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  • 21 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

white counterparts." Ely's contribution, he went on to explain, is in developing theory about when and under what circumstances diversity leads to process gains or losses. The questions she asks, he said, include: How do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Books

executives will need to synthesize Theories E and O to develop businesses that both satisfy shareholders and survive as viable institutions in the long run. "This framework," write the editors, "will aid... View Details
Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and the Case of Hedge Funds Authors:Pamela Tolbert and Shon R. Hiatt Publication:In Research in the Sociology of Work. Vol. 20, edited by Wesley Sine and Robert David. Institutions and Entrepreneurship.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

consistent with the theory that a lower cost of recruiting rebels is an important factor in starting conflict. On the other hand, geographic factors are not significantly associated with such onset, suggesting that they instead contribute... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

institutional theory, we hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms whose legitimacy is threatened—and thus are shamed—by these ratings. We extend existing theory by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

type of collaboration and convenings that will be made possible by HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). “BiGS can support research and bring visiting fellows to HBS to think creatively about the... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Student-Profile

Dafna Bearson

phenomena—and make meaningful predictions in rapidly changing global markets. In particular, Dafna gravitated toward questions related to the challenges new automation and digital technologies pose to job security and businesses. “Historical evidence and economic View Details
  • 17 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

information content. The theory yields interesting results about the informational role of targeted advertising and its consequences. First, targeting can itself serve as a signal on product attributes. Second, the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 20

consumers and producers, and such changes typically required the mobilization of political power to overcome resistance to such changes. In order to support such developmental changes, the political authorities of capitalism had to acquire the capacity, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

  Working PapersDo Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States Authors:David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

2018 Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries By: Khanna, Tarun Abstract— Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract Abstract We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuations on low-price firms, managers will maintain... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

researchers might be able to address such issues as "how corporate practices contribute to or detract from stable societal institutions or democratic processes, or how might companies advance individual learning and growth, or the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

consumer finance. I am interested in how the market and regulatory structure impact the way people interact with financial institutions and engage in financial transactions. The study of the process by which regulators adopt policies, and... View Details
  • 04 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 4

SOMNCs extends the SOE literature, and the non-business internationalization argument, which helps explain how the SOE dimension of SOMNCs extends the MNC literature. Second, we analyze how the study of SOMNCs can help develop new insights of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

policies. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55050 "Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres Abstract—We describe how to employ... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

institutional logics in unprecedented ways) can develop and maintain their hybrid nature in the absence of a "ready-to-wear" model for handling the tensions between the logics they combine. The results of our comparative study... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

A New Platform for Alumni Engagement

foray into building the Learning Network, one of four engagement platforms that represent an important component of the new Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3). “We want to create a two-way street between our alumni and... View Details
Keywords: April White