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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
thickening of the left-hand tail of the firm-size distribution suggesting a significant increase in the number of small firms. However, the dominance and growth of large incumbents remains unchallenged. Quantile regressions reveal that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies (1986-1999) of large U.S. firms and find that increasing competition leads firms to become flatter, i.e., (i) reduce the number of positions between the CEO and division managers (DM), (ii)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
number of execs with at least one stigma on their resume was large, accounting for 18 percent of more than 2,000 executives placed between 2004 and 2011. After controlling for education, gender, experience, and other factors, they found... View Details
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
each other. Of course, there are several ways in which the U.S.-Mexico example is an unfair number to use to benchmark China-India trade. Those countries, even Mexico, are much richer than are China and India, and this means that their... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
that has actually destroyed value. Some of Hutton's examples, such as the ascendancy of Airbus vs. Boeing, will rekindle the controversy about the importance of state subsidies to each. But his arguments raise a number of useful... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
had the kind of in-depth look it deserves, yet it is at the core of a number of the problems we've seen. The board of directors and its compensation committee determine the compensation of the CEO in our system. Yet too many companies in... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, then such models predict that the number of ideas developed will be greater, but the average quality will be lower due to the lower expected value of marginal ideas.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
these [senior managers] and thought, you'd run through a wall for this guy."2 The story does not end there. A 1-800 number was set up so employees could call to hear CEO Rogers's pre-recorded speech about the situation and his plans.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
controlling for other known effects on citation rate, such as outlet, discipline, length, number of citations and methodology. Our findings suggest that multidisciplinary fields can enhance their knowledge sharing by attending to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
law school in the nation-state that you're educated in. If you want to be a doctor, while there's movement internationally, this profession tends to be seen as a national asset. It's very interesting: The MBA has really become one of the first global degrees. The View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
commenced piloting the solution in May 2013 and subsequently expanded the number of stores running the software to 50 over the course of 2013. Despite signs of initial success with the stores running the scheduling solution, SVP Eric Bass... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
"make the numbers work." Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/busse-place-b-marisa-s-dilemma/an/214104-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-496 Babcock International Plc. In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
assignment of students into business school sections that have varying numbers of classmates with prior entrepreneurial experience. We find that the presence of entrepreneurial peers strongly predicts subsequent entrepreneurship rates of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms in regulated environments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
meetings with a nondenominational prayer," says Stuart, an Episcopalian who also draws on the tenets of a number of world religions in his own spiritual practice. "It made me exceptionally nervous, because I thought I was being... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
did in 2006 was to boost competition. We now have nine approved rating agencies instead of three. However, if you are a bond issuer and you don't like what one rating agency says, you can choose another. So now, you have tripled the View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
indicated that the actual number of women in the industry grew by several hundred in that five-year period, but the percentage of women in the industry did not grow. We also discovered that there was significant attrition of managerial... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
vast number of published decisions, the thorough classification of the subject [by instructors], published case books, the elements in the typical law case, and the development of general principles from the discussion of individual... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin