for our entrepreneurship measures and find a persistent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
Science Complex—four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011—the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard's 300-acre development on the Boston side of the Charles River. New Management Skills Needed Both in the scale and scope of Harvard's ambitions and in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
worth—that was far too big for one person’s needs. They converged around an idea: “How do you get young artists in proximity with established artists to share knowledge,” Price says. “And how do you use art to inspire growth and impact in... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
and hiking in New Hampshire. Now that we’re back in LA, we miss the proximity of all of those things but 100 percent definitely don’t miss the weather.” What advice do you have for HBS students interested in launching their own startups?... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
University Hospital, Martini was a "hospital in a hospital" in close proximity to other hospital departments and services. By 2013, Martini Klinik had become the largest prostate cancer treatment program in the world with 5,000... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
size and close proximity can help smaller brands instead of harming them. We find that support for small brands goes up when faced with a competitive threat from large brands, versus when they are in competition with brands that are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
co-movement (or pay-referent sensitivity, PRS) to be more pronounced in geographically concentrated firms where we expect divisional proximity to facilitate information sharing about pay and magnify peer comparisons. To separate the peer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
investors. We find that solo investments by institutions outperform co-investments and a wide range of benchmarks for traditional private equity partnership investments. The outperformance is driven by deals where informational problems are not too severe, such as more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
financial system. In this article, the authors consider how the economic landscape in the West will be affected by oil exporters' new investment strategies and interests over the next decades, how proximate emerging markets will be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
neighborhoods with better initial appearances experience, on average, larger positive improvements—an observation that is consistent with “tipping” theories of urban change. Third, neighborhood improvement correlates positively with physical View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
of development, equity retention, proximity and ease of collaboration, and control of intellectual property. The case further provides an opportunity for discussing the business models of global firms like oDesk and Dashfire. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
and residences with proximity at least as convenient as current bus stops, and a quality of service far above what buses can offer. Right now, the field is wide open. Companies with existing transit experience are certainly watching PRT.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Evidence from Journal Editor Rotations By: Parsons, Christopher, J. Brogaard, and J. Engelberg Abstract—Using detailed publication and citation data for over 50,000 articles from 30 major economics and finance journals, we investigate whether network View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
and pairs researching similar clinical areas. Our results suggest that matching between scientists may be subject to considerable frictions-even among those in relatively close geographic proximity and in the same organizational system.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
used to characterize the jurisdictions' IFRS responses: proximity to existing political powers at the IASB and own potential political power at the IASB. Based on how countries are classified along these dimensions, I offer predictions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
Course. Students are expected to behave responsibly regardless of proximity to the HBS campus or classroom. As ambassadors of HBS while off campus, students should also consider both local laws and cultural norms when determining what... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
mandated to disclose information. We find particularly rapid improvement among establishments located close to their headquarters and among establishments with proximate siblings, especially when the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
intensive industries. We also find that leading firms will be more attracted to pools of labor, suppliers, and potential knowledge spillovers when their own contributions are less fungible and cannot be easily leveraged for strategic advantage by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne