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- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
Contractibility and Contract Design in Strategic Alliances Authors: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier Publication: American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze how variations in contractibility affect the design of contracts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Talia Gillis
to employees without legal representation, highlighted how difficulties in calculating social benefits, severance packages or assessing settlement offers created significant barriers for employees, rendering many legal protections futile. My interest in how legal... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
year. These efforts directly affect you as a graduate. The Communications Committee, chaired by Paul Stewart (MBA '87), has already made enormous progress this year. Over the last few months, committee members have been working with the... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
parks, the order of our streets, the success of countless individuals and families. And yes, the online payment of parking tickets. From birth certificate to death certificate, City Hall affects the lives of every one of its citizens.... View Details
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South Asia - Global Activities 2021
Examining How Remote Work Affects Business Even before the pandemic, Associate Professor Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury was studying the future of work, and specifically the changing geography of work. With the assistance of the India... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
in the computer industry, while Professor Malcolm S. Salter's work on corporate strategy, organization, and governance looks at how ownership structure affects organizational performance. Asso-ciate Professor Karen Hopper Wruck, who... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
Peru, Rwanda, Liberia, and Burkina Faso, to help improve the learning environment. He hopes to scale Edify, from affecting nearly 400,000 children currently to 2 million children in the next decade. It’s an ambitious objective that draws... View Details
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
We are in the greatest crisis of our lifetimes—even worse than 9/11 and the 2008-09 financial meltdown that triggered the Great Recession. This crisis is directly affecting every person, even those who don’t recognize it yet. Now is a... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
portfolio of locations. Collis drills down into the many factors that can affect location and observes how companies typically assign each a weighted percentage: employee availability, sourcing, quality, and cost (40 percent);... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
venture caital firms affected the focal firm's chances to raise a new venture fund. When companies collaborate with similar others, it may be difficult for outsiders to discern who did what. This raises the question of how a firm that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
level of debt as a percent of nominal GDP; the interest rate; the inflation rate; the growth rate; and changes in the exchange rate if some debt is owed in a foreign currency. The note discusses how these factors interact to affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer
who was on that airline this time would consider flying another airline the next time he or she had a chance to fly? Most likely. Baggage handling. That's not going to affect my revenue, right? Whose revenue is that revenue that I've... View Details
Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
laboratory conditions, she was eager to confirm her findings in a real-world setting. That opportunity came when a Fortune 500 high-tech electronics firm agreed to an in-house study that would measure factors affecting creativity within... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 21 Mar 2024
- News
OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC
Clubs News Clubs News Demystifying AI at Orange County Leadership Breakfast At its first HBS Leadership Breakfast event since before the pandemic, the HBS Association of Orange County (HBSAOC) tackled the potential of AI with a talk titled The Dawning of Artificial... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
a “guilty pleasure” author? Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s books, particularly The Vine of Desire. She’s a great storyteller. What’s one of your favorite books? A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is about four people from different origins in contemporary India whose... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
(rate and direction) and value-capture strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after Google’s entry threat increases, affected developers reduce innovation and raise the prices... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
mentioned. Replaying a cue all night might make the cue less effective. (Imagine putting on cologne in the morning. After about 20 seconds you don't smell it anymore because you've gotten used to it.) We don't know if this replaying View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
"second-generation" perspective on accountability that is interpretive and culturally embedded. How Does Accountability Affect Mission? The Case of a Nonprofit Serving Immigrants and Refugees Authors:R. Christensen and Alnoor S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
applied value-based management throughout the company and are inviting people to think out of the box, take much more responsibility for themselves and others, and really drive for value. Mining operations can directly affect communities,... View Details
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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
Where can I find information to help me with my course work? Information on education and social entrepreneurship Research Task Suggested Resources Education Newsletters and Article Databases Chronicle of Higher Education - news about colleges and universities and... View Details