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  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their 150,000 establishments before and after acquisition, comparing outcomes to controls similar in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

content, psychometric validity, and relationships to outcomes of interest. Data extraction. We identified relevant articles using the search terms team, teamwork, work groups, or collaboration, in combination with survey or questionnaire.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the existing evaluations of other private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

researchers do to help reverse this shift? A: In our paper, we try to jump-start a reversal first by calling attention to the dearth of literature and second by suggesting a set of alternative outcome variables that researchers might... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 03 Feb 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

agility and innovative outcomes. Take diversity, for example. As Gino herself points out, research has found that “greater diversity produces better outcomes exactly because it is harder to work among a mix of perspectives,” and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

that compared to an algorithm that has access to much more data on worker outcomes and has been trained to recognize these patterns.” Studies in other settings have shown that many things we typically think of as correlated with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • 21 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

outcomes in the context of disputes. We find that control provisions increase competence-based trust, but reduce goodwill-based trust, resulting in a net decrease in the likelihood of continued collaboration. Coordination provisions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 25

outcome and the influence of the proponent) and the type of proposals are the main determinants of the implementation decision, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to affect the decision. We then examine the labor market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

construct a generic model of a refugee camp economy. Camp economies are influenced by host country policies, such as restrictions on refugees' movement and work, as well as by the physical and economic isolation of the site. Moreover, market View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

make people care about a problem that seems to be far in the future, where they may not see a direct link between their actions and the outcomes of those choices. What motivated you to join Harvard to work on sustainability and,... View Details
  • Web

5.6 MBA Community Standards Annual Report | MBA

Board Resolution 3.4 Outcome / Sanction Warning 12.2 Probation 4.2 Suspension 1 Expulsion 0 Degree Revocation 1 Violation Type Honor Code Violation 7.2 Conduct / Community Values 8.6 Substance Use 1.8 *Community Values incidents related... View Details
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

identified in the education and skill system, labor market incentives and flexibility, the ability to translate R&D outcomes into economic value creation, and in preparing the economy for the new realities of globalization. Maybe most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

ran the gamut of roaring success to absolute failure. Why is there such a large range in outcomes for firms that used daily deal sites such as Groupon? This case examines the effectiveness of online daily deal sites from the point of view... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

better ex-ante characteristics, bank-affiliated investments have slightly worse outcomes than non-affiliated investments. Also consistent with theory, the cyclicality of banks' engagement in private equity and favorable financing terms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 2

variance. The second is the latent components approach suggesting the importance of sensitivity to losses and diminishing sensitivity to marginal increases in payoffs. The third approach, risk acceptance, relates to the willingness to accept probable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

some people may continue to take risks simply because they incurred good outcomes from the same choice in the past. Implications for policy and theory are discussed. Transforming Organizations: Embrace the Paradox of E and O... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2023
  • Case

The Rise and Fall of FTX

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and Max Hancock
In November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried's multi-billion-dollar crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed, wiping out investors and throwing the crypto industry into disarray. As FTX's founder and CEO, Bankman-Fried developed a reputation for his unerring business sense and... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Crime and Corruption; Financial Statements; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Failure; Restructuring; United States; Hong Kong; Bahamas
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  • March 1999
  • Case

MySoftware Company (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Nicole Tempest
In 1997, Gregory Slayton took the position as CEO of MySoftware, which had been experiencing revenue and operating losses for the past two years. Within 90 days, he stabilized the company through a combination of cost cutting, financial discipline, and accountability... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Cost Management; Profit; Employees; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Outcome or Result; Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

role of firms as facilitators of globalization during the nineteenth century and more recently and as preservers of it when governments sought to close it down in the interwar years. However the ability of firms to shape the world was always constrained, especially by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne