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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters, and regions. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Performance; Economics
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Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18250, July 2012.
  • September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane
In summer 2016, four of Australia’s top five banks petitioned regulators for permission to bargain collectively with Apple over the terms under which they would support its digital wallet, Apple Pay. They argued that doing so would force concessions from Apple that... View Details
Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia
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Zhu, Feng, Susan Athey, and David Lane. "Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-010, September 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
  • December 2014
  • Article

Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be declining in... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; United States
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Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance." Research Policy 43, no. 10 (December 2014): 1785–1799.
  • 31 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance

Keywords: by David F. Larcker, Eric C. So & Charles C.Y. Wang
  • 05 Sep 2010
  • News

As Pay Falls, Borrowers Lose Ground

  • 21 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

Online shopping features that let consumers pay for goods in interest-free installments exploded during the pandemic, but new research questions the riskiness of such services: Are people getting in over... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology
  • 25 May 2011
  • HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

benefits including health insurance, performance bonuses, and paid vacation—all relatively rare in the industry. Blueprint For Transformation The QuikTrip (QT) case, taught in the MBA course Coordinating and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

By: Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Kevin Huang
We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA students who participated in a required course to propose and start a real micro-business that allows us to examine horizontal diversity (i.e., within the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Performance
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Calder-Wang, Sophie, Paul A. Gompers, and Kevin Huang. "Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28684, April 2021.
  • October 2019 (Revised February 2023)
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Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Gupta Media is a Digital Marketing firm started in 2005 that places advertisements and marketing promotions for its clients in digital media, mainly social media such as Facebook and Google. Over the years it had built its expertise in promoting music labels, artists... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Digital Marketing; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Social Media; Advertising Industry
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 520-031, October 2019. (Revised February 2023.)
  • 01 Jun 2007
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How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

Summing Up Pay for performance: Why do we assume so much and know so little? Pay for performance is an important... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • October 2008 (Revised June 2010)
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Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem
The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing and Advisory Boards; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; United States
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Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-036, October 2008. (Revised June 2010.)
  • 2014
  • Article

Paying It Forward: Generalized Reciprocity and the Limits of Generosity

By: Kurt Gray, Adrian F. Ward and Michael I. Norton
When people are the victims of greed or recipients of generosity, their first impulse is often to pay back that behavior in kind. What happens when people cannot reciprocate, but instead have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different—to pay it... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Situation or Environment; Attitudes
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Gray, Kurt, Adrian F. Ward, and Michael I. Norton. "Paying It Forward: Generalized Reciprocity and the Limits of Generosity." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 143, no. 1 (February 2014): 247–254.

    Understanding Organizational Misconduct

    This project explores the dynamics of organizational misconduct using a longitudinal analysis of firms’ litigation. I answer several important questions about misconduct: When are managers most likely to engage in illegal activities? Why do they perceive certain... View Details
    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

    By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
    Reaching-for-yield—the propensity to buy riskier assets in order to achieve higher yields—is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for... View Details
    Keywords: Fixed Income; Reaching For Yield; Financial Intermediation; Insurance Companies; Insurance; Bonds; Assets; Risk Management; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Insurance Industry
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    Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-103, May 2012. (Revised December 2012. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18909, March 2013)
    • 03 Apr 2024
    • News

    Pay Transparency: Exploring the Research, Policies, and Implications for Low- and Moderate-Income Workers

    • Web

    Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance

    decentralized nature of building and financing homes posed obstacles to private organizations who tried to do the same. Anecdotal accounts, like this feature in the Ladies Home Journal in 1903, suggest that most home-buyers cobbled together financing from a variety of... View Details
    • 1987
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    Opening the Window: Needs Analysis and Long Term Effort to Pay for College

    By: Dutch Leonard
    Keywords: Higher Education; Human Needs; Cost
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    Leonard, Dutch. "Opening the Window: Needs Analysis and Long Term Effort to Pay for College." College Board, January 1987.
    • September 2007
    • Article

    Assessing the Performance of Business Unit Managers

    By: J. Bouwens and Laurence van Lent
    Using a sample of 140 managers, we investigate the use of various performance metrics in determining the periodic assessment, bonus decisions, and career paths of business unit managers. We show that the weight on accounting return measures is associated with the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Units; Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation
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    Bouwens, J., and Laurence van Lent. "Assessing the Performance of Business Unit Managers." Journal of Accounting Research 45, no. 4 (September 2007): 667–697.
    • 07 Sep 2010
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    As Pay Falls, Borrowers Lose Ground

    • 28 Jun 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and their Implications for Economic Performance

    Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio & Sergio G. Lazzarini
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