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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog

with a grounding in the construction of business theories and bridging those theories to the world of practice. The hope is that we can then recognize well researched theories of causality as a basis for understanding why things happen... View Details
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

or vice versa? A: As a matter of academic rigor, we do not at this stage of the research make a causal statement on this. However, we believe that multimarket interaction in product, labor, and capital markets with the U.S. that results... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 30 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

to identify with much greater precision the causal link between management and performance. "We want to get at the causality between management and performance," she says. "And to do that, you... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive - Course Catalog

practice. The hope is that we can then recognize well researched theories of causality as a basis for understanding why things happen the way that they do, and become discerning practitioners of theory in our careers. We choose theories... View Details
  • 16 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

Methods By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres Abstract—We describe how to employ machine learning (ML) methods in theory development. Compared to traditional causal inference methods, ML methods make far fewer a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007

model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

Asia and South America), gender diversity has little or even negative correlation with firm performance. Granted, we cannot make a causal claim because we do not have an identification strategy, but this study gives us strong preliminary... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

Heskett's readers. What do YOU think? 8. The Business of Life Published: June 4, 2012 Scholarly economic theory applies to more than just business. The same causal mechanisms that drive big corporations to success can be just as effective... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

Michael C. Jensen, and Steve Zaffron Abstract We present a positive model of integrity that, as we distinguish and define integrity, provides powerful access to increased performance for individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. Our model reveals the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Sep 2016
  • Blog Post

How HBS Changed My Life

Professor Clayton Christensen on how disruptive innovation is the causal mechanism behind growth and prosperity of nations. Without HBS, I would not have been able to develop the voice to speak at an event alongside fellow HBS alumnus and... View Details
  • 11 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 11

well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater propensity to maintain SBs. We analyze the causal question using a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity

really, really, really miserable to be away from home during Diwali,” Choudhury recalls. By analyzing company performance data, the researchers were able to make a causal connection between “vacation flexibility” and job performance. On... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

the fundamental causal mechanisms through which our lives have improved," Christensen said. Health Care Takes A Hit At the conference, Christensen looked forward to areas where disruptive technologies could soon or are already taking... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health
  • 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

methods to further demonstrate causality and to consider the effects of potential moderators. These findings have implications for decisions related to product pricing, placement and assortment, store layout, and the choice of strategies... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

Shattering Glass

much we can ask individual women to do while systemic barriers still exist. We need to make institutional and cultural changes. Have we moved beyond the need to make the business case for creating more diverse workplaces? CA: The narrow focus on trying to establish a... View Details
Keywords: April White; gender equity; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

environmental damage and climate change over the last two centuries. The time has come for mainstream business history to incorporate the environmental impact of business in its agenda." Other research agenda topics identified by Friedman and Jones included... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 21 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

identify new-growth business opportunities, Christensen said. Look beyond correlation to causality. "Creating a new-growth business is not nearly as big a crapshoot as people think…," he said. The new book, he said, will help managers understand the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres Abstract—We describe how to employ machine learning (ML) methods in theory development. Compared to traditional causal inference... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 16

firms headquartered in high trust regions are more likely to decentralize, with trust accounting for about half of the variation in decentralization in our data. To help identify causal effects, we look within multinational firms, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

causal evidence for the role of matchmaking in promoting happiness. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46356 August 2013 Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne