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- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
conducts one of the first large-scale, establishment-level empirical studies of delegation within firms. Recent contributions to a rapidly growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
Working Papers The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds Authors: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, and Antoinette Schoar Abstract This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and their relationship to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
West: Origins, Evolution and Resilience The United States in Contemporary Perspectives: Evolving Forms, Strategy, and Performance By: Collis, David J., Bharat Anand, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng Abstract—In spite of surging interest in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
Abstract This paper explicates the challenge of risky trust, which we define as trust that exists between parties vulnerable to high economic, legal, or reputational risks at individual or organizational levels. Drawing from analyses of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-008.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation Lynda M. Applegate and Edward WatsonHarvard Business School Case 810-135 The case describes the founding and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
evolution in the Darwinian world of high-tech business. Cafe Culture: CEO Russ Wilcox in E Ink’s offices, a converted factory space that includes a central gathering area for impromptu meetings and brainstorming sessions. On the table:... View Details
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
Monetary Economics Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm-Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
for interaction, but how these two mechanisms interact in formal organizations is not well understood. We argue that organizational structures and geography delimit opportunities for interaction, but that within the opportunity sets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
theoretical dichotomy of family and managerial firms is misleading. Instead of interpreting the family firm as a static organization, the focus should shift to the family influence, which evolves with time and with the evolution of... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
organizational theory, less explored is how these effects may depend on other external environmental factors. We focus on how policy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to understand the growth of banking in the U.S., 1896-1978.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
treating both its suppliers and its blue collar workforce as homogeneous, interchangeable entities as well as its view that expertise could be partitioned so that there was minimal overlap of knowledge amongst functions or levels in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
2015 Research Handbook on Shareholder Power Thirty Years of Evolution in the Roles of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance By: Coates, John C. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
Kanter, an authority on organizational change who advises major corporations and governments on these very issues, lays out a blueprint to help readers get a handle on work, and life, in an increasingly connected world. Here, in the first... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
back to basics," said Bruce Harreld (MBA '75), SVP of strategy at IBM. "Our goal is to increase the efficiency of organizational systems by creating software that remaps how processes work together." Steven Elterich, president of Fidelity... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
report's status meant it had not driven some of the organizational change it could have. Could Aegon benefit from publishing its integrated report as the official regulatory document? How could Aegon create a more interactive, real-time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
weaknesses relative to other top schools, the political challenges of organizational change, and the most appropriate strategy for the Dean to follow. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—To scale service operations requires retrieving knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the periphery of organizational... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
deeper understanding of what has happened, and a broader conception of what must be done. Such understanding is all the more crucial given the evolution of business in recent years. Business is a remarkably dynamic and quite powerful... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark