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- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
competition effect whereby increasing rivalry shapes, and often decreases, incentives to expend effort and invest in innovation; and 2) a parallel search effect whereby adding greater numbers of "searchers" benefits innovation View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2015
- Article
Inside the “Black Box” of Sell-Side Financial Analysts
By: Lawrence D. Brown, Andrew C. Call, Michael B. Clement and Nathan Y. Sharp
Our objective is to penetrate the “black box” of sell-side financial analysts by providing new insights into the inputs analysts use and the incentives they face. We survey 365 analysts and conduct 18 follow-up interviews covering a wide range of topics, including the... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Investment; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Stocks; Financial Services Industry
Brown, Lawrence D., Andrew C. Call, Michael B. Clement, and Nathan Y. Sharp. "Inside the “Black Box” of Sell-Side Financial Analysts." Journal of Accounting Research 53, no. 1 (March 2015): 1–47.
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C. J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 1998
- Teaching Note
Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group Series TN
By: Michael C. Jensen and Brian Barry
Teaching Note for (9-492-021) and (9-492-022). View Details
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Fighton, Inc. (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Michael C. Jensen and Karen Wruck
- 1982
- Chapter
Reflections on the Corporation as a Social Invention
By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Keywords: Business Ventures
Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling. "Reflections on the Corporation as a Social Invention." In Controlling the Giant Corporation: A Symposium, edited by Robert Hessen. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester, Graduate School of Management, Center for Research in Government Policy and Business, 1982. (Reprinted in the Midland Corporate Finance Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3 (autumn 1983); reprinted in International Institute for Economic Research Reprint Paper 18 (November 1983).)
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
their increased tendency to behave fairly. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/shaw et al.pdf Robust Enforcement Should Complement Voluntary Regulation Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Georgetown... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
from 3% to 15% as a fraction of government budget without negatively affecting publication quality and quantity. This follows incentive policy change and leadership change at labs, an event whose timing is plausibly exogenous being dictated View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2010
- Working Paper
A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard
We argue here that the three factors we identify as constituting the foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership can also be seen as "A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values" that proves to be very effective in allowing students to acquire the... View Details
Jensen, Michael C., and Werner Erhard. "A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-010, October 2010.
- 2003
- Chapter
What's a Director to Do?
By: Michael C. Jensen and Joseph Fuller
Jensen, Michael C., and Joseph Fuller. "What's a Director to Do?" In Best Practice: Ideas and Insights from the World's Foremost Business Thinkers, edited by Tom Brown and Robert Heller. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2003.
- 1995
- Chapter
U.S. Corporate Governance: Lessons from the 1980s
By: Michael C. Jensen and Donald Chew
Jensen, Michael C., and Donald Chew. "U.S. Corporate Governance: Lessons from the 1980s." In The Portable MBA in Investment, edited by P. Bernstein. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995. (Abridged version published in Theory of the Firm: Governance, Residual Claims, and Organizational Forms, (Harvard University Press, 2000).)
- June 1991 (Revised November 1996)
- Supplement
Fighton, Inc. (B)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Karen Wruck
Jensen, Michael C., and Karen Wruck. "Fighton, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-265, June 1991. (Revised November 1996.)
- September 1990 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Fighton, Inc. (A)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Karen Wruck
Jensen, Michael C., and Karen Wruck. "Fighton, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-056, September 1990. (Revised November 1996.)
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- November 1991
- Case
Newhall Land and Farming Co. (A)
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Cash, James I., Jr., and Michael C. Jensen. "Newhall Land and Farming Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 192-049, November 1991.
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
capital and demonstrates how technology—novel data sources, artificial intelligence, machine learning—will transform the small business lending market. This market has been plagued by frictions: it is hard for a lender to determine which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- September 1998 (Revised September 1998)
- Teaching Note
Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners Series TN
By: Michael C. Jensen and Brian Barry
Teaching Note for (9-190-062), (9-190-070), and (9-891-509). View Details
Keywords: Rail Industry
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
What's a Director to Do?
By: Michael C. Jensen and Joseph Fuller
Keywords: Decision Making
Jensen, Michael C., and Joseph Fuller. "What's a Director to Do?" Harvard NOM Research Paper, October 2002.
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger
This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details