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  • 01 Mar 2009
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Faculty Books

institutions. These institutions represent powerful constraints on the ability of the government to fund reforms, of firms to write contracts, and View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

many valuable ways that one side can meet its own interests by helping the other side with the other's "internal," "behind-the-table," or "Level II" constituency challenges. Sebenius (2013) offered a moderately theoretical treatment View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may... View Details
  • 05 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 5, 2006

this case to develop theory about how the operational and cultural conditions of an organization can disrupt conventional masculine interaction patterns and identity-construction processes by decoupling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

constrained agency through which a particular network action is taken can affect actors' ensuing structural positions and the nature of the constraints they subsequently face. Our conceptualization View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

more. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51866 Diversified Business Groups in the West: History and Theory By: Colpan, Asli M., and Takashi Hikino Abstract—This working paper examines the historical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

Accounting & Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

of commuting in everyday life, little is known about why commuting is so aversive, who is most affected by the commuting experience, when people are particularly affected, and how people could better cope with lengthy commutes.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

concern of firms financing biotechnology research is that the R&D firms might use the funding to subsidize other projects or substitute one project for another. We develop a model based on the property-rights View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2000
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Books

analysis of the differing perspectives. As a result of the conference, Beer and Nohria have mapped out two dominant and conflicting archetypal theories View Details
Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 04 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

forces have only sometimes been explicitly identified, they underpin every social science theory that argues or assumes the dispensability of individual leaders. The combination View Details
  • 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

and labor markets but find no evidence that product market efficiency affects the relative value of diversification. These results provide support for the theory of internal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2011
  • Article

A Choice Prediction Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction

By: Eyal Ert, Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth
Two independent, but related, choice prediction competitions are organized that focus on behavior in simple two-person extensive form games: one focuses on predicting the choices of the first mover and the other on predicting the choices of the second mover. The... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Motivation and Incentives; Game Theory; Fairness
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  • 13 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

(Illustration: Dave Cutler) After a decade of extraordinary growth, Nike faced slowing sales in the early 1980s because the normally market-wise company had missed a major turn in the road. Reebok had introduced softer and more... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

individual and organizational capabilities and presents the theory and research on deep smarts. The six most universally found characteristics of this particular kind of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract In tests of the equity market timing theory of external finance, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2017
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What is Field Foundations?

The case method is an integral part of the learning experience at HBS, and we think it’s one of the best ways to prepare students for the challenges of leadership.  While HBS... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two types of customers: waste generators who pay for waste... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

  PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We present a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 2004
  • Article

Trust in Agency

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Agency Theory; Relationships; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Contracts; Business Model; Emotions; Forecasting and Prediction; Ethics; Standards; Risk and Uncertainty
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