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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
says, “but there’s something about today’s 40- and 50-something moms and dads that’s different: Often their number one style influencer is their teenage kid.” Or maybe it’s a Faction athlete like legendary freestyle skier Candide Thovex,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
social, environmental, and developmental influence of these large-scale projects can be enormous,” Esty notes. “The Mozal project employed seven thousand people during the construction phase. Along with the enduring benefits of technology... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
of how the historic merger between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and CBOT almost didn’t happen. She details the reasons behind the derivatives market’s spectacular growth and explains how derivatives affect the lives of average consumers worldwide by View Details
- March 2010
- Article
Interpersonal Authority in a Theory of the Firm
This paper develops a theory of the firm in which a firm's centralized asset ownership and low-powered incentives give the manager, as an equilibrium outcome, interpersonal authority over employees (in a world with open disagreement). The paper thus provides... View Details
Keywords: Theory; Assets; Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Governance Controls; Power and Influence; Projects; Perspective; Employees
Van den Steen, Eric J. "Interpersonal Authority in a Theory of the Firm." American Economic Review 100, no. 1 (March 2010): 466–490.
- January 2008
- Article
How to Change the World
Alan Wilson has a decision to make. The CEO of his company, Grepter, wants him to relocate to Zurich, where he can gain valuable experience for a rise to the top. Karl, his best friend, hopes to lure him to a hedge fund that promises big money fast. Shiori, an enticing... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Values and Beliefs; Compensation and Benefits; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence
Stevenson, Howard H. "How to Change the World." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008).
- 20 Sep 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Did Entrepreneur Ernesto Tornquist Help or Hurt Argentina?
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
other words, according to our readers, our level of patience depends—on the nature of the task; on whether we are focused completely on just one task; on personal circumstances such as anxiety, fatigue, or available time; and on our knowledge of what is possible and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Student-Profile
Talia Gillis
oversee all issues related to consumer financial protection. Because this is an emerging field, there are exciting opportunities to influence regulation. Business Economics Program Business Economics students are considered students both... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
class's education was enhanced by the fact that "our classmates are a refreshingly down-to-earth group of people who contributed to all of our learning in meaningful ways." The influence of that dynamic, Senor noted, is at once pervasive... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
ownership influence Chapter 11 outcomes? To answer these questions, we construct a data set that identifies the entire capital structure for 136 companies filing for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection between 1998 and 2009 and that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
Decision Processes Poker-faced Morality: Concealing Emotions Leads to Utilitarian Decision Making By: Gino, Francesca, and J.J. Lee Abstract—This paper examines how making deliberate efforts to regulate aversive affective responses View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
decisions are made within a firm. Module 5 considers how differences across countries create financing opportunities for firms. Finally, Modules 6 and 7 consider how distinctive institutional environments change financing decisions and how governmental decision makers... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
on how gender stereotypes impact belief updating. Participants in our experiments take tests of their ability across different domains. Absent feedback, beliefs of own ability are strongly influenced by gender stereotypes. We then provide... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
path, clearly illustrating how the traditional power dynamic has inverted and why it matters for business survival. Bines offers six proven models you can use to cultivate and serve highly informed and empowered customers. Influence Is... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
Executive MBA programs who had worked in a range of organizational settings. Overall, our analyses demonstrate that influences on the decision to speak up include both stable and situation-specific factors, such that conceptualizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
and academics who looked beyond its economic impact on the broadcasting business, and saw a potentially revolutionary communications medium. These policy makers and academics were influenced by the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and by a... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About
reflect and respond to what I see as twin forces influencing organizations and societies globally, and phenomena you will need to understand as leaders. Organizations in a wide range of industries are prioritizing digital transformation... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
negotiators interact to influence cooperative behavior of low-power negotiators. Managers from four different cultural groups (Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, and the United States) negotiated face-to-face in a simulated power-asymmetric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
Ford, for the auto itself and his influence on the work force," while another noted Ford's "perfection of the use of interchangeable parts and the assembly line, concepts employed by essentially all of business today." Alfred P. Sloan of... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
Past research suggests that nearby peers are more likely to influence performance than those far away, which explains why scientists work side-by-side at lab benches. But can entrepreneurs expect the same benefit at the networking... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost