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- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
effect should be scrutinized under deal protection doctrine, even if these agreements have a colorable business purpose as well. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51576 Emerging Markets and the Future of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
Working PapersGray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing (revised) Authors:Romana Autrey and Francesco Bova Abstract Gray markets arise when a manufacturer's products are sold outside of its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry
By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
wanted to build the team. So, on day one I hired a head of recruiting to get things off to a strong start. I also knew market adoption would be critical to fundraising so (we) focused on growth very early on—before we even had a product!”... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic activity—from consumer and entrepreneurial behavior to the ways in which governments determine policy—is less well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
point, I'll contrast Merck's $20 billion decision to pull Vioxx from the market with Pfizer's decision to continue marketing Celebrex. 3. What Critical Performance Variables Are You Tracking? Once you're... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
Market went through several business models before finding one that worked. But the opposite was true after the boom; a company could have a great idea and a great team, but still fail to achieve traction due to lack of funding and,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
lamebrained the idea. Also, we have difficult factor markets like energy, but that simply means that there are great opportunities for people with ideas for alternative energy. Were I rewriting the article today, I might emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details
- 2020
- Chapter
Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective." Chap. 1 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones, 3–22. New York: Routledge, 2020.
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
analysis of tort laws. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54284 forthcoming Management Science Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure By: Grewal, Jody, Edward J. Riedl, and George Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
not take a great deal of capital nor technological expertise to launch an entrepreneurial venture in many beauty products—although for such a venture to have any hope of success, high levels of imagination and creativity have always been... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
themselves. Furthermore, that decision to abandon ship is often the wrong decision. “There is potentially a great market opportunity when a competitor drops out,” says Joshua Lev Krieger, an assistant professor in the View Details
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Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Abstract Revenue recognition and measurement principles can conflict with liability recognition and measurement principles. We explore here under different market conditions when the two measurement approaches coincide and when they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
advantage of a natural experiment involving two offsetting court rulings, separated by several weeks, that affected the antitakeover force of staggered boards for a subset of Delaware firms. We find evidence consistent with the hypothesis that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
incremental change, while also seizing new markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation rule the day. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50401 forthcoming European Economic Review Taxation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? To learn about the frameworks firms use when evaluating potential venture opportunities, Mike Roberts, executive director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, and HBS senior... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Co.: Breaking New Grounds Harvard Business School Case 807-004 Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
firms' geographic expansion across time and markets. Specifically, we build a model in which two firms that differ in their capabilities enter sequentially into two markets with different potentials for profit. The model is solved using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne